1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,840
Canines are our passion.

2
00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:13,160
They are our addiction.

3
00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:19,200
They are our way of life right down to the very core and without them we would be lost.

4
00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:22,840
The canines of this world really are something to behold.

5
00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:28,680
They assist us at work, they accompany us at home, and they perform for us in the field.

6
00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:32,200
No matter where we go, they are by our side.

7
00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:36,880
Canines really are a ride or die and for that we are grateful.

8
00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:41,440
This podcast will showcase working canines of various breeds and disciplines as we search

9
00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:46,040
for those canines and their handlers who are always striving to be the best at what they

10
00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:47,560
do.

11
00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:49,760
Those who are always grinding.

12
00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:52,440
Those who are always pushing the limits.

13
00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:55,560
Those who are always dogging.

14
00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:59,680
Join us on our adventures as it is sure to be a wild ride.

15
00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:01,980
I'm your host, Bryce Matthews.

16
00:01:01,980 --> 00:01:04,880
And I'm your co-host, Stephen Basham.

17
00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:23,200
And this, this is Semper Doggin.

18
00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:28,480
The Semper Doggin podcast is proudly presented to you by Froggy Bottom Outdoors.

19
00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:33,440
Froggy Bottom Outdoors is the newest outdoor and hunting supply, habitat management, and

20
00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,160
livestock feed provider in the Midwest.

21
00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:40,820
With a wide variety of products, a unique business model, and a dedicated team of individuals

22
00:01:40,820 --> 00:01:45,200
who are eager to provide their customers with an unparalleled shopping experience, you will

23
00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,920
not have to search any further than Froggy Bottom Outdoors.

24
00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:54,480
With brands such as Garmin, Yoder Nylon, Banks Hunting Blinds, Razor Hunting Gear, Purina

25
00:01:54,480 --> 00:02:00,960
Mills, ComBok Feeds, Inuksha, Real World Products, and many more, Froggy Bottom Outdoors

26
00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:03,960
has you covered from the farm to the woods.

27
00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:09,640
Visit froggybottomoutdoors.com today and follow them on Facebook to see how they can help

28
00:02:09,640 --> 00:02:10,800
you.

29
00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:12,800
Not finding what you're looking for online?

30
00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:13,800
No problem.

31
00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:19,520
Feel free to give the store a call at 765-330-2098.

32
00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:24,000
The team at Froggy Bottom Outdoors is excited to get to know you and will be glad to answer

33
00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:28,200
any questions you may have.

34
00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:35,520
Welcome, welcome, welcome to another episode of the Semper Doggin podcast.

35
00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:41,920
Guys, tonight I am joined with a crew of people starting off none other than your co-host,

36
00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:43,320
Mr. Steven Basham.

37
00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:44,320
How are you, brother?

38
00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:46,440
A little under the weather today.

39
00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:48,560
I took a long nap.

40
00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:53,280
You know, hopefully get through this, get back out into the woods, been hunting pretty hard.

41
00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,200
Well, you must not feel any better than you look because you ain't looking very great

42
00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:57,200
either.

43
00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,640
Man, I look the part though.

44
00:02:59,640 --> 00:03:02,960
I am the knowledge of this podcast.

45
00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:03,960
Oh, gosh.

46
00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:04,960
Oh, man.

47
00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:08,000
Well, Basham, he recruited a couple other guys to join us today.

48
00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,880
We got Jason Himes and Mr. Chad Spradlin with us tonight.

49
00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:15,360
And guys, we are going to talk about the how they've been on a run with Mr. Split Tree

50
00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:16,360
and Trigger.

51
00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:17,360
So fellas, how are you tonight?

52
00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:18,360
Welcome to the podcast.

53
00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:19,360
Doing good.

54
00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:20,360
How are you?

55
00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:21,360
Fantastic.

56
00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:22,360
Fantastic.

57
00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:23,360
All right, guys.

58
00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:27,680
Well, like I said, Basham recruited these guys and they're kind of down from his neck

59
00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:29,840
of the woods down there in Kentucky, I do believe.

60
00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:34,000
So we're going to let Basham take the reins on this race and see where we can go with

61
00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,000
this.

62
00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,160
Like I said, this podcast is going to be, you know, kind of just telling the story of

63
00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:42,680
a dog and maybe a couple of guys that people might not be familiar with that they're not

64
00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:47,400
the biggest names that you see every single weekend in and out in the winners list, but

65
00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:48,820
they've got a hell of a story to tell.

66
00:03:48,820 --> 00:03:50,560
So that's what we're here to do.

67
00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:53,800
Talk about Mr. Jason Himes, his dog, Split Tree and Trigger and the man behind the reins,

68
00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:54,800
Chad Spradlin.

69
00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,000
So Basham, why don't you just take it on over, brother?

70
00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,000
Yeah.

71
00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:03,560
So me and Bryce, we're sitting here thinking of we were going to do a podcast.

72
00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:10,640
And I know that, you know, I had been on social media and seen where nobody had really jumped

73
00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:15,760
on and got Mr. Himes on here to talk about Trigger.

74
00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:17,320
Trigger kind of came out of nowhere.

75
00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:23,480
I think he ended up, you know, everybody that's going to listen to this podcast knowing because

76
00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:28,960
he won the PKC Nationals and he comes from Eastern Kentucky.

77
00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:33,640
He's owned by Mr. Jason Himes and we're just going to jump right into it.

78
00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:41,240
Jason, why don't you just kind of go into what he is out of and, you know, what he was

79
00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,240
like as a pup.

80
00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:49,600
He's out of Willie and Wiley Marshall's ZZ Top Female.

81
00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:55,800
I purchased him from Matthews Franco at 10 months old for my daughter, which was hunting

82
00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,760
with me every night back in 21.

83
00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:02,120
And then she got to dating and quit hunting.

84
00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:04,480
I put him on the back burner.

85
00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:08,400
It just took him every now and then.

86
00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:14,600
January the 1st of 23 made his 40th night of ever being in the woods.

87
00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:15,600
Yeah.

88
00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:16,600
Wow.

89
00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:22,480
So really, this dog was allowed the opportunity to just kind of sit and mature.

90
00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:25,440
You know, you had him as a pup at 10 months old.

91
00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:26,440
What was he doing?

92
00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:37,840
The third night I took him out, he, the third night I took him out, he was a couple hundred

93
00:05:37,840 --> 00:05:40,840
yards right handed, a couple hundred yards left handed.

94
00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:43,520
I see a coon sitting up in a tree.

95
00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:47,240
And I mean, the coon's been there for 30 minutes.

96
00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:51,000
I tell my daughter, I said, he's coming through that field tracking, but he ain't saying a

97
00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:52,000
word.

98
00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,000
And he goes over and trees that coon that I know has been sitting there for 30 minutes.

99
00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,680
I was like, this dog's got potential.

100
00:05:57,680 --> 00:05:58,680
Yeah.

101
00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:05,120
And then I just put him on the back burner when my daughter quit hunting because I had

102
00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:07,880
too many other dogs I was fooling with.

103
00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:13,720
And finally what I was getting at was one of the best dogs I've ever been in the woods

104
00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:19,480
with was never in the woods this first night of his life till he was two year old.

105
00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,000
And I was kind of hoping that would play a fix with him.

106
00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,120
And it seems to be doing pretty good.

107
00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:33,160
Hey, you might have just hit a wonderful magic trick of your own, allowing the dogs to mature

108
00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:34,160
a little bit.

109
00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:35,800
That's something that you don't see.

110
00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:41,280
I know my experiences from that, my dad had an old blue dog that he didn't take until

111
00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:45,320
he was about two years old and turned out to be one of the better dogs.

112
00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:51,960
So early on he got put on the back burner until about 2023.

113
00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:53,760
Then what happened with him?

114
00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:59,080
Well, I started putting him in PKC hunts.

115
00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,600
I won 14 out of 16 with him.

116
00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:06,680
The two I lost was because I was afraid to strike him under the minute.

117
00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:07,680
It was my fault.

118
00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:11,720
He beat the dogs, but I beat him by not doing my part right.

119
00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:15,440
And I said, dang, I may have something right here.

120
00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:18,040
Just kept on laying him in there and he just kept on winning.

121
00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:25,920
Took him to the tournament of champions last year, doubled up at the zones, high scoring

122
00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:30,120
dog Thursday night of the top 96.

123
00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:35,360
Friday night in the top 24 had first track, first three.

124
00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:39,240
The second three was a denture.

125
00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,200
And they minus me on a legit denture.

126
00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:46,360
The hole in his sides was softball.

127
00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:48,440
Those are the breaks that are hard to swallow.

128
00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:49,440
Yeah.

129
00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:50,440
Yeah.

130
00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:52,480
I want, I requested it.

131
00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:57,080
Marked a three, want to bring a panel back out in the woods, but in that kennel club,

132
00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:58,080
it don't happen.

133
00:07:58,080 --> 00:07:59,520
Not going to happen in UKC.

134
00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:00,520
You ain't getting that panel.

135
00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:04,080
No, no, no, no.

136
00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:07,960
So it was a bull crap break.

137
00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:13,960
So when did Chad, did you, were you handling at the tournament champions or did you come

138
00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:15,800
along just before the PKC nationals?

139
00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:18,440
Let's get Chad introduced into this story somehow.

140
00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:19,440
I was with him.

141
00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:21,560
I was back up handler.

142
00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:22,560
Okay.

143
00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,520
So when did you take over the reins on this dog?

144
00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:28,240
Cause you've been handling them for a while, right?

145
00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:29,800
Actually it's tournament champions that year.

146
00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:30,960
I was handling Trixie.

147
00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:35,520
We had two dogs in it, his female that he owns and trigger.

148
00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:42,760
And I got beat out early and then I back up handled for him with trigger.

149
00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:46,160
And then after that, I think it was what a couple of months later I started handling

150
00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:47,160
trigger for Jason.

151
00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:52,200
I started pushing him hunts and stuff and running the PKC state race and stuff with

152
00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:53,920
him.

153
00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:58,680
We had him, what I believe was top three of the state race last year.

154
00:08:58,680 --> 00:08:59,680
Yeah.

155
00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:00,680
Yeah.

156
00:09:00,680 --> 00:09:10,880
Kentucky is a, yeah, it's a, it takes, it takes a dog to be number one, doesn't it?

157
00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:11,880
Yeah.

158
00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:12,880
For sure.

159
00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:13,880
You can believe that.

160
00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:14,880
Yeah.

161
00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:15,880
Yeah.

162
00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:20,440
You sound like you got some experience down there, brother.

163
00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:21,440
Yeah.

164
00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:22,440
No, no.

165
00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:23,440
I know.

166
00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:26,520
If you look at the state race, I think the dog went in the state race right now has got

167
00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:30,040
like 7,000 and open money.

168
00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:31,040
No way.

169
00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:32,040
Yeah.

170
00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:33,040
Yeah.

171
00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:34,040
All right.

172
00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:35,040
Keep rolling.

173
00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:36,040
I'm going to look up some statistics.

174
00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:37,040
Keep going.

175
00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:38,040
I ain't going to get into that.

176
00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:39,040
Yeah.

177
00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:40,040
That's another story.

178
00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:41,040
Yeah.

179
00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:42,040
All right.

180
00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:49,080
So Jason, why don't you, why don't you take us through the very, from the very beginning

181
00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:51,080
of your run at the PKC nationals?

182
00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:54,560
Cause this is kind of where you and trigger, I guess, I don't want to say got put on the

183
00:09:54,560 --> 00:09:57,840
map because you've been around this sport for a long, long time, but this is where you

184
00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,840
guys signed, sealed, delivered and did it with style.

185
00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:03,880
So let's start from the beginning and walk us through Chad and I want your input on how

186
00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:05,360
things kind of went to.

187
00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:06,360
All right.

188
00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:17,560
Well, the first night of the qualifiers in Paducah, I handled and the dog looked good.

189
00:10:17,560 --> 00:10:26,160
He, he made a tree that they asked me how to score it.

190
00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:29,440
I told him, I said, there's no cone.

191
00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:30,440
It's minus.

192
00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:36,240
Little did I know that I was going to circle on their next tree that looked just like his,

193
00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:37,360
but I mean, there's no cone.

194
00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:38,360
So I minus my own.

