UKC Coonhound Weekly Bulletin, Edition 14

July 29, 2025

Source: Trevor Wade, Coonhound Program Manager
Email: twade@ukcdogs.com

Its bulletin time! I appreciate everyone who comes here for their weekly UKC Coonhound Program news. I dont have a ton of introductory stuff to say today so lets jump right in.

PAST EVENTS

Like we have been discussing, we are in a little bit of the slow time for major events. This past weekend there were no events listed on Major Event Schedule or Youth Championship Schedule. I guess its a good time to say, if you think there is an event that is not listed that you think should be, shoot me an email.

I will say, the RQE Schedule has remained pretty steady. As the reports roll in from the host club and are processed, I type up each one and post them on our forums. You can see all RQE results from the year (that have been processed) right here: 2025 RQE Results

UPCOMING EVENTS

Once again, there is nothing on the major event scene this weekend. One event I have been seeing advertisements for is US Redbone Days in Calhoun, Illinois. Thats typically an event that has a good number of hounds entered in both the hunt and show. If you are searching for something to do, go support the event. I can assure you the East Richland CHA, National Redbone Coonhound Association, and American Redbone Coonhound Association would all appreciate the support. You can find details HERE.

It looks like there are 3 YEP events this weekend. You can always use the Coonhound Events Calendar to search event type, date, location, etc. and find the event that is right for you. You can access it here: Coonhound Events Calendar

With one month left to qualify your dog for the 2025 Coonhound World Championship, there are only 28 qualifiers remaining by my count. And with it being the dog days of summer we are in, there are only two opportunities to get your dog qualified this weekend. One is in Vale, North Carolina and the other is in Pittsburg, Kentucky. Good luck to everyone on getting qualified, dont miss the big dance because you procrastinated and missed your shot.

WHATS HAPPENING?

As I type this, there are entries for four different UKC Pro Slams open. A couple of them are winding down and for the Autumn Oaks slams, I expect them to fill pretty quickly so jump in while the getting is good.

A) Lyndell Price Autumn Oaks Pro Slam, August 28, Richmond IN
$500 Entry Fee, 16-Dog Limit Hosted by United Kennel Club
Enter Here: Lyndell Price Autumn Oaks Pro Slam

Entry List:
1) Ashley Dalton
2) Ashley Dalton
3) Justen Cooper
4) Ashley Dalton
5) Dyke Parnell
6) Jack Maggard
7) Jack Maggard
8) Mike Carmack
9) Caden Smith
10) Caden Smith

B) Houses Mr Clean Autumn Oaks Pro Slam, August 29, Richmond IN
$1,000 Entry Fee, 16-Dog Limit Hosted by United Kennel Club
Enter Here: Houses Mr Clean Autumn Oaks Pro Slam

Entry List:
1) Justen Cooper
2) William Kieling
3) William Kieling
4) Ashley Dalton
5) Ashley Dalton
6) Jack Maggard
7) Jack Maggard
8) Caden Smith
9) Caden Smith

C) Bandit Bash August 15-16, 2025 Quincy, Michigan
$750 Entry Fee, 27-Dog Entry Limit - Hosted by: Reading Coonhunters Association
Enter here: Bandit Bash

Bandit Bash Entry List:
Early
1) Ashley Dalton
2) Ashley Dalton
3) Jack Maggard
4) Jack Maggard
5) Chris Hale
6) Daniel Wilson
7) Daniel Wilson
8 ) Randy Lawson Jr
9) Jeremy Kollek
10) Johnny Wadkins

Late
1) Ashley Dalton
2) Ashley Dalton
3) Jack Maggard
4) Daniel Wilson
5) Randy Lawson Jr
6) AJ Brenner
7) Alan Holding

D) Dog Days Pro Slam August 15, 2025 Ocala, Florida
$300 Entry Fee, 16-Dog Entry Limit - Hosted by: Central Florida Coonhunters Association
Enter here: Dog Days Pro Slam

Dog Days Pro Slam Entry List:
1) James Wright
2) Malcolm Rains
3) Rickey Richardson
4) Oliver Winn
5) Brett Denney
6) Zachary Conkey
7) Ernest Nichols Jr

