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Couple of thoughts on hunting late to determine 1st place.
What if in three cast hunt late round is comprised of two dogs who already have their firsts and one who doesn't. Do dogs that don't need a first have to go out? Does dog that does need first automatically get it cause other two withdrew?
Many hunts only have two casts of opens or nites. UKC's format generally rewards a dog that strikes well in a four dog cast. In a two dog cast a stone silent dog will still get second strike on each coon scored. Say dog a strikes , trails around for 15 minutes, throws a locate or two and along comes dog b who opens and is instantly struck and treed. One coon is scored on cast. Dog B wins 200 to 175. Do we want to reward stone silent dogs this way?
Often there are dogs in the hunts that get struck decent, stay with other hounds and cover well and then run others off the tree. These types often struggle in the hunts cause they can get in on first coon, but cast quickly disintegrates without other dogs willing to hunt with rough dog. Maybe rest of cast even withdraws when they realize they drew out with a gator. Dog can't tree a coon by himself, so he wins cast with 150 to 200 points regularly, but can't put up enough points to get his first. Do you want to draw out with that kind of dog in the late round?Tree a coon for ole gator, then he runs your dog off and goes on to get 1st place? Your dog looked so good in early round [you were so proud of his 600 point cast win]and now he is in the box licking the blood from his wounds, and you are wondering wether he needs stitches or not and how much that might cost.
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