What Tournaments will allow Barrs this year?

Matt, Rex good posts.

I worked on some ideas over the last couple of years for different formats for the TDHA hunt. Different "brackets" so to speak. Its a good idea but the man power needed to work on this has always been lacking. The TDHA hunt is planned and organized by a very very small number of people, we always need more help.

We have always got to think of things that the teams never have to worry about and might not understand why the rules are written as they are.

1. How many hogs can we handle, dead or alive. The last dead hog contest we had we were limited to no more than 300 hogs, and wrote the rules accordingly. Last year with live hogs we did not know, for sure, how many we could sell and what condition they would be in, and wrote the rules accordingly.

2. How can we maximize entries while hitting the hog number target that we need?

3. How can we continue to make the TDHA hunt the best of the best. The most respected ,as far as fare play, regarding the rules.

4. What hunt format brings in the most sponsors.

5. What hunt format brings in the most entries.

6. What rule changes are needed to stay ahead of the curve of teams trying to find a way to push the rules or find a loop hole. You can't imagine the phone calls I used to get regarding the rules and what was permitted and what would disqualify a team. Hours of discussion on what was or was not a "hog proof fence", "free range", "previously caught", "What is a helper", and every other detail of every single rule. So I have a pretty good grasp of where the teams were pushing the rules to the max.

The last thing that I would ever want to happen is for a high placing team to be thrown out because of a failed poly-graph. The rules are the rules, follow them what ever they are and have fun supporting a group that is fighting for your rights as dog hunters.

There is so much work involved in putting this contest on, most of you have no idea. And most of the time all the BOD gets for their trouble a bunch of grief on the message boards, LOL.

The barr question on the team survey is a good idea. Ya'll should realize that most hunters who are anti-barr are not going to post that in public on the ETHD board.

Thanks,
Paul T