I'm so tired from tournament hunting, I'm just now feeling like posting anything. We've tied a 115 hogs since January 1st.
In the contests where Barrs were allowed in the stringers we caught none. And when they weren't we caught some freaking studs. It's simply luck of the draw people. For the whole food aspect and them staying around, people are straight Idiots. Im sorry, it just doesnt happen like that. I agree that not everyone can cut Barrs, and that your hunting areas generally dictate that.. But how is that our problem where you get permission to hunt. We have worked hard to get access or lease the land we do. People can say Barrs have an advantage, but in the same token. Feed lot and farm country "normal" hogs are way bigger than our piney wood, pine straw fed "normal" hogs.
In the last 5 years our team has never once failed a polygraph; we've won over 30 buckles and over $10k through that time. And still the rumors stir like crazy about us or any other top team cheating. So is life. There is always someone that's going to hate on the people on top. Haters are gonna hate regardless of it's out of jealousy, greed, spite or any of their other character flaws.
Congrats to Cole, it's always been us or him battling it out over the years. Much mutual respect has developed for people that continuously rise to the top in a competitive sport such as this. Matt you pulled a helluva stringer this year, congrats on some good weight as well.
We've always welcomed a judge or someone to tag along and film our whole weekend in a tournament. We have nothing to hide. But like t-bob said our pace and style of hunting will straight run you into the ground. you better tighten up to make it in a weekend tournament hunt with us. its so much work, you have to have genuine love for the sport and your dogs to get through it all. I don't know if a polygraph is 100%, but I do agree that it is black & white. That when a team fails, they should not be allowed to win. Plain and simple. Lawsuits have no place in these tournaments, unless real issues arise. Here again we have the city-slicker type, kid attitude of growing up with a little education and some money and when things don't go your way people start saying well I'll sue you, etc, etc... I would have more respect for a man if he threatened to whoop my ass versus threatening to sue me over a menial hog hunting tournament. There's more to life than that and I hope in the future the justice system won't continuously be made a mockery of with these outlandish threats.
We won't hunt anymore tournaments that don't allow Barr hogs in the stringer. Plain and simple. It's just too much work and dangerous for our dogs to put them in that position anymore. There is still this since of disappoint in our minds over this whole issue.
I'm still picking thorns out of my hands from the TDHA hunt. We tied 24 hogs in a 12 hour period on Saturday. It was a great event and we spoke quietly to lots of people about the Barr issue and how to improve the contest. We will see how it proceeds from here.
Good luck and happy hunting to everyone
....yes keep the legal stuff out and knuckle up. win or lose there's always a mutual respect when you get punched in the face. I have access to an octagon cage and a boxing ring. and I can bring it anywhere you want
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