cranberry
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Re: Coon Hunting. Why?
quote: Originally posted by fatherof4
I watch these posts about why can't UKC be more like the other KC's and it got me thinking. Why even coon hunt? Personally I like UKC the best but I do hunt the others as well. But I do it for different reasons. For me, it's about the comradery. I enjoy going different places, meeting new people, seeing new dogs and making new friends. I enjoy listening to dogs work and every now and then be WOW'ed buy a nice dog. It's about the hunt for me. I should just be a pleasure hunter but no, I enjoy the everything that goes with it.
Now as for the winning part of it all, If I win then it's a bonus for me. Sure I like to win but that's not what it's all about. Winning doesn't make me feel like a man, being a good man and having good friends makes me feel like a man.
When you get right down to it, it's the same in every KC just different rules. People cheat, people lie, people get their feelings hurt, dogs fight, dogs run off game, dogs tree coons, dogs slick tree, dogs tree opossums, dogs stand under your feet, some dogs are independent, some dogs like to pack, some dogs are first strike dogs, some dogs are first tree dogs and some dogs don't have any business being there. But one thing to consider is this, we are all human and they are all dogs. So as for me, I'll take the bad with the good and enjoy spinning my wheels.
So, why do you do it? Not trying to start a fight here, just sharing some thoughts.
Really nice post!
I do it for the above reasons, and to me I've always thought comp coon hunting is the best bang for the buck in the hunting world. I mean seriously, where else or what other sport can you show up and pay $20 and have your own personal hunting guide that takes you out to new ground, with new dogs, meeting new people, for 2 hrs! And if you luck up and win, heck that's just a bonus.
I always said if I could win 1 outa 12 that would keep me coming back! Lol
Sure you might draw a rough dog or rough handler occasionally but you'll run into that kind of stuff anywhere.
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