Time is winding down to pre-enter this years Autumn Oaks! Deadline to pre-enter is August 11th at midnight EST, so less than two weeks left to go. You enter right here: Autumn Oaks

Remember, entries for the World Championship are also open currently so get those qualified hounds entered here: Coonhound World Championship

DOG OF THE WEEK

In last weeks bulletin, we featured the only NGRNCH/GRNITECHHOF in UKCs history. Well, it turns out there is also only one NGRCH/GRCHHOF dog in UKCs history, and that hound will be this weeks Dog of the Week. We are talking about a Bluetick Coonhound out of Arkansas, NGRCH CCH GRCHHOF 'PR' Spanky's Rockin Blue Popacap. Lets find out a little more about Popacap.

Name: NGRCH CCH GRCHHOF 'PR' Spanky's Rockin Blue Popacap
Breed: Bluetick Coonhound
Date of Birth: 1/10/2012
Owned by: Lory Galbreath, Autumn Huffman, Kris Tracy of Cabot, Arkansas
Bred by: Whitney Killough
Three-Generation Pedigree:
--- GRNITECH GRCH 'PR' Razor Ridge Pop a Top
- GRCH 'PR' Razor Ridge Pop a Top Again
--- 'PR' Hamlin's Blue Bonnie
NGRCH CCH GRCHHOF 'PR' Spanky's Rockin Blue Popacap
--- NITECH 'PR' Blackfork Highwind
- GRNITECH GRCH 'PR' Tree Thumpin Amazing Grace
--- CH 'PR' Roberts Blue Cindy

Popacap didnt waste any time making his presence felt, securing the first points of his competition showing career as a 7-month-old puppy at the 2012 Autumn Oaks. Just a couple months later, he was able to finish the first leg of the title arch, by earning his CH title in May of 2013 at the Arkansas State Championship. A little under two years later, as a 3-year-old, Popacap earned his GRCH title, with his five wins coming at a bevy of major events including the BBCHA Spring Round Up, Arkansas State, Missouri State, and an impressive Champion win at the 2015 Winter Classic. After securing that GRCH title, Popacap was pushed all over the country and secured a ton of impressive feats. By my count, he made GRCHHOF in April of 2019 at the annual St. Judes Coon Hunt in Parsons, Tennessee.

I could write a two-page essay detailing his wins, which are as impressive as any you will see. But for the sake of the bulletin, we are going to focus on a few UKC administered events. Popacap won the Bluetick Breed in the Top Ten Bench Show three times, 2018, 2019, and 2020. He was very successful in Batesville at the Winter Classic, with the 2015 CH Male win we mentioned, a 2019 Pairs Overall Win, and being GRCH Male and the Overall Winner of the Winter Classic in 2017. That same year Popacap was also the Bluetick Male breed winner at the World Championship. In 2016 Popacap was awarded as the GRCH Bluetick of Autumn Oaks, and then in 2019 he was Opposite Sex GRCH Bluetick of Autumn Oaks. In his magical 2017 run, he was able to secure that NGRCH title and win National Grand Champion of Autumn Oaks. What a great career for a once in a lifetime hound!

UKC HUNTING OPS PODCAST

If you havent already, with Autumn Oaks and the World Championship coming up, I would suggest going back and listening to Allen and Is rundown of the UKC running rules. I think it can be a great source of information for those of you who like to competition hunt in this registry. Its a 5-part series where we touch on each rule in the rulebook. For ease of accessing, here are the YouTube links for all five parts.
Part 1 (Rule 1, Rule 2, Rule 3, Rule 4) YouTube Video
Part 2 (Rule 6) - YouTube Video
Part 3 (Rule 5, Rule 11) - YouTube Video
Part 4 (Rule 7, Rule 8, Rule 9, Rule 10, Rule 12, Rule 13) - YouTube Video
Part 5 (Rule 14, Rule 15, Questioning Procedure) YouTube Video

Youth Nationals Recap should be coming down the pipe soon!

