Rolin Blues
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Registered: Nov 2005
Location: Iowa
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BBOA ZONE III June 28/29 Take Note
Our zone hunt is this weekend. Supposed to be warm & humid, but that is just what you have to expect this time of year. People know I hate heat, but I'll be there to enjoy the bluetick BS that I have missed out on the past 3 years.
To all young & old Bluetickers, I am going to bring along a BUNCH of BBOA yearbooks for everyone to look at during both days of hunt & show. Several years ago, Harvey Bader & I were zone officials together and when I took national office and he was done being zone president, he asked me to take all his old year books starting in 1979 to keep, so they could be seen at future events. This is going to be your opportunity to look at all the old ads that were of dogs that many of you- young & old hunters- have in the back of your dogs pedigrees that you have never seen pics of. Since the hunt is in Cobb, Wisc., which is a short haul for me, I will bring our Zone III 'library' along this year for to all to revue. With everyone having cell phones to take pics with these days, come out, look thru old ads & take pics to show your friends & old hunting buddys what dogs & pedigrees look like of old hounds you have talked about from the past.
Just an example of what you can enjoy seeing & history of my bluetick carrier. In 1960, when I was in high school, dad bought our 1st full blood bluetick coon hound called Speck. I'd give anything to have one just like him today. After hunting 4 generations of him till 1980, I hunted whatever I could get my hands on to compete with, that was good till 1984. I bought a registered bluetick female out of OK. that I granded out called Lady. In 1986, my daughter, Jennifer, wanted to hunt in competition hunts, so she bought a male called Trapper, a direct son of Dual Gr. Paynes Music City Chief with her 4H money that she made a Nt.Ch.. Today, when I opened up 1979 issue of bluebook, by chance or luck, there was a full page ad for guess who- Dual Gr. Paynes Music City Chief owned by Carl Payne of Nashville, Tenn. Just one example of what you might find in an old issue, take a pic with your phone to keep, but please leave books on display for others to enjoy in years to come.
I will put out this request for anyone that has old issues of bluebooks that they have stored for many years, but have no one that would want to keep them anymore. Any year prior to 1979, bring along your books to help fill in as many years as we can prior to 1979 for our Zone III 'library'. I would like to see this make its' way back into 1960s, if possible. If you have an old BBOA member/friend, that might have books they have no need or use for, check with them & let's see how much further back we can go in our bluebook history. Just a thought/request.
Will see all of you that are able to attend this weekend Friday night. If you hadn't planned to hunt or show, but just want to visit or look at old books, come on over, we'll be there till early Sunday morning, I'm sure. Take care, Ron.
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