Hoosier Outlaw
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Re: Shane I know the type of dog you describe
quote: Originally posted by Larry D Walker
And I would say in the redbone breed you probly could count on one hand how many there is in the country,and the ones there are maybe will not satisfy most because of their not so pure ancestry.
I am curious to know has there ever been a platinum or gold ch in the redbone bred, and if there has been any including silver ch just how pure was their true ancestry.
There is some major issues in the breed itself when it comes to this kinda dog, and the majority of the die hard redbone folks are not willing to do what is necesary to fix it.
What little pkc hunting that I have been involved with it gets serious when dogs are competeing for tickets, added money, state races breed races and such. And when all cards return to club and you get in the final four and the top four go back to the woods to battle out the end results, then the competetion gets real and you better have the kinda dog that you have described.
Very interesting stuff, keep mixing water with water and you get water
Just curious how many reds have been nominated for the 2014 pkc world hunt ?
I absolutely agree that there are probably a handful or less of top redbone females like I am talking about....probably could combine the best males and female redbones and still count on on your fingers with a few left over.
I am not trying to insult anyone by saying this....but if you have not hunted in some pro hunts, truck hunts, super stakes finals, or the top twenty of the UKC or Akc or any other elimination hunt.....then you are going to find it hard to understand just what kind of dogs win at that level and how they do it and what tools they have that consistently get them into those final casts.
I hunt all competition hunts and I like the elimination hunt format best because it allows the best to rise to the top during the hunt and then compete head to head with other cast winners until the best dog comes out on top.
You simply cannot get lucky all the way through four rounds of a pro hunt or the super stakes or the finals of the UKC world hunt. But you can go to many single round hunts and get lucky and get a good guide but have very little competition from other dogs in your cast.....so if you win that whole hunt without ever drawing out with the best competition because they were in another cast....what have you really proven? You may get the false impressionthat because you had the highest score....that you have a better dog than anyone else at that hunt....but you are fooling yourself.
If you hunt through several rounds of a hunt where the next cast each round will consist of dogs who won their cast the round before and the competition gets tougher and tougher as you go....and then your dog wins that final cast....well then you have the right to say you had the best dog at that hunt that weekend and few who know how hard it is to win a hunt like that will ever argue that. When you look at the semi finals of a pro hunt, or super stakes, $kc world championship or the top twenty of ukc world hunt....you are looking at the top 5-10% of competition dogs, ability wise in the country.
Now there are people who only hunt UKC or only hunt $kc....so the best dog in the country might not actually even compete in that registries hunts. But when I look at the best dogs in the country, I don't try to narrow it down to one or two best. If you go to a big elimination hunt once you get down to the final dozen dogs in the event...they are usually all top level dogs who anyone of them can come out the winner of the final cast. If you look in the magazines you will see the same dogs and handlers making the semi finals and finals over and over again....that isn't just luck at that level....its just not. It's also not from cheating or being a slick handler. Its from having a truly outstanding competition coon dog and knowing the rules and knowing the competition your up against. I am not on here trying to promote PKC hunts. I hunt UKC as much as I do PKC and I really like the fact that UKC has adapted many of their larger hunts to a format that requires the top four dogs hunt off in a final cast to crown a winner....but I think they would really attract a whole lot more serious competition hunters if they would have more true elimination hunts from start to finish. The kind where if you win your cast...you advance until there is only one dog left standing....the best dog through the whole hunt.
I proposed year or so ago that we start such a redbone hunt each year....a true elimination event. Two rounds Friday and two Saturday and only one dog who won every round and came out undefeated be crowned the winner....
Most people laughed at that idea and said we don't need such a hunt to identify the best redbones.....but I still think we do.
To me, this is how every breed days should be hunted off to crown a breed champion....but most would rather take the chance that they may get lucky and get a good guide and soft competition and have a couple nice scores and win the whole thing without drawing any real tough competition. But what does it prove when that happens?
If we don't challenge ourselves within our own breed....how can we expect our dogs to rise to the level of the best dogs in the country.
I don't have all the answers to get our breed on equal footing with the other breeds....but i do have ideas and that's what I am working on. Good luck to all those who are doing the same....shane
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Shane Maxey
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Banshee Wildlife Products
Hoosier Outlaw / Moonlight Redbones
1994 American Redbone Coonhound Association Hunter of the Year
My first 3 redbones raised from pup's were:
Dual Gr.Ch. Outlaw Billy the Kid
Dual Gr.Ch.- PKC Ch. Outlaw Timber Girl
Dual Gr.Ch. Outlaw Scarlett Fever
(((( Current Favorites ))))
2013 AKC Ladies World Champion
Gr.Nt.Ch.- PKC Ch- AKC Ladies World Ch Ky Moonlight Breanna
Gr.Nt.Ch. - PKC Ch. Ky Moonlight Woody
Dual Grand Moonlight Deana
Dual Grand Ch.- PKC Ch. Moonlight AfterShock
Dual Grand Nighty Night Amber
Gr.Nt.Ch. Moonlight Big Time Britt
Gr.Nt.Ch Outlaw Billy Jean
Gr.Nt.Ch-PKC Ch.-2015 PKC Red Days Champ Outlaw Cherry Bomb
Gr.Nt.Ch Outlaw Breeze
Gr.Nt.Ch.Gr.Ch. All Grand Outlaw G-Man (over $20.000 won in PKC & CHKC) 2019 Southern Redbone Days Overall Champion
Gr.Nt.Ch. Moonlight Outlaw Mac
Gr.Nt.Ch. Classy Cali (Heavy Outlaw bred)
Gr.Nt.Ch. Moonlight Cat Scratch Fever
Gr.Nt.Ch. Moonlight Addiction
Gr.Nt.Ch. Moonlight Overdose
Gr.Nt.Ch. Moonlight Jinx
Gr.Nt.Ch. Moonlight Banshee
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