195
00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:39,360
You said, how you scored?

196
00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:44,860
I said, minus there's no cone, but long story short, we get baits at night.

197
00:10:44,860 --> 00:10:50,320
So I let Chad start handling the next night and you can walk them through from there.

198
00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:53,340
Well, I started handling the next night.

199
00:10:53,340 --> 00:11:01,080
We doubled up, uh, went to nationals one Friday night, doubled up Friday night.

200
00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:04,240
And then walk us through Friday night.

201
00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:07,040
Do you not remember who all you drew, what kind of cash you had?

202
00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:11,880
Uh, Friday night to see here.

203
00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:15,880
I believe Friday night early I draw a Spice girl.

204
00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:16,880
No.

205
00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:17,880
Yeah.

206
00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:18,880
Yeah.

207
00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:22,560
I draw a Spice girl and, uh, we battled back and forth.

208
00:11:22,560 --> 00:11:28,200
It was between me and me and him, uh, come down to the last tree.

209
00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:32,160
I had a den on the last.

210
00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:35,680
Um, if he had a CUNY, he beat me, but if he had a den, I beat him.

211
00:11:35,680 --> 00:11:37,920
So just look, have it.

212
00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:40,440
Everybody knows Spice girl how she is.

213
00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:41,440
Just look, have it.

214
00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:43,960
She had a den, couldn't get the cone to look out of it.

215
00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:56,400
So I won there and then like I would draw, wipe out Z and, uh, somebody else.

216
00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:57,400
I can't remember.

217
00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:02,400
Well, anyway, we turned loose right out of the truck, trigger slammed the cone for a

218
00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:05,040
hundred, 125 at it.

219
00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:09,480
Uh, wipe out Z, got tree.

220
00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:13,400
Before we got to his tree, he left and we started back towards, I can't remember the

221
00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:14,400
other guy we started with.

222
00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:19,320
We started back towards his dog and wipe out Z's.

223
00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:20,320
He blowed out.

224
00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:23,880
He wound up withdrawing.

225
00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:26,440
We go to this other guy's dog.

226
00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:27,440
He was trade.

227
00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:31,840
It was a circle tree.

228
00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:37,960
Anyway, he pulled him off that tree, recut him.

229
00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,560
It goes back to the tree.

230
00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:47,000
He jerked him off of it again and he goes back to it again.

231
00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,000
Oh my goodness.

232
00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,000
Yeah.

233
00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,000
Bad break.

234
00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,000
So that was the end of that.

235
00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:53,000
Yeah.

236
00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:54,000
He's done that.

237
00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:55,000
Bad break here.

238
00:12:55,000 --> 00:13:02,080
And then the final round was, it was just, well, you say it is a good hunt.

239
00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:03,080
Yeah.

240
00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:04,080
We watched it on live or I did at least.

241
00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:05,080
I don't know.

242
00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:06,080
Basin did, but yeah, sure.

243
00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:07,080
It did.

244
00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:08,080
Yeah.

245
00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:09,080
It was a clinic.

246
00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:10,080
It was a clinic.

247
00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:16,120
So Jason kind of go into that, you know, obviously trigger is a type of dog that if you put him

248
00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:20,120
in cones, he can really put on a clinic.

249
00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:24,960
What, what type of, what type of ability does he have?

250
00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:26,000
Have to be able to do that.

251
00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,000
Like what type of a dog is he?

252
00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:32,480
He's just a live war.

253
00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:38,640
It seems like the stepper competition he's in, the better he operates.

254
00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:40,680
That's what I've been noticing here lately.

255
00:13:40,680 --> 00:13:41,680
Yeah.

256
00:13:41,680 --> 00:13:42,680
Yeah.

257
00:13:42,680 --> 00:13:49,800
He, a lot of people think I'm joking when I say this, but he's got such a good and old

258
00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:51,320
attack and bounce for me.

259
00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:55,600
He laughed at me the first two or three times I told him this and I proved him wrong.

260
00:13:55,600 --> 00:14:01,240
You can be driving down the road and if that dog bark at 70 mile an hour, if he barks in

261
00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:05,400
the box, you stop, you back up to where he barked at and you let him loose.

262
00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:08,280
But then a minute he'll have a red hot cone stroke.

263
00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:09,280
Yeah.

264
00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:12,280
I mean he's got that type of nose.

265
00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:13,280
Yeah.

266
00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:17,680
We was at Shelby County hunting and Chad told me, I told him, he said, once you make it

267
00:14:17,680 --> 00:14:18,680
some buck hush.

268
00:14:18,680 --> 00:14:19,680
I said, he's smelling cones.

269
00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:20,680
Yeah.

270
00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:22,840
He said, well back me up right here and I'll show you.

271
00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:26,400
I proved him wrong three times in a row and he ain't laughed at me no more.

272
00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:31,400
True story ain't it Chad?

273
00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:32,400
Yeah.

274
00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:33,400
I told him he's full of crap.

275
00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:34,400
Just be honest with you.

276
00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:35,400
I said, that dog ain't smelling no cone.

277
00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:36,400
I'm running 75 mile an hour.

278
00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:37,400
That dog ain't smelling no cone.

279
00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,720
He said, well stop this truck and I'll show you.

280
00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:41,480
I said, I ain't stopping this truck.

281
00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:43,480
So we went on down the road and he started doing it again.

282
00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:45,880
I said, won't you juice that sucker and tell him to shut up.

283
00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:47,400
He said, I ain't doing it.

284
00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:49,080
Stop his truck and I'll show you something.

285
00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:50,080
I said, all right.

286
00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:51,080
I backed up, stop.

287
00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:52,080
It wasn't 45 seconds.

288
00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:53,080
He struck run, trade it.

289
00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:54,080
I was like, well, maybe I just look at it.

290
00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:55,080
I don't know.

291
00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:56,080
We went on down the road and he done it again.

292
00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:57,080
I jerked him out and he done the same thing.

293
00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:58,080
I said, I ain't making fun of him no more.

294
00:14:58,080 --> 00:14:59,080
That's it.

295
00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:00,080
Proof is in the pudding boys.

296
00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:01,080
Proof is in the pudding.

297
00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:02,080
Yeah.

298
00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:03,080
Yeah.

299
00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:05,640
So that, that final four of the PKC nationals, I mean that, well, like you said, that was

300
00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:18,080
an absolute clinic that he put on.

301
00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:20,080
He did it right and he had his Coons.

302
00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:21,080
We need to have him.

303
00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:22,080
He had a whole crew out there.

304
00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:23,080
I know Kane stream filled it.

305
00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:24,640
Like you guys just did a good job.

306
00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:26,480
Um, and the dog, the dog looked great.

307
00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:29,400
So what was the emotions going through you guys?

308
00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:34,240
Whenever you sealed the deal that hunts over the top watch goes off, Jason, I saw you in

309
00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:35,240
the camera.

310
00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:36,240
You was walking back and forth.

311
00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:37,240
You was pacing like crazy.

312
00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:38,240
How'd you, how'd it make you feel?

313
00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:41,840
He smoked the pack of cigarettes during that hunt.

314
00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:45,240
He couldn't sit still for nothing.

315
00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:51,080
My mom said I come out running and I was not stopped yet.

316
00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:55,000
And it was unreal.

317
00:15:55,000 --> 00:16:00,680
The main thing that really touched me, my dad died three years ago and I told him, I

318
00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:05,360
said, I don't want to win a big hunt one of these days.

319
00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:07,400
And I dedicated it to my dad.

320
00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:08,400
Yeah.

321
00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:09,400
Yeah.

322
00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:10,400
It's special.

323
00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:11,400
Yeah.

324
00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:12,400
Yeah.

325
00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:15,360
It's a, it hits different.

326
00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:18,680
You know, tell us a little bit, you know, Hey, that's what we're on here for, Bob, you

327
00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:20,580
know, to tell about the memories.

328
00:16:20,580 --> 00:16:25,760
So tell us, tell us a fond memory of your father, you know, just for this podcast.

329
00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:32,240
It, uh, he went hunting with me.

330
00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:35,360
He went hunting with me back when I was 13 year old.

331
00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:41,600
Uh, well, one of the two nights he went and he gets him a ticket.

332
00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,360
He said, son, I'll never be back again.

333
00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:44,360
Yeah.

334
00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:46,360
We're shooting a cone out right now.

335
00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:47,360
Shooting a cone out.

336
00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:50,480
So, and somebody picks him on the shoulder and says, give me the gun.

337
00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:51,480
He says, hold on a minute.

338
00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:52,480
I'm shooting this code out.

339
00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:54,160
He said, no, you ain't shooting this code out game.

340
00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:55,160
Oh, man.

341
00:16:55,160 --> 00:17:04,920
Jason takes his dad to hunt and gets him a shoot no code out.

342
00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:06,200
So did he hold up to that?

343
00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:07,800
Did he ever go hunting again?

344
00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:11,040
Uh, he went with me one more time.

345
00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:12,040
And that was it.

346
00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:13,040
Yeah.

347
00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:14,040
He, he wasn't much of a hunter.

348
00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:15,040
Yeah.

349
00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:16,040
Yeah.

350
00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:17,040
But it's those memories.

351
00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:18,040
It's those memories.

352
00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:23,400
And you know, it's pretty special to be able to, you accomplish something that everybody

353
00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:29,240
tries, you know, to win a big hunt, you know, whether it's nationals or whether it's a super

354
00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:35,800
stakes, you know, that's the one thing that I think that we take for granted nowadays

355
00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:40,960
is you don't really remember who won the last big hunt because there's just so many of

356
00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:45,840
them now, you know, back when we were kids, you know, back when we were younger, Chad

357
00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:56,720
and Jason and all of us, you know, you really only had super stakes, PKC world, PKC nationals,

358
00:17:56,720 --> 00:18:04,880
UKC world and all the moats, you know, that was pretty well, that was pretty well it.

359
00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:05,880
Yeah.

360
00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:06,880
That was all of them.

361
00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:07,880
Yeah.

362
00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:13,440
And you know, so you had five a year, you know, and even super stakes really, you know,

363
00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:20,360
wasn't as big of a deal because there's three different, you know, age groups, but especially

364
00:18:20,360 --> 00:18:26,280
like the UKC world, you know, I mean, even now, I think the tournament of champions overshadows

365
00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,280
the UKC world.

366
00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:29,280
Yeah.

367
00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:30,880
Yeah, I agree with you.

368
00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:31,880
It does.

369
00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:34,880
There's a lot of them, but you know, one thing that I think is cool there, Jason, that you

370
00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:38,880
said is, you know, your dad only went hunting with you twice, but you dedicated that hunt

371
00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:42,000
to him because you told him you were going to win a big hunt.

372
00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:46,240
And it just goes to show that, you know, you don't have to grow up in a hunting family

373
00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:51,040
to get into this sport and your family don't have to be, you know, big time Coon hunters

374
00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:56,040
to support the dream that you follow because I fall into that same bucket, you know, you

375
00:18:56,040 --> 00:19:00,080
know, my dad and he doesn't Coon hunt and he's went with me a handful of times, but

376
00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,720
he's, he's in my corner, you know, he's my biggest fan.

377
00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:07,040
So yes, sir, you know, that I just love to hear that, you know, there's even though they're

378
00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:09,480
not into it themselves, they see them kids doing it.

379
00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:12,760
They see them kids enjoying it and they're going to support them and they know how much

380
00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:13,760
it means to you.

381
00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:16,880
So, you know, even though he wasn't a big time hunter, it still meant the world that

382
00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:18,480
you dedicated that to him.

383
00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:19,480
Yes.

384
00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:21,280
Yes, it sure did.

385
00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:22,280
Now another question.

386
00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:23,280
Oh, sorry.

387
00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:24,280
Go ahead.

388
00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:29,040
I'm about the same boat as you, my dad, he don't go with me, but like you said, he's

389
00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:32,720
in my corner and none of my family Coon hunted.

390
00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:35,080
I was one that got my brother started.

391
00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:36,080
He started Coon hunt.

392
00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:40,400
He used to handle for Jason six, seven, eight years ago.

393
00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,480
And that's the way it all starts for me.

394
00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:49,440
I went to my ex father-in-law when I was about 12 year old, got me started and it went from

395
00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:50,960
my and I'm still doing it.

