Dave Richards
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quote: Originally posted by harleydan1956
Ok.. I have watched this.. and the others.. 5 people, walking through the woods, judge asks "if you're ok"... you hear, "you're ok". biggest hunt and winning... By a bunch.. judge yells "NO".. you catch the dog immediately.. no harm,no foul, .. handler states "That is a scratchable offense" obviously a loosing handler. Happens at little hunts, now the biggest of all... Find a way to get a dog gone... Just my opinion.. but I would have never questioned it.there was no advantage.. I want to shake hands when the hunt is over knowing I did what I could to allow the best to win.
JMO..
Dan, you are the kind of man that I would want to hunt with, but everyone is not like that. Competition hunting brings out the claws so to speak, but you can not fault a handler for sticking to the Rules. A registered dog gets a minus for treeing a possum, a night champion or grand night champion gets scratched for treeing a possum. Why the difference? Well,, after making a Champion, a dog is held to a higher accountability. Hunting in a World Championship, a handler is held to a higher accountability. We can minimize the deed all we want trying to say no harm no foul, but a Panel of highly experienced judges ruled to scratch the dog.Did the handler do wrong willingly? No, but still has to be accountable, unfortunately his mistake most likely cost him a World Championship and 10K. Dave
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