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I wasn’t there this year, but I heard on Friday it was a ghost town and then just a little bit better crowd on Saturday. Hardly no vendors setup outside and hardly none in the buildings that are typically packed from one end to the other. From two stud dog barns being filled to less than a handful of stud dogs showing up.

So what is your opinion on the crowds this year if you were there?



I’ve watched this hunt go from the second biggest hunt I’ve ever attended to one that is in desperate need of help

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You should’ve showed up then you would have had first hand knowledge! Every year you are the first to post something about this hunt. It is what it is.....come support the hunt!

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I couldn’t go this year because we sold our house and went to settlement. Thanks for your concern about me not being there.

Maybe I’m the first one to say something about it because I am worried about a hunt I live to attend is dying a slow death.

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They hunted close to 100 dogs on Thursday a double header that's 200 to 300 dogs in 3 nights that's sound pretty good to me the stud barn business is long gone nothing like 20 years ago only a hand full of treeing walker stud dogs get breed steady and they DONT ADVERTISE I would go in a heartbeat but I'm 1000 miles away it sounds like some of the membership doesn't get along

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I think that’s were a lot of the hunters that have some mileage of us are. Richard thought I should jump in the truck and go to the Oklahoma winter classic it’s 5 hrs. Bossman thought I should have been at Batesville its 9 hrs. Texas state hunt and ada Oklahoma are 2 hrs and 3 hrs. Plus motels and gas and eats and ain’t none of that cheap. Us old doggies are just burnt out on the grind. Maybe that’s why numbers are low.



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They hunted close to 100 dogs on Thursday a double header that's 200 to 300 dogs in 3 nights that's sound pretty good to me the stud barn business is long gone nothing like 20 years ago only a hand full of treeing walker stud dogs get breed steady and they DONT ADVERTISE I would go in a heartbeat but I'm 1000 miles away it sounds like some of the membership doesn't get along

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So is there really a better place near there to have this hunt with plenty hunting spots we used to hunt 200 dogs at our state hunt and now hunt only 40 or 50 so numbers are down some everywhere

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I attended and was very disappointed! Hardly no vendors although I did spend bout 700 bucks I was prepared to spend more as I wanted to buy a aluminium Rigg box but there was only 1...... I repeat only 1 box vendor there! No way to get a deal that way. They need to move this hunt back north to Salisbury Nc as I have attended my last lackluster SETWD in Union county SC.

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If they want move it start a new hunt problem solved.

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I know I shouldn't say much since I didn't attend again this year but I have no intention of driving 3 1/2 hrs. each way to a hunt that has turned out to be as disappointing as this with no restaurants or motels or even hunting spots. Thought the 5 year contract was up this year and havent heard what has been decided on this hunt. If it stays in Union it's over for this hunt. I know of one location that wanted this hunt and they were having trouble finding anyone to talk to. This should be voted on by the members and I would have gone if the members had a say so. I just hate to see the decline of one of the best hunts and associations that we've ever had. Now a place thats so far off the grid that it's hard to find, nowhere to eat, sleep or hunt. We used to draw hunters from all over the states now it's mainly just the locals that attend and defend the location.
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Yadkinriver, I’ve heard they voted to leave it there. Although I haven’t seen anything official.

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Hard to get accurate info. We didn't get a vote for moving it and was told the board was only ones voting. Wish I knew for sure but it's probably too late to do anything.

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It sounds like it's time to move it around

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Hard to get accurate info. We didn't get a vote for moving it and was told the board was only ones voting. Wish I knew for sure but it's probably too late to do anything.

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When I first started going in the mid 90's it was huge. Wtf happened? This hunt is not much bigger than a rqe. Sad sad sad.

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It is Not moving. To The one vendor that has posted that it was Wall to Wall with people and business was great Why did the board vote to let you guys set up for free?

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It is Not moving. To The one vendor that has posted that it was Wall to Wall with people and business was great Why did the board vote to let you guys set up for free?

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They used to hunt 200 dogs a night at ada okla. Walker hunt in March it's way down now only about 30 to 40 dogs

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They used to hunt 200 dogs a night at ada okla. Walker hunt in March it's way down now only about 30 to 40 dogs

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Not meaning this the wrong way but of the major hunts that ukc staff attends they do well. Just maybe they need to attend some of the major hunts that are floundering to problem solve and try to get them back on their feet if I owned ukc I would.


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Maybe you and him should come to the Texas state hunt and ada Oklahoma. We would treat y’all like kin.


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Maybe you and him should come to the Texas state hunt and ada Oklahoma. We would treat y’all like kin.


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John everything is at least that far for me I am 30 miles north of whitesborro tx. I am going to the Texas state hunt got to work hard all summer then me and Corey will see you and Allen at autum oaks.


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