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Just wondering the terrain ? Number of dogs ? And general things about the hunt ??? Thinking about going.

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It is a very well respected hunt. They hunt about 300 dogs on Friday and Saturday night. Advance entry only. Large crowds and a lot of vendors. What more could you ask for!

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you will love it

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Awesome hunt. Usually easy terrain

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Do you have to pre enter ?????

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Best hunt there is I believe as far as polite ppl and vendors. Lots of things close by if you have a family in voncord so no one ever gets bored.

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alot of buckets or not? I HATE buckets!

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you could end up in the mountains in the west or the swamps in the east. hunted some rural areas and also have hunted in the belmont city limits(never again)! its just like any other hunt. it is the luck of the draw!

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alot of buckets or not?

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Iv hunted there 2 years in a row. Hunted on buckets 1 of 2 nights both years i hunted. Just depends i guess.

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Originally posted by CoonBusterWV
Iv hunted there 2 years in a row. Hunted on buckets 1 of 2 nights both years i hunted. Just depends i guess.

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Probably in the top 5 for hunts across the country! Comparable to the Autumn Oaks, Grand American, Winter Classic and so forth. I live just 10 minutes from Salisbury, NC and their will be plenty for you and your family to do there. The number of people on the grounds is unreal. From vendors, to dog traders; From people just walking and looking to nite hunters entered. As far as the number of registered nite hunters I believe it very well may be the largest.

To answer your question yes it is a pre-entry only hunt.

As for terrain, stay within a 20 mile radius around the club and the hunting should be gravy, coon population may very. More than likely if you stay close to the club you will be hunting farm land, it can be very rural or very urban just depends. The terrain can be a mild mix between hills and swamps but nothing to be to concerned over.

Go an hour or 50 miles in any direction it could be a totally different story. East of the club and you could be dealing with some possibly pretty big rough swamps. You have a few big lakes and several big rivers out that way too. Farm land is pretty common here as well.

A hour heading due West you are in the hills just like that, very far North and it's hills again. But I would be more worried about ending up around the far Western tip of the state more than anything, it can be some hellish hunting there, I'm talking about mountains!

As for past hunt winners several have been guided and won from hunting right here in Rowan County, just 20 minutes from the fair grounds. I knew the guide and know where they went, it's a fenced in private tract of over 3,000 acres. Some of the best hunting you'll find. However I hunt just out side of the fence on a joining piece of land and coon can be very hard to tree there. It's very much a case of the grass being greener on the other side and in this case it's true.

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Probably in the top 5 for hunts across the country! Comparable to the Autumn Oaks, Grand American, Winter Classic and so forth. I live just 10 minutes from Salisbury, NC and their will be plenty for you and your family to do there. The number of people on the grounds is unreal. From vendors, to dog traders; From people just walking and looking to nite hunters entered. As far as the number of registered nite hunters I believe it very well may be the largest.

To answer your question yes it is a pre-entry only hunt.

As for terrain, stay within a 20 mile radius around the club and the hunting should be gravy, coon population may very. More than likely if you stay close to the club you will be hunting farm land, it can be very rural or very urban just depends. The terrain can be a mild mix between hills and swamps but nothing to be to concerned over.

Go an hour or 50 miles in any direction it could be a totally different story. East of the club and you could be dealing with some possibly pretty big rough swamps. You have a few big lakes and several big rivers out that way too. Farm land is pretty common here as well.

A hour heading due West you are in the hills just like that, very far North and it's hills again. But I would be more worried about ending up around the far Western tip of the state more than anything, it can be some hellish hunting there, I'm talking about mountains!

As for past hunt winners several have been guided and won from hunting right here in Rowan County, just 20 minutes from the fair grounds. I knew the guide and know where they went, it's a fenced in private tract of over 3,000 acres. Some of the best hunting you'll find. However I hunt just out side of the fence on a joining piece of land and coon can be very hard to tree there. It's very much a case of the grass being greener on the other side and in this case it's true.

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I am going to name some counties and give a rating as to how well the top five scores would fare by hunting in these counties.

Excellent chances of scoring high:
Rowan
Iredell
Stanly
Montgomery
Rockingham
Davidson
Moore
Randolph
Chatham
Forsyth
yadkin
Cabarrus
Union
Anson
Fair chance of scoring high:
Gaston
Lincoln
Catawba
Alexander
Cleveland

Burke or any county west of there can probably just hang it up as I do not see any cast having a chance of a competing score!
I do not include any other counties because I think to hunt these counties may push the cast to get back to the fairgrounds in time but there are excellent counties to hunt in on east of where I have noted!

For that matter, can anyone tell me of a cast that has been guided in or west of Burke county that ever had a chance of scoring well enough to be in contention?

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This last paragraph lends much credence to what I stated earlier and does not surprise me at all!

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Your exactly right and its very likely to be another winner crowned hunting this tract again very soon. As for the number of winners that's came from hunting this area? I don't really know but the one that came from this particular tract I believe was two years ago. My buddy guided the winning cast to this oasis of coons that particular year and has had a winning cast member with a score to make the final four cast in almost every other year he's guided. The names and locations of which however are a closely guarded secret.

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A few I've hunted with some success and that have a high likelihood of producing winners are:
Rowan
Davidson
Wilkes
Davie
Randolph

Those are my picks but are all just a guess, a poll for this would be better served. I would like to hear the people's opinions of the coon populations for their own county.

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What are the dates for this hunt?

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....same as the rest of the large hunts............you get a good guide/draw, you'll love it, win or lose.....................you get an area where coons are as scarce as black panthers, not as much fun...........

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I'll tell you this much you want to hunt in the Belmont City limits and you want to draw Tony Burgamy or Chris Simmons or a few of the others who might be hunting around there. Them boys got coons. I used to go and hunt with Tony alot and let me tell you they got some coons. I also had Roy Latham as a guide one year that man had some coons as well. I drew the mountains several years ago and scored 725+. It is the same as any other hunt it aint about what county you draw its what guide you draw

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Anybody close to grounds want to pleasure hunt Thursday night? I'm not going to make it in time to attend the Allen Shoe hunt

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I'll tell you this much you want to hunt in the Belmont City limits and you want to draw Tony Burgamy or Chris Simmons or a few of the others who might be hunting around there. Them boys got coons. I used to go and hunt with Tony alot and let me tell you they got some coons. I also had Roy Latham as a guide one year that man had some coons as well. I drew the mountains several years ago and scored 725+. It is the same as any other hunt it aint about what county you draw its what guide you draw

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What are the dates for this hunt?

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I went to Brevard Nc! I do believe that is in the Mountains. I have been hunting 22 years. I've placed a time or two at that ol hunt along with a few others over the years!

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I went to Brevard Nc! I do believe that is in the Mountains. I have been hunting 22 years. I've placed a time or two at that ol hunt along with a few others over the years!

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I was not saying you were not in the mountains. Just wondering where specifically. I would agree you were in the mountains but I have seen some guys come from flat country and get "close" to the mtns. in some rolling hills and still call it mtns. Just making sure you were not one of those

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intellectualist I know exactly what you mean by the hills statement. I went and tried a dog a few years ago in Beckley WV. I dont think my legs have recovered yet! I bought the dog and granded him out. That dog was my buddy till he died he was just grateful to get out of those mountains I believe!

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