msinc
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Originally posted by Ol Grump
If every time you go to a hunt and lose, then get on computer the next day and cry, your probably part of the problem.
Maybe, and just maybe you are part of the cure. When it comes to outright cheating, sooner or later, usually later the word eventually gets out. Word gets out that the dog didn't win, it was the handler. When that finally happens the fame and fortune sought and attained by the cheater magically goes away.
It's a bitter pill to have to take, getting cheated and nobody likes it. The good thing is that not too many cheaters go on to be really successful. Word of mouth is a powerful thing. I remember back in the late 80's there was a famous kennel in Virginia with a lot of champion degreed dogs. Back then just the title Nite Champion meant a lot and when most guys only ever had one this clown had over a dozen or so. His game was hunting over his feeders on his land, and he was always the judge and guide. One night I finally drew out with him and saw first hand how he did it...not only was he hunting over his feeders, he had them on the other side of a hog wire fence...with a hole cut in the fence about 200 feet away from the feeder. There was zero chance, no matter how good of a hound anyone had to get a first strike. Now this fellas dogs were no joke either, so you very rarely ever got a first tree. Especially now that your dog was left behind at the fence.
Not long after that the word got out and he was done. The sad thing is that he actually had a fairly decent line of dogs and really had no reason to cheat except that just winning wasn't enough, he had to be magnificent by having all his dogs win.
The problem to his scheme was really when it was time to take these magnificent "winners" away from home...he ran out of excuses.
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