Bluetick Days 2008 - Invitational Hunt Posted on 05/16/2008 Permanent Link Invitational Hunt Master of Hounds Dale Parrish Total Entered 17 Invitational Champion: GR NITE CH 'PR' Dean's Blue Mose, owned by Jeff Dean (center) or Mike Hurt (right), 375+. Also shown is Bill Orth. Invitational Opposite Sex: NITE CH CH Speich's Hardwood Hollow Dixie, Jason Speich (second from right), 150+. Also shown are Kenny Viken, Jake Appel and Joel Appel. First Runner Up: NITE CH Flying Blue Max, owned by Brett Nalley (left), 325+. Also shown is Phil Newton. Second Runner Up: GR NITE CH Dancer's Northern Blue Sun, owned by Ron Taylor (second from left), 275+. Also shown are Jeremy Salyers, Larry Walters and Charlie Locklear. Third Runner Up: NITE CH Northern Indiana Hawk, owned by Herbert Manns, 50+. Handled by Jay Hyde (shown). For more, click here!

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.