UKC Coonhound Weekly Bulletin, Edition 25

October 14, 2025

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

Welcome to the 25th Edition of the UKC Coonhound Weekly Bulletin! It was a busy summer and early fall in the program. With leaves changing and temperatures dipping, I know most of the readers are getting pumped up for the upcoming season. I wish you all safe hunting, and plenty of success, however it is you define that. To some its a full tailgate. To some its getting that young hound tuned up for upcoming competitions. For some its a release from work and school and activities. For me, Im looking forward to getting my daughters out there and hopefully seeing them enjoy some of the same things I enjoy. Lets see what this weeks bulletin has in store.

PAST EVENTS

By all accounts it seems like there were some super successful events over the weekend. As reports come in, Ill get them typed up and posted on the Coonhound Standings/Results page.

UPCOMING EVENTS

We are definitely coming into a slower time of year with all the hunting seasons opening up. Having said that, there is still something just about every weekend to satisfy your itch to compete. Be sure you are staying up to date on all the hunts, shows, and day events, right here on the Coonhound Events Calendar.

There are no events to share on the Major Events or Youth Championship Schedules this weekend.

WHATS HAPPENING?

As we have been alluding to the past few weeks, the Top Ten Bench Show series year is winding down rapidly! By what I can see, you have two full weekends, and a Friday left to rack up points, and some of the races are tight ones to see who will be representing their breed in Batesville. See the standings here: Top Ten Bench Show Standings

There are two Pro Slams coming up the next few weeks. Right now entries are full for the MS State Pro Slam and they are rolling in sporadically for the SETWA Pro Slam. See information below.

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

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
5) Clay Peake
6) Jason Burroughs

Lastly, I just updated the Coonhound Hall of Fame List, you can find it here!

DOG OF THE WEEK

Updating the Hall of Fame list added several new hounds to the pool to choose from for the Dog of the Week section. Right away, several stood out to me but Im going to start out with the newest dual Hall of Fame titled hound, GRNITECH GRFCH(2) GRWCHHOF GRCHHOF 'PR' Hogan's Kujo HTX. This isnt the first time that one of Lee Hogans hounds has been featured on here. Back in the 8th Edition we talked about his female, Ruby, who is actually a half-sister to this hound out of the same mother. Now lets find out a little more about Kujo.

Name: GRNITECH GRFCH(2) GRWCHHOF GRCHHOF 'PR' Hogan's Kujo HTX
Breed: Bluetick Coonhound
Date of Birth: 7/24/2018
Owned by: Lee Hogan of Rudolph, Wisconsin
Bred by: Lee Hogan
Three-Generation Pedigree:
--- 'PR'DD RIVERBEND BLUE BUCK
- NITECH CH'PR'MEADOW VALLEY YODELER
--- GRCH'PR'DD RIVERBEND BLUE KAYT
GRNITECH GRFCH(2) GRWCHHOF GRCHHOF'PR'HOGAN'S KUJO HTX
--- GRNITECH'PR'DEANS BLUE MOSE
- GRWCH GRNITECH GRCH'PR'HOGAN'S JAZZ HTX2
--- NITECH CH'PR'SHANIAS' AMAZING GRACE

The road to being a four-way grand cant be an easy one. Lee seems to enjoy that challenge with his hounds. He typically even throws in a conformation or HTX title as well, just for good measure. For Kujo, his first grand title would have been GRCH. That trek started back in July of 2019 when he was just a few days shy of a year old. He got his first points then, and then in June of 2020 he finished to CH. Several months later in November of 2020, he finished out to GRCH. Then comes the unbelievably tedious part. 40 GRCH wins to get that GRCHHOF title. He ended up chipping away at it and on July 5, 2025, he got that last win in Brooklyn, Wisconsin to get his GRCHHOF title.

Ive never hunted with him, but Kujo has proved his worth in the woods as well. As a young hound, he got the three HTX passes required to get that title added to the end of his name. Then in the Nite Hunts, he finished to NITECH in August of 2022, then achieved the GRNITECH title with a cast win in August of 2023. In the middle of 2020, Kujo also started his climb through the Field Trial ranks. He finished to FCH in August of 2020 and then to GRFCH in July of 2021. Currently he is a GRFCH(2) with eight Grand wins.

I have had the opportunity to watch Kujo swim several times and he was exceptional in the water. In what must have been a busy summer of 2020, he finished to WCH in July of 2020. Four months later he finished to GRWCH in October of 2020. In May of 2023, he finished to GRWCHHOF and actually has a few wins to spare with 45 Grand wins currently on his record.

Kujo is one of those versatile hounds that many strive to have. At this moment, he is one of only five hounds to have achieve dual Hall of Fame titles in the registry. One of the more impressive things about him was his ability to win in multiple states and at a lot of major breed and state level events. A truly notable feat for a very memorable hound!

