BigContry
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Registered: Jun 2014
Location: Louisiana
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Got up Friday morning and hit the road at 3:45. First stop, picked up Donald, and on up to Kentwood, where I picked up Sleepy. (Two of the finest fellow you could spend the weekend with)Then on up to Ava Mo. to attend the Uchtman Memorial hunt. We looked like the Beverly Hillbillies going up the interstate, with the two dog boxes, ice chest, and dog tails hanging out everywhere. Oh we had plans of bring all this Louisiana dog power up there, and coming home with all the silver and gold. Well, I guess it just didn’t work as planned. Sleepy (Redstick Ann) won their GrNiteCh cast Saturday night, but didn’t have enough to win Queen of hunt. Same thing with Bluduck, he won his NiteCh cast Friday but also fell short, and Donald (Kasey) had two enjoyable hunts but was in the same boat as Sleepy and myself. But I got to say, a great time was had by all. Got to see some old friends and made quite a few new ones. I will not even try to name all of the fine folks, but I got to visit with some of the most knowledgeable folks in the Bluetick World. Really some legends! I hear and read all the time about coonhunting being a dying sport, and as I looked around the clubhouse grounds, I see why. I would say that half of the folks there, were over 65, with the other half being, mostly people over 40. But there was more kids showing dogs than I have seen in the past. More kids are needed in our sport to keep the great tradition alive. I had heard that Tom Williams (hope that’s his last name, if not please forgive me) a fellow at the Ava club was from the North-West part of the US, and had done a lot of bear, and lion hunting in the past. I would give anything to witness a hound running and treeing a bear or lion, so I had to ask questions. Tom was more than glad to share his experiences with me. Tom told about the differences between coonhounds and big game hounds, and many hunting stories from the past. It was like I was a kid again around the deer camp. Friday night I draw out with a young male Bluetick (2 years old) named Big Larry. I won the cast Friday night, but I can tell you, if it would have been a different outcome if, how can I say this without offending anyone, if Larry was able to stay at the tree. Larry had first strike and first tree on both turn outs, but wasn’t able to stay. Blueduck got off alone and treed one giving me the cast win. Saturday night Larry got with a different group of dogs and scored 650. He opens good, moves a track, loud, and fast to get treed. I love a meek mannered hound. I feel sure we will be hearing from him in the near future, and I will be going to make an outcross at some point. A 12.5 month old female won Queen, hunted by a young lady, which I can’t recall her name. This was the young lady first cast win. Very impressive. Thanks to the Ava Missour Club for putting on such an enjoyable hunt, and a Special thanks goes out to Mr Gary Uchtman for allowing us to breed one of his fine females to Case.
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