Blue Creek Gauge and Blue Ridge Jammin Jay Top Dogs at Reunion! Posted on 04/06/2008 Permanent Link Bluetick Grand Reunion Saturday Results - Danny Glista of Berlin Center, Ohio and one year old male NITECH 'PR' Blue Creek Gauge had a cast win Friday night with a score of 375+. Gauge again won his cast on Saturday night with 150+ and was named King of Hunt. Handler William Hilton Jr. recorded nine coon seen- scoring on five- Saturday night and brought in the high scoring cast win of 575+ with GRNITECH 'PR' Blue Ridge Jammin Jay to be named Queen of Hunt. The four year old female is owned by Josh Hilton and Daniel Efrid of Norwood, North Carolina. King of Hunt - NITECH 'PR' Blue Creek Gauge Shown here with owner/handler Danny Glista. Queen of Hunt - GRNITECH 'PR' Blue Ridge Jammin Jay Shown here with Gary Thompson and handler William Hilton Jr. Saturday Hunt George Painter / MOH Purina Points Event 42 Entries GRNITECH GRNITECH 'PR' Blue Ridge Jammin Jay, BLU, owned by Josh Hilton / Daniel Efrid of Norwood, NC handled by William Hilton Jr. 575+ NITECH NITECH CH 'PR' Flat Ridge Budro, PLT, owned by Susan Loyd / Damon Hoard of Beaufort, NC handled by Damon Hoard 400+ Registered 1st - 'PR' Creasman's Hillbilly Dixie, TW, owned and handled by Nic Holt of Bearcreek, NC 550+ 2nd - 'PR' Boogar Hollow Mojo, TW, owned and handled by Robert Raxter of Brevard, NC 175+ 3rd - 'PR' Wrenn's Setum Up Jan, B&T, owned by Jeremy Black of Liberty, NC handled by Bobby Kelly 125+ 4th - 'PR' Chenoweth's Sue, B&T, owned by Claire Chenoweth of Bridgeport, WV handled by Jody Jessup 125+

In This Issue of Coonhound Bloodlines... "Success Isn't Going To Happen Overnight" Laura Bell In the outreaches of Owatonna, Minnesota, you can often hear the sounds of late night barks emerge from the woods, while the owner of the coonhounds contently listens to the track unfold. The track barks fade and soon the Walker hounds have fallen treed deep in the timber, and without a doubt, they have the coon. Making his way to the hounds is their owner, 16-year-old Brandon Becker, who spends many nights like this in the woods with his hounds - nearly every night in the week, he says. Read more here Learn more about Coonhound Bloodlines

This Weekend At UKC Bluetick Days Robinson, Illinois - The nation’s largest UKC Bluetick event for six years running, National Bluetick Days will gather Bluetick Coonhound fanciers in Palestine, Illinois from May 15 to 17. Sponsored by the Bluetick Breeders of America, a UKC Chartered Breed Association, and hosted by the Wabash Valley CHC, the event kicks off Thursday and will feature coonhound nite hunts and bench shows, with Purina Points events Friday and Saturday. For more information, check out the upcoming events page. Find an event in your area.

About UKC Coonhounds Hunting with hounds is an American Tradition that still enjoys immense popularity. UKC's competitive hound programs offer events for coonhound enthusiasts belonging to over 1,300 clubs throughout the United States and Canada. In fact, one of the UKC's series of events enters more than 17,000 coonhounds annually and ranks as the largest sporting dog event of any kind in the world! Read more here.