UKC HUNTING OPS PODCAST

It has been a fun couple of months listening to Allen and his Undisputed episodes. In case you missed any, here is what you can find on the feed:
Episode 166: Steve Burkholder
Episode 169: Rick Stretch, Part 1
Episode 171: Rick Stretch, Part 2
Episode 173: Dave McVay, Part 1
Episode 174: Duke Proulx
Episode 175: Curt Ahring
Episode 176: Dave McVay, Part 2

On this weeks episode, I sat down with Doug Cundiff to discuss the history of the Deer Creek Coon Hunters Association in Greencastle, Indiana which dates back longer than you are thinking currently. Also coming up are recaps of the Coonhound and Beagle World Championships, an interview with Logan Rose about the Triple Crown Winner, a conversation with Matt Lingo about Limberlost Coonhunters Club, and Im almost done with an outline for a future reproducers series that the bench show folks will enjoy. Stay tuned!

UKCS ALL-QUARTER CENTURY CAST

Wow, I believe this weeks voting was the closest one yet and edging it out by just six votes was WLDNITECH GRNITECHPR Bolden and Turpin's Insane Jane with 30.73% of the vote. She will join X Jr in the World Championship Finals but who else will join them?

This week, you will vote between the winners of the 2010-2014 World Championships. On this weeks poll there are two English males, two Treeing Walker females, and a Treeing Walker male. Again, this field is stacked. Who will be your choice? Lets meet the options.

2010 Winner - WLDNITECH GRNITECH PR Houses Mr Clean
Treeing Walker Male
Last owned by Bryan Whitted and Michael Thomas of Huntington, Indiana
Out of CH GRNITECH 'PR' House's Hardwood Hunter & 'PR' Sandy's Stylish Gail
Born 2/5/2005 and bred by Jeff Duvall/Tom Bates
- 2010 UKC World Champion
- 2011 National Grand Nite Champion of Autumn Oaks
- 2014 National Grand Nite Champion of Autumn Oaks
- Qualified for World Zones 4 times (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
- 19th Place at 2014 World Championship
- Cast wins at 2009 World Zones, 2010 World Zones, 2011 Indiana State Championship, 2011 World Zones, 2012 World Zones, 2014 World Zones
- 19 cast wins on record
- 7,425 plus points in 14 reports with recorded scores (530.6+ average)
- Narrowly lost the Autumn Oaks Final

2011 Winner - WLDNITECH GRNITECH PR Wilcox Thunder Top Gun
English Male
Last owned by LL Wilcox of Lawrence, Michigan
Out of GRNITECH 'PR' Wilcox' Thunder Tae Bo & GRNITECH 'PR' Backyard Ladys Brandy
Born 2/24/2007 and bred by Charles Garris
- 2011 UKC World Champion
- Qualified for World Zones 4 times (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
- Cast wins at 2008 English Days, 2008 American Redbone Days, 2009 English Days, 2010 English Days, 2011 World Zones
- 14 cast wins on record
- 9,008+ in 14 cast wins, averaging 643.4+ per win

2012 Winner - WLDNITECH NGRNCH GRNITECH PR Hannas Creek Feelin Frisky
Treeing Walker Female
Last owned by Jody Jessup and Bryan Whitted of Rural Hall, NC
Out of GRNITECH GRCH 'PR' Vance's Battlewood Joe Brown & 'PR' Stylish Hag
Born 7/2/2008 and bred by Terry Vance
- 2012 UKC World Champion
- 2010 National Grand Nite Champion of Autumn Oaks
- Qualified for World Zones 3 times (2010, 2011, 2012)
- 18th Place in 2011 UKC World Championship
- Cast wins at 2010 World Zones, 2010 Kentucky State Championship, 2011 Indiana State Championship, 2011 Minnesota State Championship, 2011 World Zones, 2012 World Zones, 2012 Kentucky State Championship, 2012 Ohio State Championship, 2013 World Zones, 2014 Ohio State Championship
- 24 cast wins on record
- 13,251 plus points in 21 reports with recorded scores (631+ average)

2013 Winner - WLDNITECH GRNITECH PR Main Street John the Baptist
English Male
Last owned by Jason Bullard of Adel, Georgia
Out of GRNITECH GRCH 'PR' Main Street Roy & GRNITECH 'PR' Indian Ridge Cindy
Born 5/16/2008 and bred by James and Perry Fraze
- 2013 UKC World Champion
- Qualified for World Zones 3 times (2011, 2012, 2013)
- Cast wins at 2012 World Zones, 2013 Southern English Days, 2013 World Zones
- 11 cast wins on record
- 9 wins have scores recorded totaling 2,425+ averaging 269.4+ in those cast wins

2014 Winner - WLDNITECH GRNITECH PR Keegans Letn Loose Lyla
Treeing Walker Female
Last owned by Jerald Keegan of Montgomery, Michigan
Out of NITECH 'PR' Deventers Hog Creek Mike & NITECH 'PR' S&S Lone Pine Honey Bunny
Born 6/23/2012 and bred by Scott Skinkis
- 2014 UKC World Champion
- Qualified for World Zones 1 time before winning and being qualified for life (2014)
- Cast wins at 2014 Treeing Walker Days, 2014 Black and Tan Days, 2014 World Zones, 2016 Treeing Walker Days, 2020 World Zones
- 11 cast wins on record
- 10 wins have scores recorded totaling 7,925+ averaging 792.5+ in those cast wins

You will have until Monday, October 20th at 11:45 PM ET to cast your vote. You vote right here: VOTE NOW

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