The American Beagler Forum

like i said, we never stop learnin'..sometimes the hard way..I remember my first UKC trial hunt also. I had some good guys teach me what was to be done politly. I wasn't much compition cause I was just learnin'. I beleive that it was 1990 and my cast members was Don Sexton with his Pastey dog, Todd ...

YES, HE STRUCK IN SECOND PLACE WITH HIS YOUNG PUP AND THAT LEFT ONLY THIRD TO STRIKE IN AT. SO YES, HE WOULD HAVE HAD SECOND STRIKE IF THE TRACK WOULD HAVE GONE ANYWHERE. TRUTH IS HE JUST GOT DONE SAYIN' THAT THERE IS NO WAY TO OUTSTRIKE MY DOG AND GAVE HER PRAISES ON HOW HARD OF A SEARCH DOG SHE IS...

That case happened at a WQE and one dog was already withdrew and at his truck leavein' three dogs in cast. At the end of the hunt my dog was winnin by 15pts. (low scorein' day) one dog wasn't much comp, on his way to minusin' out. the other was a 7month old pup from the judge/guide/ and my ride back...

The rule for a mishandlein' dog is the handler has 15 minutes to catch his do ,which a time out will be called then after the 15 minutes for the handler to have a aditional 30minutes before his dog is scratched. I know that there are guys out there that never spend time with their dogs but to feed '...

If all dogs wore bells then it would eliminate all of your neg. pts. and would make them plus pts. if your really thinkin' bout it. I've never really had to worry about or dealt with a bad handlin' dog. I've never been in a cast that has ever been in a time-out due to a bad handlin'dog. So I don't b...

Tim H.- I'm sorry if I presented hostal to you and maybe I am overlookin' your point of view. I do feel strongly of the move forward in the UKC rulebook for the favor to use bells. I hear alot of discustion about them on cast but noone will voice a opionion because it might pea of the off by doing s...

If the other dogs would wear a three dollar bell too then it wouldnt be such a disadvantage to other handlers. It would be up to the handler I suppose to use one or not. I do have dogs that handle great but I do get sick of others not knowin' their dogs and callin' mine. Trying to make it harder for...

Tim H.- Any of the reasons I listed are very good reasons for the use of bells. Saftey for the dogs, Better judgein' the dogs trailin the bunny, Helps control the cheatin' situations in the field for the ones that have ruff runnin' dogs and slick handlers and would promote better hounds to the winne...

MDH68- Your senario sounds like you dont know your dogs voice cause I'm gonna strike my dog on a wimper ALL DAY LONG even if she has or dont have a bell on. So if a handler calls my dog or thinks my dog sounds like theirs they had better be sure before I could have'em scratched easier for callin' my...

We already know what the rule says, can you come up with a reason besides what is writtin' it the rule book? I'm sure everyone already knew that bells wasn't allowed by the post but thanks for the knowledge on were to find it at. OK, lets look at your point on nonhandlein' dogs and trackin' collars....

So a bell will tell you were your dog is at all times and that will give you a strike advantage.. OK lets look at this point then.. 1) it is hard to hear the bell on a still day past 35 yards away. so if the dogbell is able to be heard then you still wouldn't know when your dog is gonna hit a track....

SO ONE NEG. POINT WOULD BE THAT IT MIGHT MAKE THE BUNNIES MOVE OUT FROM IN FRONT OF THE DOGS... WELL IF THEY DO THIER JOB AND CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR A BUNNY ONE OF THE DOGS WILL FIND THE TRACK AND HARK IN. LETS LOOK FOR A MINUTE HERE. IF THATS THE CASE, I WENT TO A BEAGLE HUNT AND WAS GUIDED TO A BU...

My hat is off to him. My the good Lord be will him and give him back his pack of hound that went before him.. I'll put 'em in my prair tonight. Alway will have the treasured memories and thats as good as all the gold in the world!

I was wondering how a bell is used to cheat at a beagle trial and I cant seem to figure out how this would interfear with the huntin'. I can think of several plus marks for but no good ones for the not list..1)Would help keep track of dogs to determine the point of the loss so the cast can find the ...

I have finally joined your board. how is ENUFF OF TUFF. we ran together at the first afternoon round at the UKC World hunt. i was huntin' that chainsaw choppin' little tricolor female named Abbey. YEA, the housedog. i haven't had a split track i dont think since that day. we had at least two maybe t...