UKC Coonhound Weekly Bulletin, Edition 24

October 7, 2025

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

Welcome back to the 24th Edition of the UKC Coonhound Weekly Bulletin. Hard to believe we have been doing this since since April. Hopefully it's a useful tool for you all. Im a little late on this one, having been out of town all day performing fatherly duties. But Im back now and well take a look at what is going on in the program right now.

PAST EVENTS

It was a busy weekend of events in the registry. As of today I have not received results from the North Carolina State Championship, Arkansas State Youth Championship, or Saturday of the BBCHA Fall Round Up. When I have those results, I will post them on the Coonhound Standing/Results Page.

Here are the results from this weekends Indiana State Championship.

UPCOMING EVENTS

This weekend continues a busy early month of October with two state championships and two youth state championships on the schedule. You can find information about them below. Safe travels and good to all traveling and competing this weekend!

- Ohio State Championship in Hillsboro, Ohio
- New York State Championship in Unadilla, New York
- Tennessee State Youth Championship in Rogersville, Tennessee
- Kansas State Youth Championship in Holton, Kansas

WHATS HAPPENING?

As you all should know by now, I update the Top Ten Bench Show Standings and TOC Qualifier List every other Tuesday. This week is the week for updating. Lets take a look at the lists.

- Top Ten Bench Show Standings (The series year ends in a few more weeks, get those points while the getting is good!)

- The TOC Qualifier List update this week has wins from the World Zones and Finals included. We are up to 864 qualified dogs in this weeks update. You got less than two months to get those five cast wins and to get qualified.

- Entries opened for the SETWA Pro Slam in Union, SC this morning. Here is what we are looking at right now for that hunt:

SETWA Pro Slam
November 7, 2025
$300 Entry Fee, 16-Dog Limit
Event Ad (click)
Entry List:
1) Jerry Crawford
2) Jerry Crawford
3) Ross Mullis
4) Drake Hunter

Last week we talked about the MS State Pro Slam opening. That one filled on the first day. Here is what that one is looking like.

MS State Pro Slam
October 30, 2025
$300 Entry Fee, 16-Dog Limit
Event Ad (click)
Entry List:
1) Jeremy Purvis
2) Chris Miller
3) Steve Sikes
4) Draven Sullivan
5) Blake Johnson
6) Blake Johnson
7) Zane Jacob
8 ) Dyke Parnell
9) Dyke Parnell
10) Ross Manns
11) Billy Dwyer
12) Jimmie Smith
13) Cody McDaniel
14) Tad Walters
15) Sammy Mozingo
16) Draven Sullivan

- Congratulations to Jim Freeman on winning the Coonhound World Championship Pick Em! He was part of a 7-way tie for first place with 59 points each, but he won it all by guessing the correct winning score for the hunt with 375+. For full results see here, 2025 Coonhound World Championship Pick Em Results.

- Lastly, in case you missed the announcement, Coonhound Bloodlines is being phased out at the end of this year. See announcement here: Coonhound Bloodlines Retires After Five Decades.

DOG OF THE WEEK

Unfortunately, I am skipping this weeks Dog of the Week. Its getting late in the evening, and I have need to get this posted ASAP.

UKC HUNTING OPS PODCAST

On last weeks podcast, Allen sat down with Curt Ahring, and they went through his favorite hounds in a very entertaining episode full of laughs and fun stories. You need to listen to that one.

UKCS ALL-QUARTER CENTURY CAST

Results from the first week of World Championship voting are in and your winner was WLDNITECH GRNITECH GRCH PR X Jr. with 60.24% of the vote.

In week two of the World Championship voting, we have the winners from 2005 through 2009 which includes an English female, a Walker male, and three Walker females. Lets find out more about them.

2005 Winner - WLDNITECH GRNITECHPR Bolden and Turpin's Insane Jane
Treeing Walker Female
Last owned by Steven Kinney of Kenney, Illinois
Out of GRNITECH 'PR' Turpin's Stylish Rube & GRNITECH 'PR' Nailor's Hurricane Jane
Born 4/1/2004 and bred by Howard Taylor Jr
- 2005 UKC World Champion
- 2nd Place 2006 UKC World Championship
- Qualified for World Zones 2 time (2005, 2006)
- Cast wins at 2005 World Zones, 2006 World Zones
- 10 cast wins on record
- 8 wins have scores recorded totaling 2,300+ averaging 287.5+ in those cast wins

2006 Winner - WLDNITECH GRNITECH Split Creek History Quick
Treeing Walker Female
Last owned by Dennis and Todd Felderman of Bellevue, Iowa
Sire and Dam Not Listed
Born 3/17/2000
- 2006 UKC World Champion
- Qualified for World Zones 3 times (2004, 2005, 2006)
- Cast wins at 2006 Iowa State Youth Championship, 2006 World Zones
- 15 cast wins on record
- 8 wins have scores recorded totaling 4,455+ averaging 556.9+ in those cast wins

2007 Winner - WLDNITECH NITECH PR Bellars Janice Joplin
Treeing Walker Female
Last owned by Marvin Schmucker of Peru, Indiana
Out of NITECH 'PR' Deventers Hog Creek Mike & NITECH 'PR' Deventer's Katey
Born 12/3/2004 and bred by Ralph Deventer
- 2007 UKC World Champion
- Qualified for World Zones 3 times (2007, 2009, 2011)
- Cast wins at 2007 Treeing Walker Days, 2007 World Zones, 2008 Treeing Walker Youth Championship, 2009 World Zones, 2011 World Zones
- 10 cast wins on record
- 7 wins have scores recorded totaling 4,863+ averaging 694.7+ in those cast wins

2008 Winner - WLDNITECH GRNITECH CH PR Rocky Creek Jess
English Female
Last owned by Richard Moore of Jamaica, New York
Out of NITECH CH 'PR' Rocky Creek Bo & GRNITECH 'PR' Miller's Big River Jessie
Born 3/3/2005 and bred by Kenneth Miller
- 2008 UKC World Champion
- Qualified for World Zones 1 time (2008)
- Cast wins at 2008 World Zones
- 8 cast wins on record
- 7 wins have scores recorded totaling 3,812+ averaging 544.6+ in those cast wins

2009 Winner - WLDNITECH NITECH PR Miami River Big D
Treeing Walker Male
Last owned by Bryan Whitted and Randall Meyers of Huntington, Indiana
Out of NITECH 'PR' White Lick Cr. Big & 'PR' Ricketts Sassy Sage
Born 1/4/2001 and bred by Fred Ricketts
- 2009 UKC World Champion
- Qualified for World Zones 1 time (2009)
- Cast wins at 2008 Treeing Walker Days, 2009 World Zones
- 6 cast wins on record
- 5 wins have scores recorded totaling 4,075+averaging 815+ in those cast wins

You will have until Monday, October 13th at 11:45 PM ET to cast your vote. You vote right here: VOTE NOW

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