2010 ARHA Little Pack World

[Bev]

Just got my August issue of The Rabbit Hunter. I was bragging to my Canadian friend about the Little Pack World, how great it is and the good memories I had the years I went, and told him he should attend next year and I would go with him. I thought I would prime him for the experience by scanning in the article from this year's trial -- which had what...700+ dogs again, and emailing it to him?

Where is the write-up of the LARGEST BEAGLE FIELD TRIAL IN THE WORLD? I opened the magazine and it's not there. I went back through the pages and couldn't find anything except photos, so I thought "Hey, I know, I bet it's at least mentioned in the editorial. Guess what? No editorial.

What in tarnation is going on with this magazine and the ARHA?

I know this is going to draw some hate posts, but really. Why are you Little Pack Beaglers settling for this? You sink a ton of money into this registry every year for what...for the picture of your World Hunt win to be lost among all the pictures of the ten-dog trials? First off, shame on NKC -- what a way to not show appreciation for it's largest single money-maker. Secondly, shame on The Rabbit Hunter - what a way not show interested in the sport that fills your pages, and shame on you beaglers for at least not designating someone to do a writeup on your LARGEST BEAGLE FIELD TRIAL IN THE WORLD. The Rabbit Hunter would have printed whatever was sent to them. It's just nobody bothered to send them anything, and the editors of that magazine obviously can't be bothered to request it...or even to say hello to you once a month.

Do you have a Corresponding Secretary for your division? If not, I'd my suggestion is to appoint one next election of officers.

I don't have a lot of time to read the magazines these days so if the write-up of this year's World Hunt were published in a prior issue....then nevermind on all of the above. I'll wash these bitch-cookies down with some milk.

[BlackRiverBeagler]

AMEN! Tired of only seeing stories of the same people shooting a rabbit. You hear one you've heard them all!

[Timm.Richard]

The ARHA use to own The Rabbit Hunter. It was sold when the NKC took over. Now its all about money. It use to be full of ads .Stud , Puppies, Running dogs for sale. Now there is very little ads or good stories. I still get it but don't look forward to it anymore.Plus the rates keep going up. Rich.

[cpuckett]

i remember several years back when they used to put the hondsman article in there that was a good story ,but your right it's the same old crap in it every month ..

[Bev]

C'mon, guys and gals. I'm not tsk'ing you as much as I am the organization. By all rights they should HIRE somebody to report on this event. I hope some of you hold their feet to the fire next year, or appoint someone within your ranks to do it. I will be happy to publish it on the nabeagle.com site like I do some of the other events, but surely they can give you one issue per year (?).

Some hunting stories are okay, but I'm just surprised they didn't give more coverage to this event.

[Shady Grove Beagles]

Just my opinion and you know what they say about opinions-------------everybody's got one.The Rabbit Hunter is not worth me subscribing to.All it contains these days is up-coming hunt dates and past hunt results.Talk about boring!!! I can get that on the internet.It's obvious that the magazine is just a hired mouthpiece with no real relationship to the A.R.H.A. itself.
Seems to me that the A.R.H.A. in this area is dwindling fast.Hunts now are getting kind of rinky-dink with 10-12 open dog entries! Five years ago an open class at the hunts around here would draw 50-60 entries.

[JUDE]

Tried to get the top ten in the Ohio State Hunt for several months and
still haven't gotten it . Thumbs up to the clubs that aren't ashame to
post thier top ten .

[TOPGUN]

The ARHA is really just about their money. I used to think that it was a first class organization and I`d have defended them on this board, like some probably will. But personal experience has proven to me that the NKC/ARHA is not about the hounds. Its simply not professional. I will leave it at that. I don`t understand why it remains the biggest format, but it seems to. We`ll all see if it keeps growing. I don`t believe it will. It has peaked.
I agree with you Bev. It wouldn`t take much effort to have a nice little 2 or 3 page write up about how the hunt went. You can`t blame the magazine. If you write it, they will publish it. Its that simple. It doesn`t matter if its a small hunt, or a big one. I`m sure it would have been read by many if it had been written. It just appears Knowone took the time to do so.

[271rockridge]

i remember several years back when they used to put the houndsman article in there that was a good story ,but your right it's the same old crap in it every month ..

