Hoosier Outlaw
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Registered: Jun 2010
Location: Marion, Indiana
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Guys numbers dont help you when its your dog against three other dogs in a cast. It all comes down to individual dog power...thats it! They are either better than the competition on that particular cast on that particular night....or they get beat. Does anyone remember a plott dog who won the world hunt? There were probably less plotts in that hunt than any other breed that year....
Its nice to see redbones competing in higher numbers and that does help get more of them placed in the hunt.....but a dogs INDIVIDUAL skill and performance in the casts he competes in is the only thing that will get him to that final cast or to the top of the winners list at the end of the year. None of the other redbones entered in the same hunt will have any bearing on another redbones performance in his cast against the dogs he drew out with.
There are some good redbones out there in competition today.....very few are what I call top level contenders though. Even with one of the best...you still have to have some luck that you dont lose your dog....that you get a good guide.... that you dont get a crooked judge...and other things that you and your dog cannot control to win big at that level because most of the other dogs that are there are there because they are top level players. You seldom dominate casts at those hunts....most dogs will be split and it will come down to who can find their coons and make less mistakes because every dog on your cast is probably of pretty equal skill level.
I see guys talk about numbers on her alot...... but I compete in big hunts on a regular basis and I have found that the number of other redbones at any particular hunt is irrelevant to how my dog does at that hunt.
I do think that most people pretty well know if they have a dog that can win against the best walkers out there......and thats why most choose not to show up with their dog and enter....
Its easy to sit back in front of a computer and say I got a dog as good as those walkers.....but its much harder to show up, enter that dog and back up what you say online. I applaud the men and women who consistently show up and measure their redbones against the best of the other breeds....whether they win or lose....at least they tried and learned something.
I do think that any hunt held with the leaves off is an advantage to redbones because if there is one big hole I see over and over again in the other breeds....its that they have accuracy problems. And when the leaves are on...far too many of them get circled on trees that would be minused if the leaves were off. I can say this with certainty after carrying a thermal imaging scope on pkc and acha casts where they are allowed and seeing soo many trees circled because of leaves that absolutely had no coon in the tree. I have been beat many times by dogs who didn't get the minus they deserved because the leaves hid the truth.
Good luck getting the major registries to hold their world hunts with leaves off though...because I suspect entries might be way down...lol
Accuracy is one thing that I believe the redbone breed has more of on average than the other breeds.... but we only get the full advantage of that in the winterand early spring and thats when the least hunts are held.
And while that is one of the breeds best traits....we still lag on other important traits....on average compared to other breeds doing a lot of winning.
Thats where people who hunt in these top level competition hunts get a first hand look at where other breeds are excelling and the redbones need improving. You simply cannot see this by going to small hunts, comparing your dogs to your buddy's dogs or sitting behind a computer.
Look, you dont have to take my word for it....or Royce's word or anyone else's.... but if I wanted to know how the best redbones are stacking up against the best walkers in top level competition... I would ask someone who hunts them at that level on a regular basis.
Every breed has room for improvement guys....and that includes our breed.
I am just one guy who knows where we come up short a lot in competition and I am working with others to try to improve those areas in the lines of dogs I am working with. I think the breed is improving....from a competition standpoint....but we still have work to do.... so lets keep focused, keep measuring results against the best yardstick we can find....and put the redbone breed on top in the competition world!
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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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11-08-2014 03:19 PM
..did manage to get a little bit won on him the other night and will plug along to get him qualified for our state hunt(chkc)..Mr.royce I hope your family situation will improve to try a few of these hunts..a good dog and some luck will find someone clutching a pretty nice check..They also have a couple of truck hunts scheduled with no leaves on also..P.S. Richard send your friend my way or sell him yours and I will ship you another one 