396
00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:51,960
Yeah.

397
00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:52,960
Yeah.

398
00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:53,960
I'm a first generation Coon hunter myself.

399
00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:57,400
You know, um, it doesn't, I know my, my granddaddy, he was a houndsman.

400
00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,520
You know, he grew up running or I grew up running deer dogs down in North Carolina with

401
00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:04,240
him, but Coon hunting just wasn't a thing.

402
00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:05,880
And I didn't even get into it till I was in college.

403
00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:09,060
You know, I've told that story in here a couple of times, but you know, it is just cool to

404
00:20:09,060 --> 00:20:12,760
see that you'll have the support, you know, those people in your corner, they're always

405
00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:15,480
there for you, you know, no matter what your interests are.

406
00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:20,360
So Chad, as, as a guy who took over handling for the dog of that nationals and you know,

407
00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:25,320
now here in the backstory of it, how did that feel as a handler knowing that, you know,

408
00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:29,600
Jason is just as well capable to handle the dog, he owns a dog, but he trusted you enough

409
00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:31,760
to take him and keep running with him.

410
00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:34,960
You know, after you doubled him up, some owners would have been like, I hand the reins back

411
00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:38,160
over, but he kept him in your hands and he knew he had a good thing going.

412
00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:40,960
So how did that feel to you to be trusted as the handler for that dog?

413
00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:48,000
Well, he's, he's always told me to give me the opportunity to, to win something big.

414
00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:52,920
And like I said, I was handling Trixie and when he lost there that night, I took over

415
00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:56,640
reins of trigger and we doubled up and he said, well, there you go.

416
00:20:56,640 --> 00:21:02,040
He said, here's the reins, but he said, hold on tight and let her go.

417
00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:07,640
We run with it from our Jason is as an owner.

418
00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:09,280
How is that to make that decision?

419
00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:10,920
Would that, was it just second nature?

420
00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:13,480
Like you didn't even have to think about it or was it something that was kind of hard

421
00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:15,800
for you to do to turn over them reins?

422
00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:25,440
Well, it's a little of both, I'd like to, I'd like to handle him, but I'm not worried

423
00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:26,440
about myself.

424
00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:29,520
I'm going to do whatever I think's best for the dog.

425
00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:34,800
That takes a lot of, that takes a lot of guts because Jason, you're not just an owner.

426
00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:39,240
You're you're you're, I mean, you trained him, you hunt, you know, you hunt just as

427
00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:40,240
hard.

428
00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:46,000
I know me personally, you know, it's kind of like, it's kind of like me and Bryce.

429
00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:52,400
I was hunting a dog named Jed and hunted him and hunted him and hunted him and hunted him.

430
00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:57,000
I got buddy qualified for the world and Jed qualified for the world.

431
00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:03,320
And so lo and behold, boom, you know, me and Bryce both went to the world and Jed ended

432
00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:04,320
up getting further.

433
00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:12,120
And I, as a person that normally runs the dog, it's hard to sit back.

434
00:22:12,120 --> 00:22:18,880
It's hard to sit back knowing that, hey, that could be you because I mean, all intents and

435
00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:26,680
purposes that your dog, you know, it takes, it takes a lot of guts to be able to stay

436
00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:30,960
in the background, stay in the back seat and allow someone else to handle the dog.

437
00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:31,960
It really does.

438
00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:32,960
Yeah.

439
00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:33,960
Yeah.

440
00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:35,160
And I think, it's funny story.

441
00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:38,960
You talked about Jed and you mentioned him, that whole run started at autumn Oaks, you

442
00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:43,080
know, and listeners guys, whenever we're done here with Jason and Chad, after, after we

443
00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:46,040
get done talking to them today, we're going to dive into a little bit of autumn Oaks coming

444
00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:47,040
up for this year.

445
00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:49,040
So make sure you stay tuned here to the end of the podcast.

446
00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,480
But yeah, I, and I'm the same way.

447
00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,120
And I'm actually, I'm not good at it.

448
00:22:53,120 --> 00:22:54,600
I'll be very honest.

449
00:22:54,600 --> 00:23:02,280
Whenever I let Nikki handle wheels or Colton, my boy, I struggle to sit there and be quiet

450
00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:06,160
because sometimes like there's calls that I would make that they're not making.

451
00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:08,680
And sometimes they make calls that ain't no way in the world.

452
00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:10,160
I would have made that at that time.

453
00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:14,400
But you know, that would have been hard for me, Jason, in your shoes, you're in the finals

454
00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:18,560
of nationals and you just got to sit there and bite your tongue.

455
00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:20,240
Like that would have been so hard for me.

456
00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:23,240
I would not have been good.

457
00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:24,240
Yeah.

458
00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:28,120
Uh, and he, uh, he proved himself.

459
00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:32,160
So he's doing, as long as he's doing all right, he's good.

460
00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:33,160
Yeah, absolutely.

461
00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:36,160
Yeah, they're both doing good.

462
00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:37,160
Yeah.

463
00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,160
So, so the nationals, you know, that was, that was his ticket in, that was his entry.

464
00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:41,160
That was his foot in the door.

465
00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:42,160
Yeah.

466
00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:45,640
I got trigger, you know, in the household names, but you guys went on to win a couple

467
00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:47,600
of other, uh, big events since then.

468
00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:50,600
So why don't you guys dive into those a little bit with us?

469
00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:54,600
You know, talk to me.

470
00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:55,600
Yeah.

471
00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:57,360
I figured you was going to pour it on it.

472
00:23:57,360 --> 00:23:58,360
Go ahead.

473
00:23:58,360 --> 00:24:07,000
Yeah, we've, uh, last little bit, we've gotten the top four, uh, pro sport hunt up our Michigan

474
00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,560
in a truck hunt.

475
00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:18,760
Uh, see last, uh, last side by side hunt that pro sport had, we got in the top four vets.

476
00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:27,400
Uh, last time I won RQE with him to get him qualified for the world.

477
00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:33,120
So he's just, I mean, every given weekend triggers, triggers a force to be reckoned

478
00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:34,120
with.

479
00:24:34,120 --> 00:24:38,720
I mean, he's really started when you draw that dog, he's really started to become somebody

480
00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:43,240
that, you know, the people that sit back, cause I know I do it too.

481
00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:47,640
We sit back at the hunch or not at, and you look at the scorecards and you go, me and

482
00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:48,640
Bryce to do it all the time.

483
00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:54,920
In fact, we were, we were down on his bachelor party down at Cumberland river campground

484
00:24:54,920 --> 00:25:03,600
park campground and we were, we were actually looking at the, um, we were looking at the

485
00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,640
cards for pro sport for the side by side.

486
00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:10,680
And we were sitting there going, me, him and Colton Britton were going, Oh, well this dog's

487
00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:11,760
going that cast.

488
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:13,240
This dog's going that cast.

489
00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:17,080
You know, we're, we're all sitting around, you know, talking and I'm going to tell you

490
00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:22,280
trigger is starting to become a name where more and more people go, I got trigger when

491
00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:23,640
in that cast.

492
00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:31,080
So, you know, coming from what you come from Eastern Kentucky, nowhere, nobody knows you.

493
00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:34,720
Nobody knew who Jason Himes was before nationals.

494
00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:35,760
How does it feel?

495
00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:40,960
And I know that recognition isn't something personal recognition isn't something that

496
00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:48,720
you look for or that you strive to get, but, uh, Jason, how does it feel to know that Jason

497
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:56,320
Himes and trigger are now names that people, you know, that people talk about, Hey, that

498
00:25:56,320 --> 00:26:00,360
dog was going to win that cast, you know, on a, on a normal basis.

499
00:26:00,360 --> 00:26:04,040
Hey, it feels good.

500
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:06,760
It, it, it feels good.

501
00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:11,720
It's, uh, um, I really don't know how to put it in the words.

502
00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:13,720
What I want to say.

503
00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:23,880
It's a lot of people let it go to their heads and some don't I'll fall into some don't category.

504
00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:24,880
Yeah.

505
00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:30,840
That's a good category to be in because I mean, we all, we all come from the same, you

506
00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,320
know, love for how we got me and Bryce.

507
00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:35,400
That's what got me and Bryce got started on this.

508
00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:37,920
That's what Simper dogging is all about.

509
00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:43,360
Always dogging, you know, whether it be squirrel dogs, you know, whatever we got some.

510
00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:44,760
We got something to do with the dog.

511
00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:49,600
You know, it's just a love for a man's best friend and you know, to take a dog from 10

512
00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:53,800
months old to now being a household name.

513
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:58,440
I mean that right there, that right there is a, gotta be a pretty darn good feeling.

514
00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:00,440
Yeah, man, it is.

515
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:01,440
Yeah.

516
00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:02,440
Yeah.

517
00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:07,680
He, uh, like a young boy, uh, handled him up at the pro sport youth hunt that had only

518
00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:09,920
been in the woods with him twice.

519
00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:18,240
He won his task Thursday night, should have worn Friday night, but it was a, but like

520
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,640
I say, he'd only been in the woods with him twice.

521
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:25,600
You know, and something else that I've seen is that trigger seems to be, he puts up a

522
00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,800
good score wherever you take him in the country from what I've, from what I've gathered, you

523
00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:30,480
know, down there in Kentucky, where you live.

524
00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:34,560
I think that youth pro sport thing was in Ohio, Jay or Chad just said that, you know,

525
00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:36,840
he got into the final four of that truck hunt in Michigan.

526
00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:38,860
So he's going all over the country, Trey and Koon.

527
00:27:38,860 --> 00:27:41,800
To get a dog out of the box that can do that.

528
00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,240
That's easier said than done, you know?

529
00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:45,240
So that says a lot for him.

530
00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:46,240
Yeah.

531
00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:47,240
Yeah.

532
00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:50,480
A lot of them can't handle the road, but he seems to be handling it real good.

533
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:51,480
Yeah.

534
00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:56,880
So hypothetical question, um, and I always think about this, you know, so you've raised

535
00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:58,720
this dog from a pup.

536
00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,200
You do, you do this winning, you get some stuff on there.

537
00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:04,520
You've got a handler who's, who's making the right calls, putting him in a position to

538
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,120
win.

539
00:28:06,120 --> 00:28:08,660
Somebody walks up to you and says, price that dog.

540
00:28:08,660 --> 00:28:10,400
Is he for sale or is he not for sale?

541
00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:11,400
Jason?

542
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,960
No, there's a guy trying to buy him up.

543
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:20,360
Well, the first night of the qualifying of the national, they was calling my phone the

544
00:28:20,360 --> 00:28:23,480
next day trying to buy him and I said he went for sale.

545
00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:27,120
And then the night we won the nationals, there's a guy trying to buy him.

546
00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:29,560
Uh, no, he's not for sale.

547
00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:30,560
Yeah.

548
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:35,560
And, and I, I posed that question because some people listen to this podcast who aren't

549
00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:37,840
into the coon hound world, you know, and

550
00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:41,480
you're a better man than I am.

551
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:45,840
And they don't understand some of the money that can get thrown around at these dogs.

552
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:49,840
And I'm, I would never ask anybody to say how much was thrown around, but it's nothing

553
00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:53,320
out of the ordinary for somebody to call and say, Hey, I got 20,000 is your dog for sale.

554
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,720
Hey, I got 40,000 is your dog for sale.

555
00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,440
And you know, some guys, that dog means more to that to them.

556
00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:02,360
And some of them, you know, it's down the road, like I'll take the cash and I'll go

557
00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:03,360
train a new one.

558
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:07,240
So I always think it's interesting to get perspective on somebody who's, who's trained

559
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:08,240
them.

560
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:12,240
They've invested that much time and they are that emotionally attached to see, Hey, is

561
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,200
the dog for sale or is he not for sale?

562
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:15,200
It's just kind of interesting to me.

563
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:16,200
Yeah.

564
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:23,480
There's a guy back, uh, uh, when he listens to this, he knows who I'm talking about back

565
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:28,840
in November of 22 that tried to buy him.

566
00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:33,160
And this was before I laid in on him the night that he tried him in November, it made his

567
00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:35,800
32nd night in the woods.

568
00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:39,440
And I told him, I said, you can have him for 10 if you want him.

