Cowboyred
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Registered: May 2010
Location: South Dakota
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quote: Originally posted by barrelmaker
You might be surprised, if your club advertised there would be no hunting judges there would be a lot of people show up that normally wouldn't. I agree it's difficult to judge and hunt---If you are wanting to do the right thing, problem is so many of the clubs hand the scorecard to one of the local "two hour maniacs" who will do anything to win a cast, I've seen it happen too many times to count. It's gotten completely out of hand and something has to be done to straighten things out, someone mentioned the bass tournaments where you can now put up money and make someone take a lie detector test, if they refuse to take it they forfeit the win, we used to have the same thing in drag racing with money put up for a tear down, over half the people challenged forfeited the win.
Tom
Well I would hope they had a pleasant and scenic drive. At many smaller clubs if they aren't one of the first 12-16 dogs there, odds are they're going to be headed back home at deadline. If you're thinking that a club shouldn't be holding hunts if they can only put 16 dogs in the woods consider this: how many "active" members do many small clubs have? How many of that number can you count on to show up just to judge, and are they qualified to do so? You need a minimum of 5 people committed to judging to put 15-16 dogs out. Ideally it would only require 4, but you could end up with say 10 open dogs and 6 Nt.Ch,'s=5 casts, 4-3dog casts and 1-4 dog cast. How many members will neglect to show up knowing they will be expected to judge and will not be able to hunt?
Personally, I would be just as upset at being turned away after driving to a hunt as if someone tried the "two hour maniac" drill in my cast. At least I can question calls, vote, and if necessay file a complaint if it needs to go that far.
Every hunting judge you take out of the equation also costs the club an entry.
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