Nat Thomas
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Here's my last post on this subject... What you see in UKC is alot of
Guys that go to hunts for more fellowship than anything. There isn't any real prizes... Just go, pay your entry, and get a yellow slip. Normal UKC hunters don't mind dogs covering, they don't mind me too dogs, they don't mind track straddlers, they put up with alot of stuff that hardcore competition hunters absolutely won't tolerate.
Your typical UKC hunter has several hunting buddies that he hunts with through the week with several dogs being cut loose, all getting treed together, and then shooting a coon out to 3-4 dogs.
I bet you that you will never ever are a serious/professional/successful competition hunter do those things... They destroy independence and will make a naturally independent dog, a pack dog quick!
Mine? Mine rarely ever sees another dog except when he's getting set up to cover and if he even thinks about heading to the other dog treed he's getting his brains fried and then if he doesn't get outta there and get treed right somewhere quick... He's getting it again.
There is a reason that the same guys produce top notch quality dogs year after year after year after year and its not because they think that a dog Treeing 4 minutes late deserves 75. Don't believe me? Call em and ask what they do when a dog covers late. I know alot of them, myself included, that will eat a 30-60$ entry to correct the dog on the spot because covering late is a culling fault. If they can't be broke from covering late, then they don't stay around long. So I guess if y'all wanna stay in the same "I'm ok with average" rut, then by all means, pet ole Rufus up when he covers late but while you're doing that, go ahead and tree mine in there deep and lonely.
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