569
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:43,800
Well, the guy that he had handling for him, come back to the truck.

570
00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:45,040
He said, you better buy the dog.

571
00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:46,400
He said, well, you take eight.

572
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:50,680
And I said, no, he said, I'm telling you, you better buy the dog.

573
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:52,160
And he said, well, can I hunt with it?

574
00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:54,640
He said, I'm telling you, you don't need to hunt with the dog again.

575
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,680
He better buy the dog.

576
00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:57,680
And he didn't buy.

577
00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:00,680
So he called two weeks later wanting to buy.

578
00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:03,280
And I told him 17, he said, you take 15.

579
00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,640
I said, no, he's not for sale no more.

580
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:08,560
That's just like I told Wyatt Reimers to him.

581
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:09,680
He said, you ought to sell him.

582
00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:10,280
I said, why?

583
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:12,560
He's going to win more than that.

584
00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:13,080
Yeah.

585
00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:14,600
But I'm on.

586
00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:17,160
I always fall back.

587
00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:21,520
So I've handled quite a few dogs and won my share of stuff.

588
00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:26,640
But I always fall back to a dog that I sold, Nikki Hale.

589
00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,480
And dog's name was Wild Style Molly.

590
00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:32,440
She won the Reserve Nationals with Nikki.

591
00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:35,120
And Nikki brought her back to my house.

592
00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:40,960
And I think four or five months later, no, like three.

593
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:43,600
It would have been like three months later.

594
00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:50,520
I walked outside and she was deader in a doorknob, had a brain aneurysm.

595
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:56,280
And right there is just, it just always replays in my head.

596
00:30:56,280 --> 00:31:00,560
Whenever I get a dog clicking and someone calls me and says, hey,

597
00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:05,480
look at, like with Spot, look at the run me and you made with Spot,

598
00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:07,680
Bryce when he was a pup.

599
00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:09,480
And I couldn't hold on to him.

600
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:11,760
I had to, he had to go.

601
00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:13,920
I just, and now I got him back at my house.

602
00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:17,280
But I mean, it's just, for me, it's just hard.

603
00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:22,760
Because every time I say no, the picture of Wild Style Molly pops in my head.

604
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:27,360
And I'm just like, man, two months from now, if something happens to that dog,

605
00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:32,680
and I turn down 20 or 30, I'm gonna be kicking myself in the rear.

606
00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:33,440
Right.

607
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:35,600
Yeah, I understand where you're coming from.

608
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:36,360
Yeah.

609
00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:40,040
It's just hard to find something that replaces it.

610
00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:41,040
So I agree.

611
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:43,560
To be able to compete on that level.

612
00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:45,480
So hey, my hat's off to you.

613
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:50,840
Not only are you giving up the reins of handling, but the more you win,

614
00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:53,600
the more those buyers are gonna be knocking on the door.

615
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:59,560
And hey, my hat off to you for being able to keep your composure,

616
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:04,680
allow Chad to continue to win and not break up a team, a good team.

617
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:07,360
Because people don't realize, I mean, you go all the way back,

618
00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:09,080
you'll know who I'm talking about, Jason.

619
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:11,120
You go all the way back to Joey Carver and Tank.

620
00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:18,200
Once Joey sowed Tank, nobody won with him like Joey did.

621
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:22,880
Well, I'm gonna, while I was talking about previous,

622
00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:24,240
you just said the names.

623
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:29,160
Joey Carver is the guy that told the other guy, he said,

624
00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:31,680
I'm telling you, you better buy the dog.

625
00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:33,480
He said, well, can I hunt with him one more night?

626
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:35,320
Joey said, you don't need to hunt with him one more night.

627
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:36,800
Buy the dog.

628
00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,040
Yeah, he said, I know a dog when I see one.

629
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:40,120
He said, buy the dog.

630
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:41,640
Yeah.

631
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:42,400
I like Mr. Albert.

632
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:43,520
But yeah, I mean, Joey.

633
00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:44,840
That's who it was.

634
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:45,880
Yeah.

635
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:49,480
But that right there is kind of who I point at.

636
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:53,520
I mean, I know Cody Mayne and then won,

637
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:56,640
they won the first Rochonier Classic.

638
00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:57,480
I know they won that.

639
00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:00,400
But as far as I'm talking consistently,

640
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:04,680
there's just when a handler and a dog get clicking,

641
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:07,520
the worst thing you can do is take them apart.

642
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:08,200
Yeah, sure.

643
00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:09,120
Yeah.

644
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:09,640
Yeah.

645
00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:11,280
And the worst thing you can do.

646
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:12,560
Yeah.

647
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:14,200
I agree with you.

648
00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:18,880
Sometimes I think that a lot of times that people, I don't know.

649
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:22,480
I don't want to say that they get too big to remember that statement.

650
00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:26,640
But I always feel like you can look around at some of the smaller guys

651
00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:27,880
that aren't traveling.

652
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:30,120
They're not doing it for a living, I guess.

653
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,560
And look at some dogs that they do a bunch of winning with.

654
00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:35,880
And then somebody who's got a deeper pocket comes and buys that dog.

655
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:40,360
And instead of taking the dog and maybe taking that same handler

656
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:43,880
for a cheaper price, just buy a package deal.

657
00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:47,520
You can own the dog, but leave that dog in that guy's hands.

658
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:49,440
He might not have won everything.

659
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,320
He might not be the biggest name, but they're clicking.

660
00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:55,720
And they'll take it and put it in one of their paid handlers' hands,

661
00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:56,720
I guess.

662
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:58,640
And then the wheels just fall off.

663
00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:00,080
It's a train wreck sometimes.

664
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:03,360
And then they're like, sometimes a dog gets blamed.

665
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:04,640
There's just a lot that goes on.

666
00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:08,000
But I think there's a lot more that goes around than what people think,

667
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,000
is clicking between dogs.

668
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:11,600
Spot and Basham.

669
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:14,600
Basham can hunt Spot, and he can look great.

670
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:16,480
And I tried to take him down to Kentucky.

671
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:18,160
This is a legit deal.

672
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:22,080
I tried to take him down to Kentucky and help Basham out earlier this year.

673
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:24,000
Too bad you don't have the shirt handy.

674
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,280
Yeah, last year, whenever it was.

675
00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:28,720
And Basham had two dogs in.

676
00:34:28,720 --> 00:34:29,440
So I tried to help him out.

677
00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:30,560
I handled Spot.

678
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:33,080
And that dog looked like a fool.

679
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:35,320
I mean, you wouldn't think that dog knew how to treat a coon.

680
00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:36,520
He's back in dogs.

681
00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:37,880
I got to him at the tree.

682
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:39,720
And that joker tried to rip my arm off.

683
00:34:39,720 --> 00:34:41,600
And that is a God's honest truth.

684
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:42,720
I had a shirt to prove it.

685
00:34:42,720 --> 00:34:45,320
He ripped it from the shoulder down to the wrist.

686
00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:47,960
I look like the Heisman Trophy winner stiff arming this dog,

687
00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:50,960
trying to keep him from eating my lunch.

688
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:52,440
Basham takes him the next night.

689
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:54,200
And dog's firing on all cylinders.

690
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:56,520
And he drew somebody that I drew the night before.

691
00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:57,560
And they said, that ain't the same dog.

692
00:34:57,560 --> 00:34:58,360
Joey Goforth.

693
00:34:58,360 --> 00:34:59,720
Yeah, Joey Goforth.

694
00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:01,840
He said, well, that ain't the same dog.

695
00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:03,520
And Basham goes, yes, it is.

696
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:06,160
He said, there's just a different person behind the lead tonight.

697
00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:08,440
You know?

698
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:10,120
That dog had the buffing on you.

699
00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:11,960
He knows you wasn't going to do nothing.

700
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,200
He knows Basham will straighten him out.

701
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:15,760
Well, I think that was a problem.

702
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:18,480
I tried to straighten him out there for, for acting like a fool.

703
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:23,280
And he's going to see just how far he could get.

704
00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:23,880
He tried to.

705
00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:24,400
Yeah.

706
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:28,080
I mean, dogs just, I mean, throw out another one.

707
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:31,160
You remember all the winning I did with Wipeout 3B.

708
00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:34,560
And then after I sold her, she never won another cast, pretty much.

709
00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:35,400
By, that's a lie.

710
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:37,800
I won a few casts with her after you sold her.

711
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:39,400
You know what I mean, though?

712
00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:41,800
I mean, consistently.

713
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:44,040
What I look at, the dog buddies up with you.

714
00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:48,400
It's going to do better for you than it will somebody else.

715
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,520
Hell, even Buddy, you know this, Bryce.

716
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:54,240
I mean, he'll hunt for anybody.

717
00:35:54,240 --> 00:35:56,600
But Chad, you know this.

718
00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:57,600
There's a difference.

719
00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:03,800
When a dog gives 75%, and then that dog gives you 100.

720
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:07,520
He just, you're like, oh, man, he ain't got a chance.

721
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:12,600
And then at the very last minute, boom, he just craps out a coon.

722
00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:13,920
And it's just different.

723
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:17,320
You're like, wow, he really come through on that one.

724
00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:21,280
And it's just, you can see the difference in a 75%.

725
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:22,440
And that's the way Buddy is.

726
00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:23,960
Buddy will hunt for anybody.

727
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:25,240
But he's kind of mediocre.

728
00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:28,440
He'll give you about 75%.

729
00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:34,080
And then when I'm hunting, it's like he wants to give that extra 25.

730
00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:37,680
And so that's kind of, to wrap it all up, that's what we talked about.

731
00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:41,240
That's what we've been talking about is, hey, hats off to you, Jason,

732
00:36:41,240 --> 00:36:46,480
for not only being an owner slash handler that hunts.

733
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:50,840
You've allowed Chad to take over the reins and keep the reins.

734
00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:55,640
And then to be able to keep the wolves at bay,

735
00:36:55,640 --> 00:37:02,400
and not cash in a cash cow, shall you say, and just start on another one.

736
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:07,840
I mean, and for us little guys that come from nothing, I mean, that's hard.

737
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:11,400
Because I'm gonna give a quick example.

738
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:15,680
So the guy that owns Buddy, when he started winning a lot,

739
00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:18,600
we got offers from everywhere.

740
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:21,480
How much, how much, how much, how much?

741
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:25,560
And I looked at Bruce and I said, bud, I got a question.

742
00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:29,640
I said, here's how I want you to answer this question.

743
00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:35,400
I said, if 40,000 would greatly change your life, then sell him.

744
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,520
Sell him, sell him tomorrow.

745
00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:43,120
But if 40,000 wouldn't even blink, you wouldn't even blink an eye at,

746
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:45,120
I said, there's a point in selling him.

747
00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:47,760
And you see where he's still at.

748
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:51,640
He's still in the house because 40,000 ain't gonna greatly change his life.

749
00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:56,960
Now me, someone offered me 40,000, that dog was gone because, man,

750
00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:59,760
I could do a lot with 40,000.

751
00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:04,520
Yeah, but how long is it gonna take you to train one back to that shape that he's in?

752
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:06,760
I don't know, depends on how many kennels I can build.

753
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:10,800
Yeah, you're gonna be a while doing it.

754
00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:12,320
You're gonna be a while.

755
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:13,840
Same way of trigger.

756
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:16,200
How long would it take us to do another one the way he's right now?

757
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:17,760
I agree.

758
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:22,400
I agree, but then for me, this is just me, this is my personal opinion,

759
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:25,480
that snapshot, a wild style Molly pops up.

760
00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:31,120
Well, I had one of the same situation years, Smash.

761
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:34,360
Well, it's been here recently, within the past year.

762
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:37,040
A guy called me and offered me a big lump sum for him.

763
00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:39,200
I said, no, he ain't for sale.

764
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:42,040
Two weeks later, he dies.

765
00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:46,400
I mean, I see where you're coming from.

766
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:48,600
That's always stuck in the back of your head.

767
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:51,280
Well, they're selling something might happen tomorrow.

768
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:51,760
Yeah.

769
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:54,440
So let's just roll on.

770
00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:58,920
What is the next big thing for trigger?

771
00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:02,720
We're gonna try to win the world.

772
00:39:02,720 --> 00:39:04,160
Are you guys gonna be at Automobox?

773
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:05,800
Yeah, so I was gonna say Automobox.

