Bluetick Days - 2008 Young Gun Showcase, Junior and Senior Division Posted on 05/16/2008 Permanent Link Young Gun Showcase 6-18 month, Junior Division Master of Hounds: Dale Parrish Total Entered 12 Thursday, May 15, 2008 Overall Winner: 'PR' Triple K's Wild-N-Blue Scout, owned by Kyle Kirkpatrick (center), 200+. Also shown are Greg McDowell and Kent Black. First place, Runner-Up: 'PR' Appels Blue Oak Emma, owned by Joel Appel (left of center), 200+. Also shown are Corey Thorson, Jason Speich, Kenny Viken, Jake Appel, Tony Foley and Jason Stufflebeam. Young Gun Showcase 19-30 month, Senior Division Total Entered 18 Overall Winner: 'PR' Kaskaskia River Blue Allie Cat, owned by Mark Vandeventer (right) / Doug Leigh (left), 325+. Also shown is Matt Gibbs. Second Place: 'PR' Sophie Treein Blue Tweezer, owned by Jay Chadwick (right), 100+. Also shown is Jason Kahler. Third Place: 'PR' Wild-N-Blue Hooker, owned by Mackie Manns (second from right), 75+. Also shown is Bill Orth, Mackie Manns Jr., and Dave Hutton. 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.