UKCS ALL-QUARTER CENTRY CAST

It was another tight contest in the 4th week of voting, but outlasting the field and bringing home 39.8% of the votes was GRNITECH GRCH 'PR' Bad to the Bones Black Hawk. He will be advancing to the Winter Classic Final, to fight for his right to make UKCs All-Quarter Century Cast. We have two more weeks of Winter Classic voting before we get there, so lets see who is up next.

This week, we are looking at Winter Classic winners from 2015-2019, with three Treeing Walkers and two Blueticks competing to advance. Who will be yalls choice to advance? Lets meet your options:

2015 Winner - GRCH GRNITECH 'PR' Colt's Highbawlin Wendy HTX
Bluetick Female
Owned by Coltin and Kenneth Bundick of Conway, Arkansas
Out of GRCH GRNITECH 'PR' Mosley's Blue Gritt & GRCH GRNITECH 'PR' Timbercreek Blueberry
Born 5/5/2007 and Bred by Frank Mosley
- 2015 Winter Classic Champion with 950+ combined double cast wins
- Qualified for World Zones 5 times (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016)
- Cast win at 2010 Western English Days
- 12 cast wins on record
- 4,250 plus points in 12 cast wins for an average winning score of 354.2+

2016 Winner - GRNITECH GRCH 'PR' Stylish Dolly
Treeing Walker Female
Owned by Martin Spears of Philadelphia, Mississippi
Out of GRNITECH GRCH 'PR' Welch's Bodock & GRNITECH GRCH 'PR' Stylish Bell
Born 11/4/2009 and Bred by Martin Spears
- 2016 Winter Classic Champion with 1225+ combined double cast wins
- 11 cast wins on record
- 4,000 plus points in 11 cast wins for an average winning score of 363.6+

2017 Winner - NITECH 'PR' Bussrow Creek Hustler
Treeing Walker Male
Last owned by Greg Maynard and Tim Willis of West Portmouth, Ohio
Out of GRNITECH 'PR' What's Up Fred & GRNITECH 'PR' Bellar's Gabby
Born 3/15/2012 and Bred by Russ Bellar
- 2017 Winter Classic Champion with 1725+ combined double cast wins
- 8 cast wins on record
- Only have scores for three wins recorded. Those three together are 2,175 plus points which would equate to 725+ on average

2018 Winner - GRNITECH 'PR' Pinecreek Curlee Jane
Bluetick Female
Last owned by Mark Vest of Windom, Texas
Out of GRNITECH 'PR' Mose's Pink Floyd & CH GRNITECH 'PR' Moses Owl Creek Lucy
Born 10/16/2014 and Bred by Mike Hurt
- 2018 Winter Classic Champion with 1550+ combined double cast wins
- Qualified for World Zones twice (2017, 2018)
- 12th Place at 2018 World Championship
- Cast wins at 2016 Battle of the Breeds, 2017 World Zones, 2017 Battle of the Breeds, 2018 Texas State Youth Championship, 2018 BBCHA Fall Round Up, 2019 Texas State Championship, 2020 American Heritage, and 2020 Winter Classic
- 19 cast wins on record
- Only scores recorded for 6 of the cast wins, that equal 1,850 plus points. That average score for those 6 is 308.3+

2019 Winner GRNITECH(2) 'PR' Trackcollector Man
Treeing Walker Man
Owned by Ray Dean and Keith Myers or Greenwood, Mississippi
Out of GRNITECH 'PR' Backwater Bone Collector & 'PR' All Grand Daisy
Born 12/30/2012 and Bred by Jeremiah Lynch
- 2019 Winter Classic Champion with 1375+ combined double cast wins
- Qualified for World Zones three times (2015, 2019, 2021)
- 5th Place Nite Champion at 2016 Winter Classic
- Double Cast Winner at 2021 Winter Classic (6th Place Champion Friday)
- Cast wins at 2016 Bluetick Days, 2019 Winter Classic Warm Up, 2020 Winter Classic, and 2022 Mississippi State Championship
- 21 cast wins on record
7,150 plus points in 20 cast wins with scores recorded (357.5+)

You have until Monday, August 4th at 11:45 PM EST to cast your vote. You vote right here: VOTE NOW

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