774
00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:08,400
Yeah, I think we're going to Automobox, too.

775
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,960
I ain't sure if it's a sure, that's up to Jason.

776
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:17,360
I'm gonna say, I mean, just kind of throwing it out there.

777
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:24,640
If anybody can document a path to take with dogs, it would be JR, Gray, and Willie.

778
00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:26,080
I mean, look at them.

779
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:32,200
Nobody knew who JR was or who Willie was until they won the UKC World.

780
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:38,280
And man, I'd love to see that bank account that Willie's got that guy.

781
00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:41,760
I mean, because I mean, he's just producing.

782
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:45,280
Both of them go down in the history books for many reasons.

783
00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:47,840
Yeah, that's what I told him the other day.

784
00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:49,320
Yep.

785
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:50,400
Definitely.

786
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:53,480
So, so Automobox, the world, you guys got any pro classics,

787
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:57,280
any pro sport hunts coming up, anything like that?

788
00:39:57,280 --> 00:40:03,840
Yeah, we got side by side coming up this weekend in Springfield.

789
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:04,760
And then we got another.

790
00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:07,520
I'm sure you guys are going to the truck hunt in Lebanon.

791
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:08,760
Yep.

792
00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:10,760
The 26th, 27th will be there.

793
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:12,480
Well, that's 23rd, 24th.

794
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:14,160
Yeah, 23rd, 24th.

795
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:15,040
I think.

796
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:16,080
They've moved them now.

797
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:17,800
They're actually, they're not in Lebanon.

798
00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:20,000
They're moving them to Springfield.

799
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:21,160
Oh, are they?

800
00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:22,480
Yeah.

801
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:23,440
Well, I'll see you guys there.

802
00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:25,840
I got an early end to wait.

803
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:30,920
I hope I don't grow you.

804
00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:33,040
Friends now, enemies in the woods.

805
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:33,720
Enemies.

806
00:40:33,720 --> 00:40:34,840
Exactly right.

807
00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:36,720
Nah, well, shit, not me.

808
00:40:36,720 --> 00:40:37,240
Not me.

809
00:40:37,240 --> 00:40:38,080
I'll shake it.

810
00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:42,160
Now, 10 years ago, yes, we would have been enemies, Chad.

811
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:46,800
But nowadays, I'm just, man, you see the gray hair.

812
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:47,560
I just.

813
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:48,800
I'm right with you.

814
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:50,520
Man, I just want to enjoy it.

815
00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:54,280
I mean, even if I lose, I know the people paying the bills

816
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:55,600
don't want to hear this.

817
00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:57,680
Actually, I take that back.

818
00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:01,720
I hunt for the best three people.

819
00:41:01,720 --> 00:41:04,200
I've got Buddy, who's owned by Bruce Bartz.

820
00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:07,480
And I've got Spot and Star, who is owned by Jeffrey Davis

821
00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:08,440
and Tiffany Davis.

822
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:12,120
And let me tell you, they are amazing.

823
00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:12,800
They don't care.

824
00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:15,720
As long as I'm having fun, as long as I'm enjoying it,

825
00:41:15,720 --> 00:41:20,280
as long as that's where my heart is, that's all they care about.

826
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:23,240
And I couldn't ask for better friends

827
00:41:23,240 --> 00:41:25,160
than those three people.

828
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:26,880
Yeah, and it seems like Jason, Chad,

829
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:29,120
seems like you guys are kind of rolling on that same deal

830
00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:29,600
right now.

831
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:31,200
You guys are having fun doing it.

832
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:33,240
And that's what it's all about, just having fun,

833
00:41:33,240 --> 00:41:36,200
hitting them hunts where you can, but enjoying the ride.

834
00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:37,640
Yeah.

835
00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:40,320
Just have fun when you can, because you never

836
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:42,960
know if you're going to be here tomorrow.

837
00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:44,760
You might go have fun while you can.

838
00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:47,680
Well, you never know whenever you introduce your partner

839
00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:51,600
to somebody, and then they're just gone.

840
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:52,920
What are you talking about?

841
00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:55,600
That ain't going to happen.

842
00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:57,520
It happens, don't it, Steve?

843
00:41:57,520 --> 00:41:58,440
Oh, it happens.

844
00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:01,040
They move five hours away.

845
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:04,720
It takes a team man to go outside of state

846
00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:07,800
and travel like we do.

847
00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:10,600
One person can do it, but it takes a team to do it.

848
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:11,360
Yes, it does.

849
00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:11,880
Yeah.

850
00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:12,440
Yes, it does.

851
00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:13,200
Yeah.

852
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:14,720
Yeah, we've got a friendship.

853
00:42:14,720 --> 00:42:15,760
It takes a friendship.

854
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:17,040
It really does.

855
00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:18,040
Yeah.

856
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:20,200
Yeah, we've got our truck girl.

857
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:24,400
She's got that big track and device in the truck.

858
00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:27,400
She keeps up with him just in case he's in the road

859
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:28,040
or something.

860
00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:30,280
And we withdraw, and she can go get him real quick.

861
00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:32,600
So I mean, she's always there.

862
00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:34,600
It helps out having her in the truck.

863
00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:36,840
Then me and Jason, we take care of everything in the woods

864
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:39,440
and let her deal with the truck.

865
00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:42,200
Sounds like you guys need a new logo.

866
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:44,320
Team Trigger.

867
00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:45,280
It's coming.

868
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:46,360
There you go, Steve.

869
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:47,000
It's coming.

870
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:48,000
It's in the works.

871
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,360
It was born right here on.

872
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,520
Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do.

873
00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:53,720
Dog in.

874
00:42:53,720 --> 00:42:54,720
Yeah, it's in the works.

875
00:42:54,720 --> 00:42:56,600
Steve is going to have to get us some of us.

876
00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:59,880
The dickers to put in the back glass of the truck, Team Trigger.

877
00:42:59,880 --> 00:43:01,480
Yeah.

878
00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:02,200
All right, guys.

879
00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:03,160
All right, guys.

880
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:06,480
Well, we're going to go ahead and wrap this up.

881
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:09,600
We appreciate you guys coming on here in short notice.

882
00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:14,320
I messaged you guys freaking 15 minutes before this popped off

883
00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:16,240
and asked if you'd be interested in coming on.

884
00:43:16,240 --> 00:43:20,640
And I appreciate you guys being available and being able to jump on here

885
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:23,440
and kind of tell your story.

886
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:25,800
Yeah, absolutely, guys.

887
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:27,960
Well, best best luck to you guys in your upcoming events.

888
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:30,520
And congratulations on what you guys have accomplished so far.

889
00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:32,440
So appreciate you guys joining us listeners.

890
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:34,160
Hey, stick around. We are not done yet.

891
00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:38,320
We are going to be covering a little bit on the Indiana.

892
00:43:38,320 --> 00:43:41,320
The excuse me, the autumn Oaks event coming up here in Richmond, Indiana,

893
00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:44,080
as well as recapping the UKC Youth National.

894
00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:45,480
So stick around here just a second.

895
00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:46,320
We're going to get right back.

896
00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:49,680
Bassman, I recap a couple of things, talk about some events going forward,

897
00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:52,440
and then we will finish up this episode of Semper Dog and podcast.

898
00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:53,800
But Chad, Jason, thank you guys.

899
00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:55,320
We appreciate it.

900
00:43:55,320 --> 00:43:57,000
Appreciate it. All right.

901
00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:58,520
See you. Thank you, guys.

902
00:43:58,520 --> 00:43:59,680
Hey, bro.

903
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:08,560
We all know that canines can take us to some wild places,

904
00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:11,720
and some of those are only accessible by an off road vehicle.

905
00:44:12,080 --> 00:44:14,480
No matter how hard you try to maintain your ride,

906
00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:16,960
something is bound to break on one of your adventures.

907
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:19,600
When you find yourself looking for replacement parts

908
00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:23,320
or maybe even a few upgraded parts to further try and prevent a breakdown.

909
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:26,360
Look no further than Never Satisfied Off Road.

910
00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:30,320
Joey Goforth is the proud new owner of Never Satisfied Off Road

911
00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:32,320
and is ready to serve you.

912
00:44:32,320 --> 00:44:35,080
Performance accessories such as lift kits,

913
00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:39,600
portals, tires and more can all be found at Never Satisfied Off Road.

914
00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:41,800
Located in Covington, Tennessee,

915
00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:45,000
the team at Never Satisfied Off Road is ready to ship parts

916
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:48,400
and accessories for your ride anywhere in the country.

917
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:51,040
As their new website is currently being built,

918
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:56,120
be sure to follow them on Facebook at Never Satisfied Off Road 23

919
00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:59,080
to keep up to date on the hottest items and sales.

920
00:44:59,080 --> 00:45:04,360
Give them a call at 731-693-9921

921
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:06,720
to place your order and get your ride ready

922
00:45:06,720 --> 00:45:09,320
to follow your canine wherever they may take you.

923
00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:11,040
Are you ready for the best part, though?

924
00:45:11,040 --> 00:45:14,120
Mention that you heard this ad on the Semperdoggen podcast

925
00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:18,440
and you will receive a Semperdoggen approved listener discount.

926
00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:29,080
Alright guys, we are back here and I just wanted to recap

927
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:32,800
the Youth Nationals that was held over in Downs, Iowa

928
00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:36,280
as well as talk about the upcoming event of Autumn Oaks

929
00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:37,680
which is going to be held in Richmond, Indiana

930
00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:41,560
and even just throw in a little plug for the Indiana State Hunt

931
00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:43,680
coming up here October 5th in Monticello.

932
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:48,320
So, Basham, I went through and compiled a little bit of information

933
00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:52,400
from the Youth Nationals and just want to kind of review this here with you.

934
00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:57,120
Yeah, go ahead because I know your kids had a very good showing up there.

935
00:45:57,120 --> 00:45:59,360
Yeah, they did and it's not just about my kids,

936
00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:00,760
it's about all those kids that were there.

937
00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:03,520
And what I find interesting is that, let's see here,

938
00:46:03,520 --> 00:46:08,240
three of the kids who won over there in Iowa are three of the kids

939
00:46:08,240 --> 00:46:11,920
we had on a previous podcast at the Indiana State Youth Hunt.

940
00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:15,760
So, it's interesting that we were able to almost pull the Babe Ruth,

941
00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:18,760
call the shots on who was winning all that stuff.

942
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:22,280
So, guys, I know that over there in Downs, Iowa,

943
00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:27,080
there were 49 kids that hunted Friday night.

944
00:46:27,080 --> 00:46:30,480
So, Basham, I don't know about you, but for me thinking that

945
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:35,240
all the way over there in Iowa to have 49 entries from 13 different states,

946
00:46:35,240 --> 00:46:37,640
that's pretty good for a Friday night hunt.

947
00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:44,920
That is tremendous for a hunt in Iowa.

948
00:46:44,920 --> 00:46:48,560
We're talking Iowa, not Indiana, not Ohio, not Kentucky.

949
00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:52,000
We're talking Iowa to have that many kids.

950
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:53,400
That is pretty phenomenal.

951
00:46:53,400 --> 00:46:56,120
Yeah, and you know, because Iowa, they got plenty of Coons,

952
00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:58,880
but they're kind of out of the, what do you call it,

953
00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:03,720
the competition belt, I guess, if you look at the country.

954
00:47:03,720 --> 00:47:06,400
You know, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky.

955
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:08,560
That's kind of like where the majority of the events are held.

956
00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:09,800
Iowa is kind of an outlier.

957
00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:13,480
So, I think they had 13 different states represented over there.

958
00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:16,280
49 of those kids hunted Friday night.

959
00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:21,120
And then Saturday, there were 41 entries.

960
00:47:21,120 --> 00:47:24,320
Now, that is not entries as in dogs.

961
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:30,600
That is 41 different kids showed up to show in the youth show on Saturday.

962
00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:34,280
And for our listeners who aren't aware of how Youth Nationals works,

963
00:47:34,280 --> 00:47:38,800
in the show, it is based upon age category.

964
00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:42,760
So, you have your youth or your junior division, which is 5 to 12,

965
00:47:42,760 --> 00:47:45,760
and you have your senior division, which is 13 to 17.

