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Originally posted by gladerunkennels
I think it there would be more luck in heavey coon. Im sure you heard the saying a blind squirle finds a nut now and then. Same with dogs hit enough trees your bound to get a score. If you got a first strike first tree dog thick or thin you should win.

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Originally posted by gladerunkennels
I think it there would be more luck in heavey coon. Im sure you heard the saying a blind squirle finds a nut now and then. Same with dogs hit enough trees your bound to get a score. If you got a first strike first tree dog thick or thin you should win.

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as an almost 400 pound man. i like to hunt these hills i dont run up an down them like some do but it is fun i take my time and enjoy myself. now for the part that you all are actually in disagreement about it does not take a better dog to tree coons here . it may take a dog with a better heart and set of legs. the handler better be in shape.

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Originally posted by elvis
if my dog goes left and finds a coon a half mile away and yours goes right and has to go out of hearing to find one, i was way lucky.
if we both tree a couple coon, the "luck" factor diminishes a bit. jmo

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Exactly CG sometimes you tree in a matte of seconds. First night of season we didn't walk very far at all. Had four in two different trees

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Guys I've hunted in about 8 different states I know of , and I've had better luck in these hills than anywhere else . Just seems I don't draw the right people , we tree coon but seems 200 , 175 , etc. we scored 375 two years ago in the Allen shoe hunt at walker days but didn't get back before deadline . My last three casts here in wv I've won my scores where 333 1/3 , 375 , 827 1/4 , so wv can produce some nice scores , but will they hold it here , probably no , but one can hope .

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IMO, a high score doesn't mean you have a good coon dog, a me too dog and a slick handler can put on a high score. But when you're in an area that doesn't have as high of a population, it's harder to be a slick handler if the dogs don't strike right off the lead. As we've all experienced, when you train dogs to be independant, if they have to go a couple hundred yards to find a track, most times they won't stay together as a cast. I'm not sayin that the dogs from states like ohio, indiana and other midwest states aren't as good as dogs from the south or states with thinner population but I think the dogs from those areas are just more conditioned to the nights of lots of runnin around to find a track instead of bein dropped into a corn field onto some hot tracks. I just don't understand why the emphasis is being put on scores and what can be put up in our state when the winning score this year was so low. It doesn't matter where its held, some people are gonna complain and the others are gonna be happy, in the end, no matter where it is, the guys who know they have a dog that can legitmately compete will make the trip no matter where it is.

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Originally posted by wvcoonrunner
IMO, a high score doesn't mean you have a good coon dog, a me too dog and a slick handler can put on a high score. But when you're in an area that doesn't have as high of a population, it's harder to be a slick handler if the dogs don't strike right off the lead. As we've all experienced, when you train dogs to be independant, if they have to go a couple hundred yards to find a track, most times they won't stay together as a cast. I'm not sayin that the dogs from states like ohio, indiana and other midwest states aren't as good as dogs from the south or states with thinner population but I think the dogs from those areas are just more conditioned to the nights of lots of runnin around to find a track instead of bein dropped into a corn field onto some hot tracks. I just don't understand why the emphasis is being put on scores and what can be put up in our state when the winning score this year was so low. It doesn't matter where its held, some people are gonna complain and the others are gonna be happy, in the end, no matter where it is, the guys who know they have a dog that can legitmately compete will make the trip no matter where it is.

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Ukc won't go for it.........It takes real men to hunt here! Not enough to show up! It's all about the greenbacks!!!!!!!!

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I would like to see it come hear the clubs are fairley close to gether and some areas have plenty of coon I've scored over 900 more than once and over 500 several times shoot last year i scored 625 in a one hour hunt but that hunt was on buckets

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Only real men are coonhunters..WVA is beautiful country but you have to related to a mountain goat to hunt there..It has nothing to do with hound power. A coonhound is a coonhound in any country. Michigan or Ohio is my vote.

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It really should be in the middle of the country! Thats only fair!

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If it's not held n flat corn country the guides r goin to have portable corn fields. That's a fact so either ur goin to hunt corn fields or feeder buckets n q hunt no matter where u go

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QUOTE]Originally posted by english56
This is crazy if its held in wv we wont find out who has coondogs we will find out who has best bucket feeder dogs cause people will want to score coons and win come on guys look at reality world hunt needs held in central are of us with medium number of coon im not saying wv is a bucket feeder state im saying guys do what it takes to win so people will put them out for quick dumps and big scores and everyone hunting an independent dog will be looking all night for theirs case theirs no coon to tree i live in southern ohio so dont say i dont know what its like to hunt wv ive been their many nights its rough thin coon [/QUOTE] parts of wv has very thin coon but their are parts that have plenty of coon i can hunt a four dog cast 6 nights a week on wild coon and never hit the same spot when coon are moveing we'll score over 500 I've got coon and their not bucket coon i know several other hunters that have coon if your dog hunts for a coon and don't blow through country in a stright line the hills don't bother you that much

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