I am with you Charles that was the only thing worth reading in the whole magazine.I miss reading about ol Rufe Towns

[Bev]

The ARHA is really just about their money. I used to think that it was a first class organization and I`d have defended them on this board, like some probably will. But personal experience has proven to me that the NKC/ARHA is not about the hounds. Its simply not professional. I will leave it at that.

While I believe that it's okay to be profitable -- we want it to be because that's what makes it possible for us to do this and have a registry/format to play with our hounds, it IS unprofessional. If they had an ounce of initiative they would not only be covering this event, they would be marketing the snot out of it. That would be a win-win for everyone. If ARHA were my organization it would have seen TELEVISION coverage. Or I would have died trying. Not often can you say you're the "biggest in the world" about anything.

I don`t understand why it remains the biggest format, but it seems to.

That's because of the beaglers. It always has been.

We`ll all see if it keeps growing. I don`t believe it will. It has peaked. I agree with you Bev. It wouldn`t take much effort to have a nice little 2 or 3 page write up about how the hunt went. You can`t blame the magazine.

But I DO blame the magazine. And NKC. If I wanted to sell magazines, and I wanted my readers happy, and I had a CAPTIVE AUDIENCE like The Rabbit Hunter has with ARHA beaglers....you'd better believe I would be on the phone arsing people for information and write-ups and comments and pictures and captions... No wait, if my magazine had the exclusive rights to publish the activities of the organization who puts on the LARGEST BEAGLE FIELD TRIAL IN THE WORLD...I would be there myself -- making sure it got done. If an act of God kept me from it, I'd send a proxy, but it would be published in the most glory i could give it. I urge the ARHA beaglers to demand no less. Your money and time is the reason they exist as they are.

If you write it, they will publish it. Its that simple. It doesn`t matter if its a small hunt, or a big one. I`m sure it would have been read by many if it had been written. It just appears Knowone took the time to do so.

This is also true. So don't wait on the people who gladly take your money but don't give back anything that requires any effing EFFORT. Designate one person you know who knows how to use a camera and can form a complete sentence on paper, and send it in. It will get published. As long as nobody on that end has to stretch an inch.

[Swampman]

The ARHA/Rabbit Hunter has never been the same since Everett sold it.
I have often wondered if he regretted selling, after all his hard work to get the ARHA on the map.

Swamp

[pabstman]

amen, there is a few times i recall finishing up on the throne and was reading the rabbit hunter and realize, oops im out of of toilet paper, so i did what that magazine was really published for.

[EARL BRUNER]

hey bev its odd that you brought this up. fred hausman, ron eades, and myself talked about this to dell morgan about the rabbit hunter mag.not putting more of the world hunt and more about arha in the mag.they told him he should try to buy the mag. back.. he said that would never happen.also at the world hunt every yr the hall of fame placks are brought to the world hunt so ever one can see who has done what. the only time it can be seen by everyone. well 2010 none of it was there.so myself ron and fred asked WHY. he said he was afraid they would be ruined by hauling and displaying them every yr. he said he would look in to making replications of them for future showings. time will tell.also hound of the yr. is nothing like it use to be. so is it now being run just for the money.everyone has there own opinion. i dont post mine on here often but today i had to. jmo. Earl Bruner

[Mapel Valley Kennels LLC.]

Well Earl, The NKC Just aint what you introduced me to years ago, And thats exactly why i left. Does Dell Morgan even own a beagle? If anyone is interested Ralph Harrington has done a hell of a job with better beagling magazine. Plus he plays no favors towards formats, awesome reading every month, The best thing nkc can lay hands on is Joyce the pleasant lady that answers there phones.Glad to see others are seeing the light.We made arha they didnt make us.

[Bev]

Ralph and Sarah Harrington are great people. They put out a beautiful magazine. They will never get the ARHA printing. The Rabbit Hunter has sole rights to print the activities of the ARHA, so folks like Earl and others who still enjoy the ARHA formats and fellowship need to make sure the write-up gets sent to them. I started looking back through old magazines and I think the last decent write-up on the World Hunt was Chip Eisenhut's in 2005. It was 3 pages of story not including pics.

I've calmed down a little and it probably wasn't my place to say anything anyway since I'm not trialing anywhere at the moment, but I do believe the ARHA Little Pack Committee should look around their ranks for someone they know will do a write-up. Looks like the folks at Soaring Eagle Photography have the pictures handled nicely. Just need a few from the field to compliment the article.