966
00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:48,400
So, the five-year-olds show against five-year-olds.

967
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:50,560
The nine-year-olds show against nine-year-olds.

968
00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:53,120
And once you get your winner out of that age division,

969
00:47:53,120 --> 00:47:57,120
then they show for an overall for the junior and an overall for the senior.

970
00:47:57,120 --> 00:47:58,840
So, that's how that kind of breaks down.

971
00:47:58,840 --> 00:47:59,680
Okay?

972
00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:01,280
Now, the hunt portion.

973
00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:02,400
Go ahead.

974
00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:05,160
Now, do the junior and senior ever show against each other?

975
00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:06,800
They do not.

976
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:08,040
They do not.

977
00:48:08,040 --> 00:48:10,080
I figured they would for an overall.

978
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:13,080
No, you have an overall junior and you have an overall senior.

979
00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:14,920
And those are just your winners.

980
00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:17,600
For the hunt portion, it is not broke down by age.

981
00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:19,160
It is just broke down by class.

982
00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:21,840
So, you have your juniors, your 5 to 12,

983
00:48:21,840 --> 00:48:23,480
and then your seniors 13 to 17.

984
00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:26,280
So, you could potentially have a five-year-old

985
00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:27,480
hunting against a 12-year-old.

986
00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:28,720
That's just kind of how that works.

987
00:48:28,720 --> 00:48:31,320
You know, it takes a lot more land and a lot more places

988
00:48:31,320 --> 00:48:33,000
to get those kids in the woods.

989
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:35,600
So, that's the breakdown of how the show and how the hunt work.

990
00:48:35,600 --> 00:48:41,160
So, 49 kids hunted Friday, 41 kids showed on Saturday.

991
00:48:41,160 --> 00:48:46,360
After the show on Saturday, 19 of those kids entered the water race.

992
00:48:46,360 --> 00:48:49,480
They had a sanctioned water race out there.

993
00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:50,560
I love those.

994
00:48:50,560 --> 00:48:52,960
I love the...

995
00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:55,920
How many times have I mentioned the all-day events?

996
00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:57,520
Oh, a ton.

997
00:48:57,520 --> 00:49:00,120
Man, it's just, it takes me back to when I was a kid.

998
00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:01,200
I just love them.

999
00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:03,520
Yeah, and they did a nice job there.

1000
00:49:03,520 --> 00:49:05,280
They had a real long pond.

1001
00:49:05,280 --> 00:49:08,720
I mean, that's probably the longest pond that I've seen dogs swim out of.

1002
00:49:08,720 --> 00:49:10,000
Some good competitive races.

1003
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:12,920
I mean, it was a fun time to watch.

1004
00:49:12,920 --> 00:49:15,280
And then after the water race on Saturday,

1005
00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:18,160
this was another interesting statistic, I thought.

1006
00:49:18,160 --> 00:49:22,000
There were 52 dogs hunted Saturday night.

1007
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:25,200
So, the entries actually went up on Saturday,

1008
00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:26,840
where most of the time they go down.

1009
00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:29,720
You would think just because it gives people...

1010
00:49:29,720 --> 00:49:32,920
Saturday's more of an opportunity for them to drive.

1011
00:49:32,920 --> 00:49:36,880
And the ones that want to be there for the show,

1012
00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:40,280
probably more apt to bring another dog and go ahead and hunt

1013
00:49:40,280 --> 00:49:41,560
since they're already there.

1014
00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:42,440
That is true.

1015
00:49:42,440 --> 00:49:47,080
But knowing that the way that the scoring is placed for the finals and the hunts,

1016
00:49:47,080 --> 00:49:51,200
it's double cast winners and then high score single dog.

1017
00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:55,600
But you have to hunt both nights in order to be eligible for those prizes.

1018
00:49:55,600 --> 00:50:00,280
So, it is interesting to me that the entries went up on Saturday.

1019
00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:02,640
But we did get some results from that event.

1020
00:50:02,640 --> 00:50:09,840
So, in the junior show, your overall winner was Colton Rorvik.

1021
00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:14,520
And Colton was handling Wabash River's Lost Highway, Redbone.

1022
00:50:14,520 --> 00:50:18,200
He went on and that is his second time winning the Youth Nationals

1023
00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:19,680
in the junior division.

1024
00:50:19,680 --> 00:50:21,320
So, congratulations to Colton.

1025
00:50:21,320 --> 00:50:23,120
I know he puts in a ton of time.

1026
00:50:23,120 --> 00:50:26,080
And I only know that because I see it out here in the driveway.

1027
00:50:26,080 --> 00:50:27,680
So, good job to him, buddy.

1028
00:50:27,680 --> 00:50:30,320
We're very, very, very proud of you.

1029
00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:33,920
We hope that you can continue that success on in the senior division.

1030
00:50:33,920 --> 00:50:38,600
In the senior show, this is another person that we had on the podcast here recently.

1031
00:50:38,600 --> 00:50:42,360
We had Hannah Cable take the overall top spot.

1032
00:50:42,360 --> 00:50:44,600
And she was handling her plot dog, Gambler.

1033
00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:46,520
And Hannah, forgive me, I don't remember his full name.

1034
00:50:46,520 --> 00:50:49,480
But I know that Gambler dog that she's had, you know, she's had him.

1035
00:50:49,480 --> 00:50:52,000
And I think she took him for a long time.

1036
00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:57,640
They have won their age division every year of Youth Nationals since the senior division,

1037
00:50:57,640 --> 00:50:58,640
I believe.

1038
00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:00,760
So, her and old Gambler, they've been on a roll.

1039
00:51:00,760 --> 00:51:06,120
And they picked up the overall title, their national champion.

1040
00:51:06,120 --> 00:51:07,280
Was this her last year?

1041
00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:10,120
It was, yes, sir.

1042
00:51:10,120 --> 00:51:17,000
In the HUNT portion, Jackson Cable was your junior HUNT national champion.

1043
00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:19,280
And he was handling less fame, more fortune.

1044
00:51:19,280 --> 00:51:22,520
A dog who has also been making some noise here recently that his dad.

1045
00:51:22,520 --> 00:51:23,720
Another Willie dog.

1046
00:51:23,720 --> 00:51:24,720
Another Willie dog.

1047
00:51:24,720 --> 00:51:27,360
His dad, Kevin Cable has been on a roll with here.

1048
00:51:27,360 --> 00:51:31,400
So, very, very big accomplishment for Jackson.

1049
00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:32,400
Congratulations.

1050
00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:36,720
You know, taking that picture with four up there as a national champion is a long, long

1051
00:51:36,720 --> 00:51:38,800
ways from taking pictures of Slink.

1052
00:51:38,800 --> 00:51:40,880
You know, we all know about Slink and Jackson's dog.

1053
00:51:40,880 --> 00:51:43,640
That was the famous Slink dog.

1054
00:51:43,640 --> 00:51:45,200
So we've come a long way since Slink.

1055
00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:46,960
And congratulations, buddy.

1056
00:51:46,960 --> 00:51:47,960
We're also very proud of you.

1057
00:51:47,960 --> 00:51:50,840
Love watching you succeed.

1058
00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:56,840
In your senior HUNT, there was a dog named No Name Epp was your national champion for

1059
00:51:56,840 --> 00:51:58,720
the second time.

1060
00:51:58,720 --> 00:52:00,840
A back to back champion.

1061
00:52:00,840 --> 00:52:03,760
Handled by Brooke Snead.

1062
00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:05,960
So congratulations to them.

1063
00:52:05,960 --> 00:52:10,200
They won last year and they come back for redemption and won again this year.

1064
00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:11,200
Where's she out of?

1065
00:52:11,200 --> 00:52:12,760
North Carolina, I do believe.

1066
00:52:12,760 --> 00:52:13,760
Wow.

1067
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:14,760
Yep.

1068
00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:15,760
I do believe it was North Carolina.

1069
00:52:15,760 --> 00:52:21,520
And I think I heard on another podcast, I think it was the UKC podcast, that Trevor

1070
00:52:21,520 --> 00:52:26,440
had actually called her dad and said, hey, you know, we have your jacket or something,

1071
00:52:26,440 --> 00:52:27,600
a war they needed to give out.

1072
00:52:27,600 --> 00:52:29,960
And they said, are you guys going to give it to us or going to be there?

1073
00:52:29,960 --> 00:52:32,480
And they said, no, I don't think we're going to make it this year.

1074
00:52:32,480 --> 00:52:37,200
And lo and behold, they pulled up into Iowa and said, you know, Brooke was very adamant

1075
00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:40,240
that she was going to Youth Nationals and she was going to defend her title.

1076
00:52:40,240 --> 00:52:44,200
So that she did and congratulations to her and her dog Epp.

1077
00:52:44,200 --> 00:52:49,480
So you know, I want to say a big congratulations to all those kids who made the trip out there

1078
00:52:49,480 --> 00:52:50,480
to Youth Nationals.

1079
00:52:50,480 --> 00:52:54,360
Even if y'all didn't win anything, that is a huge event to go out there to be a part

1080
00:52:54,360 --> 00:52:55,360
of.

1081
00:52:55,360 --> 00:52:58,840
It gives them a taste of the bigger shows and the bigger hunts and what it's like to

1082
00:52:58,840 --> 00:52:59,840
be at a big event.

1083
00:52:59,840 --> 00:53:04,080
Cause there's some pressure whenever you go to those hunts, especially at that age, you

1084
00:53:04,080 --> 00:53:05,080
know.

1085
00:53:05,080 --> 00:53:08,160
And also want to say thank you to Autumn Bingham for judging that hunt.

1086
00:53:08,160 --> 00:53:12,120
I know she was out there in the heat and she's got a baby coming here pretty soon.

1087
00:53:12,120 --> 00:53:15,880
So thank you to Miss Autumn Bingham for judging that hunt to all the guys over there at Dads

1088
00:53:15,880 --> 00:53:19,480
Iowa who put on an awesome event, United Kennel Club.

1089
00:53:19,480 --> 00:53:20,480
They did a great job.

1090
00:53:20,480 --> 00:53:25,200
So just want to say thank you to everybody that was involved there at the Youth Nationals.

1091
00:53:25,200 --> 00:53:27,600
Now let's move on to Autumn Oaks.

1092
00:53:27,600 --> 00:53:31,240
The event where history is made.

1093
00:53:31,240 --> 00:53:32,240
2024.

1094
00:53:32,240 --> 00:53:37,240
It is 2024, Autumn Oaks.

1095
00:53:37,240 --> 00:53:42,640
And that is going to be held at the Richmond County Fairgrounds in Richmond, Indiana.

1096
00:53:42,640 --> 00:53:47,480
And the official dates for that are August 29th through September 1st.

1097
00:53:47,480 --> 00:53:52,080
Now I will let everybody know that if you have not been to Autumn Oaks, it is one of

1098
00:53:52,080 --> 00:53:53,520
the greatest weeks of the year.

1099
00:53:53,520 --> 00:53:55,520
It is one of my favorite weeks of the year.

1100
00:53:55,520 --> 00:54:01,520
There are more hound enthusiasts present in that one little fairground than anywhere

1101
00:54:01,520 --> 00:54:02,760
else in the country I do believe.

1102
00:54:02,760 --> 00:54:05,000
I think Grand American gives it a run for its money.

1103
00:54:05,000 --> 00:54:08,880
But I think Autumn Oaks is still the granddaddy of them all.

1104
00:54:08,880 --> 00:54:19,480
I've been to Grand American twice, but to me Autumn Oaks is just bigger.

1105
00:54:19,480 --> 00:54:27,800
I mean even whenever you go into the ceremonies on Saturday for the top 16, Autumn Oaks is

1106
00:54:27,800 --> 00:54:29,800
just that hunt.

1107
00:54:29,800 --> 00:54:30,800
It is.

1108
00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:31,800
It's the hunt to win.

1109
00:54:31,800 --> 00:54:33,480
It's the national championship for the United Kennel Club.

1110
00:54:33,480 --> 00:54:36,680
There's prestige in winning that hunt.

1111
00:54:36,680 --> 00:54:38,720
To me, this is just to me.

1112
00:54:38,720 --> 00:54:41,560
And my opinion don't matter.

1113
00:54:41,560 --> 00:54:45,920
I think Autumn Oaks as far as prestige.

