garminguru
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Originally posted by blackflagginit
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sure you can. Ive NEVER, in close to 30yrs of comp hunting, seen this rule inforced and stick. like i said before i tried it twice and even the MOH's wouldnt stand for it. the rule is too loosely written and there isnt a cast in history or the future where there is accual PROOF a dog didnt open SOMEWHERE on the ground. the exact case both moh's made in the examples i gave before.
Ask kellam and he doesnt even have an EXACT criteria for scratching......he has even made examples of dogs opening at some point during the night, but running "several tracks" silent later on in the night, and that being enough to enforce the rule......however still no clear criteria........just the judges opinion or "feeling/knowing" the dog was silent. which in turn is why its never inforced and why MOH's refuse to enforce it at the clubhouse IF its inforced in the woods.
but then.....lets face it.......alot of these "coonhound advisor" opinions are handed down from the scurge of coonhunting himself, and maybe even before. some who have held the position werent even coonhunters, and at least 1 was pretty suspect when it came to an "honest opinion"
I am not necessarily talking about the rule and how it is enforced or not enforced, nor am I talking about what feels good to me or satisfies you on whether a dog should be scratched or not.
I am saying each individual knows what he is packing and whether he is going to have to call his dog struck when the handler knows it really was not his that barked because said handler knows he is packing a silent dog. Or in my case a 95 percent silent dog. If you have a silent dog, one you know in your heart falls under the scope of the spirit of the rule to scratch silent dogs, and you decide to hunt him and strike him, then keep doing your dishonesty. It will come back on you.
I know that I know, that I know, I should NEVER sell my dog to a comp hunter because if I tell the buyer he will make a good comp hunter, then I would be a liar because if he is called properly while in a hunt, I will most always have to say tree my dog without ever being able to honestly strike my dog and that would get the dog scratched way more times than a man has money for to ever make a nt ch out of him.
Why? Because I understand the rule and the spirit it is intended and I will not be dishonest and strike my dog on locate!
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