Posts Tagged ‘Dec 2011’
Out on a Limb
December marks the first big month of qualifiers for the UKC World Squirrel Dog Championship. Between December, January and February there are some 13 qualifiers scheduled so hope everyone is making plans to attend. Remember, you have ... Read More
National Plott Hound Ass’n
Hello Plott people from the snowy mountains of West Virginia. I have to apologize for my unprofessional absence last month. This fall has been unbelievably busy for the Butler household. We received our first snow of five ... Read More
National Treeing Cur Association
Wow – talk about putting things off until the last minute! Here I am the eve before leaving for Vegas and I am writing this column. It is funny how this day came to fruition so quickly. ... Read More
North Louisiana Kemmer Mt. Curs
Hello! We are well into our hunting season here. Deer hunters are in the woods and there are not many places for us to coon hunt until deer season closes. We plan to go to Mississippi to ... Read More
Wink, Texas: January 21, 2011
Sometime in the spring of 2010, Bill Voyles of Wink, Texas called me looking for a long lost buddy named Kenneth Alexander he had gone to school with in Wilson, Oklahoma. After a short telephone visit, I assured him that I ... Read More
Hot Tracks and Cold Trails
Over the past year, I have done something I don’t usually do and that is raise and evaluate a large group of pups in hopes that I can improve my pack and, hopefully, have something to be competitive with as well. Usually, ... Read More
2011 Grenada Lake
The 2011 Grenada Lake was held September 14-17 at the Mississippi Fox Hunters Preserve near Grenada, MS. This year we had 232 hounds entered which made for a great hunt. We had three days of cooler weather which helped because we ... Read More
Just Coon Huntin’
I don’t mean to brag but I find it hard to believe that anyone is enjoying their hunting more than I am. Good friends, good dogs, good hunting and the fellowship is the best. It doesn’t get ... Read More
2011 PKC World Hunt
Teamwork is summed up by the relationship between father Bill Griffin and son Josh, both from Cullman, Alabama, and builds to a huge win at this year’s PKC World Hunt, held in Salem, Illinois. Their impressive male ... Read More
Coon Season is Here Already
Summer is over and it's time to get ready for another exciting hunting season. This week, Nancy and I are traveling with my brother, Melvin, and his wife, Judy, to Salem, IL to the PKC World Hunt. ... Read More
2011 PKC World Championship
The setting for the 2011 PKC World Championship Final Cast was near perfect on Saturday evening October 29, 2011. There is no doubt that Salem, Illinois and their supporting cast of satellite clubs have established themselves as ... Read More
ARHA Gundog Division or AKC SPO; Can a Dog Compete in Both?
By now, if you’re like most Beaglers, you’ve run some of your hounds and think they are worthy of competing. I’m sure they’re the best dogs ever and, in your opinion, can beat the pants off any other dog. I have ... Read More