Brandon Gudgeon
UKC Forum Member
Registered: Apr 2008
Location: Leadmine, Wisconsin
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Tramp (Jet x Mindy 3) was in his first competition hunt last night. I went to Arthur's TW Sectional with my NiteCh Dot female. They were short of guides for open casts, so I handed off Dot's lead to my friend that was with me, and I signed Tramp up. He hunted with 3 much older dogs, but did very well I thought. We were hunting in 30 degrees with the wind blowing steadily and it was also snowing periodically. I made a handler error and struck and treed him deep down the valley with the other dogs, and minused myself right away when he opened right handed from them and took a track deep and finished on a den. On that particular tree, it took us 20 minutes to get to him. Not a huge fan of the "deep and alone" phrase, but in these type of conditions it's inevitable. Tramp had 1st tree all night, and his locate and changeover is undeniable making him easy to call. We scored on 1 coon, and he had 4th strike and 1st tree on that. Had I listened a little more carefully before opening my mouth, Tramp would've had himself a CW in his first ever hunt. He was ready, I wasn't.... Give me a break, I haven't been to a hunt since last September.... 
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Brandon Gudgeon
Benton, WI
(608)-606-2608
NiteCh 'PR' Beast Mode Tramp
- 1st Runner Up Jr Young Guns 2014 National BBOA Days - 300+
- 9th place (Friday night) 2014 National BBOA Days - 250+
- 1st place opens 2014 WI State BBOA Championship - 837.5+
- UKC 2nd - 100+
- UKC 1st - 225+
- 2015 Zone 3 BBOA Championship King of Hunt
- 2015 Iowa State BBCHA King of Hunt (1st place NtCh)
- 2016 Zone 3 BBOA Championship 1st place NtCh (Fri Night)
R.I.P.
Ch NiteCh 'PR' Gabby's Tree Poundin Bocephus
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