1114
00:54:45,920 --> 00:54:54,400
I'm not talking about the world hunt probably financially is the biggest hunt you can win.

1115
00:54:54,400 --> 00:54:59,000
It's bigger than the PKC world.

1116
00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:02,920
To me it's bigger than a $100,000 hunt.

1117
00:55:02,920 --> 00:55:07,920
Because if you have the right dog, and I think Willie has proved it, if you have the right

1118
00:55:07,920 --> 00:55:13,160
dog with the right pedigree and the right owner, if you win the UKC world and you're

1119
00:55:13,160 --> 00:55:22,840
able to push them as a stud, the financial backing that comes behind that is just phenomenal.

1120
00:55:22,840 --> 00:55:29,920
But to me, the most prestigious for me just personally is Autumn Oaks is the national

1121
00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:30,920
championship.

1122
00:55:30,920 --> 00:55:31,920
Yeah, it's a great event.

1123
00:55:31,920 --> 00:55:35,360
It's not just about the hunt, but the camaraderie that has had there, people coming from all

1124
00:55:35,360 --> 00:55:36,360
over the country.

1125
00:55:36,360 --> 00:55:41,320
Like I said, the official dates are August 29th through September 1st, but Camping actually

1126
00:55:41,320 --> 00:55:45,920
opens up that Friday or that Sunday, August 25th.

1127
00:55:45,920 --> 00:55:46,920
So people will be there.

1128
00:55:46,920 --> 00:55:51,960
I will be one of those people lined up when the gates open August 25th, 11 a.m. ready

1129
00:55:51,960 --> 00:55:55,200
to get our camping spot ready to nail down fort for the week.

1130
00:55:55,200 --> 00:55:56,960
And I'm super pumped about it.

1131
00:55:56,960 --> 00:56:00,000
So it's almost like playing hot seats.

1132
00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:04,760
Like everybody lines up at the fence and they open that fence and it's like, no, go, go,

1133
00:56:04,760 --> 00:56:06,440
go, go, go, go.

1134
00:56:06,440 --> 00:56:07,440
You're not kidding.

1135
00:56:07,440 --> 00:56:11,240
So the very first time that I ever went with Nikki that I ever camped, I was like, it's

1136
00:56:11,240 --> 00:56:12,520
she was trying to explain this to me.

1137
00:56:12,520 --> 00:56:15,840
She's like, all right, when they open the gates, we got to drive in there.

1138
00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:17,040
We got to get our spot.

1139
00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:21,160
And you've got she gave me this roll of caution tape and some stakes and a sledgehammer.

1140
00:56:21,160 --> 00:56:27,320
She's like, go mark out a huge area enough for like five campers, nail it down, put the

1141
00:56:27,320 --> 00:56:28,320
caution tape out.

1142
00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:31,480
I'm like, OK, like it's not a big deal.

1143
00:56:31,480 --> 00:56:34,880
And so like we get we get in there and I just am like kind of moseying around trying to

1144
00:56:34,880 --> 00:56:35,880
get stuff done.

1145
00:56:35,880 --> 00:56:39,760
I look around and I see the urgency in everybody else.

1146
00:56:39,760 --> 00:56:44,200
And I think Mark and Tiffany were some of them, I mean, running to get spots marked

1147
00:56:44,200 --> 00:56:46,720
down and I'm like, what is the deal?

1148
00:56:46,720 --> 00:56:50,400
And then I look at the gate and here comes the campers and they're flooding in and I'm

1149
00:56:50,400 --> 00:56:53,720
like, oh, that's the deal because there is no marked spots.

1150
00:56:53,720 --> 00:56:58,140
It is first come first serve and you take what you need.

1151
00:56:58,140 --> 00:57:00,460
But man, it is it's a mad dash.

1152
00:57:00,460 --> 00:57:05,240
That first three hours of getting set up, it'll wear a guy out.

1153
00:57:05,240 --> 00:57:07,320
Yeah, it'll wear a guy out.

1154
00:57:07,320 --> 00:57:09,000
Well, it's really going to wear you out.

1155
00:57:09,000 --> 00:57:10,000
See me.

1156
00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:11,960
I'm a little bit more bougie.

1157
00:57:11,960 --> 00:57:20,080
So what I do is is I rent my camper and I pay somebody to come set it all up and make

1158
00:57:20,080 --> 00:57:22,560
it look all good and block it up.

1159
00:57:22,560 --> 00:57:26,520
And this year, Bryce has the.

1160
00:57:26,520 --> 00:57:32,720
I mean, he's just got the pleasure and the honor of setting up his own camper this year.

1161
00:57:32,720 --> 00:57:33,720
Yeah, I'm pumped.

1162
00:57:33,720 --> 00:57:34,720
We bought a camper this year.

1163
00:57:34,720 --> 00:57:35,720
I'm pumped, man.

1164
00:57:35,720 --> 00:57:36,720
I'm stoked.

1165
00:57:36,720 --> 00:57:37,720
I'm stoked.

1166
00:57:37,720 --> 00:57:38,720
So yeah.

1167
00:57:38,720 --> 00:57:41,360
So camping opens up August 25th.

1168
00:57:41,360 --> 00:57:44,480
There will be a fee to camp the first three nights there.

1169
00:57:44,480 --> 00:57:49,080
I believe camping is free Thursday through Saturday once you Casey takes over.

1170
00:57:49,080 --> 00:57:54,600
Now the most exciting day of the whole autumn oaks is going to be Tuesday, August 27th.

1171
00:57:54,600 --> 00:57:58,840
There's going to be one heck of a shindig thrown down over there.

1172
00:57:58,840 --> 00:58:03,100
Autumn Oaks right there in the fairgrounds in the open air building where Dan is usually

1173
00:58:03,100 --> 00:58:04,100
set up.

1174
00:58:04,100 --> 00:58:06,640
Basham, are you going to be there?

1175
00:58:06,640 --> 00:58:07,640
Nope.

1176
00:58:07,640 --> 00:58:08,760
I'm skipping that day.

1177
00:58:08,760 --> 00:58:09,760
All right.

1178
00:58:09,760 --> 00:58:12,720
Well, he's skipping cancel him and we'll find somebody to replace him.

1179
00:58:12,720 --> 00:58:18,800
Guys, we are having a wedding August 27th at autumn oaks and I am pumped about it.

1180
00:58:18,800 --> 00:58:23,840
So if you guys are going to be on the fairgrounds, swing by, have a good time, come hang out.

1181
00:58:23,840 --> 00:58:26,600
It's going to be a celebration.

1182
00:58:26,600 --> 00:58:30,520
So I am very, very much looking forward to this.

1183
00:58:30,520 --> 00:58:34,720
I know Steve Fielder coined the term the event where history is made years and years ago

1184
00:58:34,720 --> 00:58:36,440
and we're just going to make our own history there this year.

1185
00:58:36,440 --> 00:58:39,240
So Nikki and I are going to tie the knot at a coon hound event.

1186
00:58:39,240 --> 00:58:40,760
I'm pumped about it.

1187
00:58:40,760 --> 00:58:46,000
I think it's pretty, I think it's pretty cool just because it's not really so much your

1188
00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:48,280
history as it is her history.

1189
00:58:48,280 --> 00:58:49,280
It is her history.

1190
00:58:49,280 --> 00:58:50,280
Absolutely.

1191
00:58:50,280 --> 00:58:54,560
You know it and we've talked about it a few times, you know, on this podcast with the

1192
00:58:54,560 --> 00:58:59,440
picture of her and her sister, you know, in a stroller, you know, at autumn oaks and her

1193
00:58:59,440 --> 00:59:05,680
dad and her mom and you know, just the whole family and then now bringing it around full

1194
00:59:05,680 --> 00:59:09,040
circle, you know, she's actually getting married at autumn oaks.

1195
00:59:09,040 --> 00:59:15,560
I think it's, I think it's a pretty neat like family tradition, family history to carry

1196
00:59:15,560 --> 00:59:16,560
on.

1197
00:59:16,560 --> 00:59:17,560
So I think it's pretty neat.

1198
00:59:17,560 --> 00:59:21,760
It is because her dad, I believe holds the unofficial record for most consecutive autumn

1199
00:59:21,760 --> 00:59:24,240
oaks attended by a single person.

1200
00:59:24,240 --> 00:59:30,220
I know Nikki's been to 41 of them consecutively, never missed one.

1201
00:59:30,220 --> 00:59:32,520
How many, how many is Curtis been to?

1202
00:59:32,520 --> 00:59:35,480
I want to say Curtis is over 60.

1203
00:59:35,480 --> 00:59:37,800
I want to say still kicking, still ain't missed one.

1204
00:59:37,800 --> 00:59:38,800
Hasn't missed one.

1205
00:59:38,800 --> 00:59:39,800
Yeah.

1206
00:59:39,800 --> 00:59:43,800
And I know there was a couple of guys there a few years ago who were tallying up what

1207
00:59:43,800 --> 00:59:47,160
they had and like I said, it's the unofficial record, but I do believe it is held by Mr.

1208
00:59:47,160 --> 00:59:48,160
Curtis Elbron.

1209
00:59:48,160 --> 00:59:49,880
You know what you are to do secretly?

1210
00:59:49,880 --> 00:59:53,400
Well, this ain't so secretly is it?

1211
00:59:53,400 --> 00:59:59,080
I think you need to get a hold of Allen and Trevor and see if we can't somehow.

1212
00:59:59,080 --> 01:00:01,040
I mean, it'd be the honor system.

1213
01:00:01,040 --> 01:00:02,040
Yeah.

1214
01:00:02,040 --> 01:00:08,000
See if we can't figure out maybe this year, like who, who is that official?

1215
01:00:08,000 --> 01:00:09,720
Yeah, it'd be cool.

1216
01:00:09,720 --> 01:00:11,640
You know, be neat.

1217
01:00:11,640 --> 01:00:12,640
Yeah.

1218
01:00:12,640 --> 01:00:13,640
That would be neat.

1219
01:00:13,640 --> 01:00:20,000
You know, have, have like a plaque for, you know, 50, 60, you know, I think that would

1220
01:00:20,000 --> 01:00:24,640
be, I think that would be a pretty neat recognition at autumn oaks.

1221
01:00:24,640 --> 01:00:25,640
Yeah.

1222
01:00:25,640 --> 01:00:26,640
We'll see what we can do there.

1223
01:00:26,640 --> 01:00:30,960
So like I said, Tuesday, August 27th, we got a wedding going down seven o'clock.

1224
01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:32,960
It's going to be a banger.

1225
01:00:32,960 --> 01:00:35,400
Everybody show up, have fun, come enjoy as the camaraderie.

1226
01:00:35,400 --> 01:00:37,120
There's going to be food drinks.

1227
01:00:37,120 --> 01:00:38,920
It's going to be a good time.

1228
01:00:38,920 --> 01:00:42,560
So a little change of plans and on a most two, right?

1229
01:00:42,560 --> 01:00:43,560
Not for me.

1230
01:00:43,560 --> 01:00:44,560
Yeah, there is.

1231
01:00:44,560 --> 01:00:45,560
What are you hunting?

1232
01:00:45,560 --> 01:00:46,960
Oh, I'm hunting spot.

1233
01:00:46,960 --> 01:00:47,960
Yeah.

1234
01:00:47,960 --> 01:00:48,960
Yeah.

1235
01:00:48,960 --> 01:00:49,960
Wheels is out guys.

1236
01:00:49,960 --> 01:00:50,960
Wheels is out.

1237
01:00:50,960 --> 01:00:51,960
Wheels is down with the Ehrlichia right now.

1238
01:00:51,960 --> 01:00:55,920
So I'm going to step in and see if I can't handle a little spot for bash them and see

1239
01:00:55,920 --> 01:00:56,920
what we can do there.

1240
01:00:56,920 --> 01:00:58,880
So pretty excited about that.

1241
01:00:58,880 --> 01:01:01,520
Not speaking of that, we're going to start off Thursday night.

1242
01:01:01,520 --> 01:01:02,840
This is kind of how this event's going to go down.

1243
01:01:02,840 --> 01:01:07,960
Thursday night is when the dual grand championship kicks off.

1244
01:01:07,960 --> 01:01:12,200
So if anybody is showing up to this event and they haven't pre-entered, you can do that.

1245
01:01:12,200 --> 01:01:14,520
Pre-entries close August 12th.

1246
01:01:14,520 --> 01:01:15,520
That is the deadline.

1247
01:01:15,520 --> 01:01:17,560
They only take the first hundred doles.

1248
01:01:17,560 --> 01:01:18,560
Yep.

1249
01:01:18,560 --> 01:01:24,000
And to enter into the dual grand championship, your dog must be a champion on the bench and

1250
01:01:24,000 --> 01:01:26,640
a champion in the night hunt.

1251
01:01:26,640 --> 01:01:28,840
So night champion in a bench champion.

1252
01:01:28,840 --> 01:01:31,780
They will hunt against other dogs in their breed.

1253
01:01:31,780 --> 01:01:36,720
So plots hunting against plots, walkers against walkers, so on and so forth.

1254
01:01:36,720 --> 01:01:45,680
The winners of those casts will then show on Friday for, um, really showing the bench

1255
01:01:45,680 --> 01:01:52,920
show to determine who of that breed wins the best.

1256
01:01:52,920 --> 01:01:54,200
What are the words I'm looking for here?

1257
01:01:54,200 --> 01:01:59,160
Who exemplifies the breed standards the best for their breed on the bench?

1258
01:01:59,160 --> 01:02:00,600
So we already know they've won the hunt.

1259
01:02:00,600 --> 01:02:03,400
Now they're looking to see who, uh, who meets the breed standards.

1260
01:02:03,400 --> 01:02:04,760
And then it goes down to a regular show.

1261
01:02:04,760 --> 01:02:09,360
You know, you'll have all seven breeds lined up against each other and that will determine

1262
01:02:09,360 --> 01:02:11,800
your overall national dual grand champion.

1263
01:02:11,800 --> 01:02:15,640
Basham, do you know anything about being crowned a national dual grand champion?

1264
01:02:15,640 --> 01:02:17,520
Ah, just a little bit.

1265
01:02:17,520 --> 01:02:19,320
You know, we got, we got lucky enough.

1266
01:02:19,320 --> 01:02:20,920
Um, I was hunting buddy.

1267
01:02:20,920 --> 01:02:26,480
Uh, he put on a clinic Thursday night and then, uh, you know, me and him just stepped into

1268
01:02:26,480 --> 01:02:31,160
the ring and I kind of was, you know, I've watched my dad show dogs a little bit here

1269
01:02:31,160 --> 01:02:34,080
and there and I've grew up around the show ring.

1270
01:02:34,080 --> 01:02:39,360
Nothing like Nikki or any of them, you know, as far as competitively, but enough to know

1271
01:02:39,360 --> 01:02:40,840
my way around the show ring.

1272
01:02:40,840 --> 01:02:45,120
And so me, me and him just went in there and just kind of threw all our cards on the table

1273
01:02:45,120 --> 01:02:49,860
and he came out a year before last as the national dual champion.

1274
01:02:49,860 --> 01:02:53,320
So, uh, but Bart's high dollar whiskey.

1275
01:02:53,320 --> 01:02:54,320
Awesome.

1276
01:02:54,320 --> 01:02:56,000
So that's a, that's a great accomplishment.

1277
01:02:56,000 --> 01:02:58,640
You know, it's nice to see those dogs who are, who are built.

1278
01:02:58,640 --> 01:03:02,000
Well, they meet their breed standards as far as confirmation goes, but they're also doing

1279
01:03:02,000 --> 01:03:05,760
exactly what these dogs are bred to do, which is go out, treat real live raccoons.

1280
01:03:05,760 --> 01:03:10,340
And in order to win that championship, one must exemplify all of the above.

1281
01:03:10,340 --> 01:03:11,340
So that's it.

1282
01:03:11,340 --> 01:03:13,120
That's a very cool class to me.

1283
01:03:13,120 --> 01:03:17,880
Um, speaking of the hunts and stuff, guys, we are going to have, there are four hunting

1284
01:03:17,880 --> 01:03:20,320
locations for autumn Oaks.

1285
01:03:20,320 --> 01:03:23,800
Number one, you're going to have the opportunity to hunt off of the grounds right there at

1286
01:03:23,800 --> 01:03:26,000
the, uh, Richmond County fairgrounds.

1287
01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:28,980
Then you're going to have a few satellite clubs.

1288
01:03:28,980 --> 01:03:33,260
From what I found, it looks like limber loss, Coon hunters club in Bryant, Indiana will

1289
01:03:33,260 --> 01:03:34,800
be a satellite.

1290
01:03:34,800 --> 01:03:41,200
The Van Wert county Coon hunters club in convoy, Ohio will be a satellite and the bear Creek

1291
01:03:41,200 --> 01:03:45,680
Coon hunters club in Versailles, Indiana is the newest satellite club.

1292
01:03:45,680 --> 01:03:47,440
I believe they are new for this year.

1293
01:03:47,440 --> 01:03:48,440
Yep.

1294
01:03:48,440 --> 01:03:51,840
See, I'm really looking forward to this year.

1295
01:03:51,840 --> 01:03:52,840
Yep.

1296
01:03:52,840 --> 01:03:55,520
Really look probably more than any year prior.

1297
01:03:55,520 --> 01:03:57,720
Well, you have no pressure this year.

1298
01:03:57,720 --> 01:03:59,400
You just get to go hang out for a week.

1299
01:03:59,400 --> 01:04:05,000
I'm not running a what so ever truck man.

1300
01:04:05,000 --> 01:04:11,080
I am sitting back and just relaxing and being Mr. Truckman.

1301
01:04:11,080 --> 01:04:12,080
That is it.

1302
01:04:12,080 --> 01:04:13,080
Yeah.

1303
01:04:13,080 --> 01:04:14,080
So this is going to be a great year guys.

1304
01:04:14,080 --> 01:04:18,280
Um, when you do those pre-entries, make sure you do know that the dual championships, like

1305
01:04:18,280 --> 01:04:23,940
I said earlier on Thursday, all grand night champions must hunt Friday night.

1306
01:04:23,940 --> 01:04:28,040
So make sure you, when you were registering your grand night champion, you make sure you

1307
01:04:28,040 --> 01:04:29,420
enter in for Friday night.

1308
01:04:29,420 --> 01:04:34,000
And the reason they do that is if you have not attended this event, it will be the top

1309
01:04:34,000 --> 01:04:40,160
16 high scores from Friday night will advance to the grand 16 on Saturday.

1310
01:04:40,160 --> 01:04:45,200
And that is a production in itself to see those top 16 dogs drawn out.

1311
01:04:45,200 --> 01:04:50,720
You talk about prestige and honor and making somebody feel special that watching those

1312
01:04:50,720 --> 01:04:55,440
top 16 dogs get drawn out, their handlers come out, they parade them around the floor

1313
01:04:55,440 --> 01:04:56,440
there.

1314
01:04:56,440 --> 01:04:59,920
They do a really good job of making those dogs and the handlers feel special and give

1315
01:04:59,920 --> 01:05:01,180
them the spotlight that they deserve.

1316
01:05:01,180 --> 01:05:05,600
So the grand 16 will hunt Saturday forecast to four.

1317
01:05:05,600 --> 01:05:09,760
There will be a final cast and that will determine your national grand champion in the, in the

1318
01:05:09,760 --> 01:05:11,140
night hunt.

1319
01:05:11,140 --> 01:05:12,240
And I believe that is all for autumn.

1320
01:05:12,240 --> 01:05:14,440
Is there anything else that I missed?

1321
01:05:14,440 --> 01:05:15,440
Nope.

1322
01:05:15,440 --> 01:05:17,560
I think, I think it's pretty much it.

1323
01:05:17,560 --> 01:05:24,120
Just come up Tuesday, join in, join us in the celebration for you and Nikki, you know,

1324
01:05:24,120 --> 01:05:26,280
an old matchmaker here.

1325
01:05:26,280 --> 01:05:28,320
Oh yeah.

1326
01:05:28,320 --> 01:05:31,760
There's a, there's a good back story behind that.

1327
01:05:31,760 --> 01:05:32,880
Just call me hitch.

1328
01:05:32,880 --> 01:05:36,880
We're going to, uh, guys, if you, if you haven't been to this event, it doesn't matter where

1329
01:05:36,880 --> 01:05:39,320
you're from, make the trip out.

1330
01:05:39,320 --> 01:05:41,920
There are being more vendors there than you can shake a stick at.

1331
01:05:41,920 --> 01:05:44,800
You will find all of your dog hunting supply needs there.

1332
01:05:44,800 --> 01:05:48,280
All of your, the best dogs in the country in the show ring.

1333
01:05:48,280 --> 01:05:51,800
Some of the, some of the best in the country in far as going out in the woods, drawing

1334
01:05:51,800 --> 01:05:53,280
out against each other.

1335
01:05:53,280 --> 01:05:55,120
It's just, there's, there's nothing like it.

1336
01:05:55,120 --> 01:05:56,120
Autumn Oaks.

1337
01:05:56,120 --> 01:05:59,200
Bring your hip waiters, bring your hip waiters for the tall, tall tails.

1338
01:05:59,200 --> 01:06:01,200
I mean, you just, you don't get no better.

1339
01:06:01,200 --> 01:06:04,200
I mean, this is where, this is where it all happens.

1340
01:06:04,200 --> 01:06:09,680
This is the biggest event in most of the Coon hunting world.

1341
01:06:09,680 --> 01:06:14,880
This is the biggest event there is, you know, this is where the old age of Coon hunting

1342
01:06:14,880 --> 01:06:20,880
joins with the new age and we just sit around and, you know, tell stories, sit around a

1343
01:06:20,880 --> 01:06:23,960
campfire, have a good time and it's built on camaraderie.

1344
01:06:23,960 --> 01:06:24,960
Yep.

1345
01:06:24,960 --> 01:06:25,960
It absolutely is.

1346
01:06:25,960 --> 01:06:29,040
So the last event that I want to throw out here and just kind of get the ball rolling

1347
01:06:29,040 --> 01:06:34,680
on this one is the UKC Indiana state hunt, which will be held October 5th in Monticello,

1348
01:06:34,680 --> 01:06:35,680
Indiana.

1349
01:06:35,680 --> 01:06:39,480
So guys, I know it's a few months away, but those few months will close in on us quicker

1350
01:06:39,480 --> 01:06:40,600
than we think it will.

1351
01:06:40,600 --> 01:06:44,240
So make sure you mark your calendar for October 5th.

1352
01:06:44,240 --> 01:06:48,760
Come join us up here in Monticello, Indiana for the UKC Indiana state hunt.

1353
01:06:48,760 --> 01:06:50,000
That's all I've got for tonight.

1354
01:06:50,000 --> 01:06:51,760
Ooh, that was this.

1355
01:06:51,760 --> 01:06:52,760
This was a good one.

1356
01:06:52,760 --> 01:06:53,760
This was a long one.

1357
01:06:53,760 --> 01:06:54,760
It was, it was.

1358
01:06:54,760 --> 01:06:58,340
So guys, if you've stuck with us through the very end, we sure appreciate you.

1359
01:06:58,340 --> 01:07:02,200
We hope you enjoyed listening in there to Jason and Chad talk about a split train trigger,

1360
01:07:02,200 --> 01:07:03,880
some of the accomplishments that they've had.

1361
01:07:03,880 --> 01:07:07,440
And we were really fortunate to be able to grab them and bring somebody who doesn't get

1362
01:07:07,440 --> 01:07:10,480
the spotlight all the time onto this podcast and preserve those stories.

1363
01:07:10,480 --> 01:07:14,000
You know, hear Jason tell the story about his dad and how that winning that national

1364
01:07:14,000 --> 01:07:15,360
championship was dedicated to him.

1365
01:07:15,360 --> 01:07:17,560
So that's what it's all about here at Semper Dogg and Basherman.

1366
01:07:17,560 --> 01:07:19,520
Good job recruiting some people.

1367
01:07:19,520 --> 01:07:20,840
Hey, no problem.

1368
01:07:20,840 --> 01:07:24,840
And for anybody out there, I mean, if you've got to, you know, we've had plenty of people

1369
01:07:24,840 --> 01:07:30,560
on here, you know, Elizabeth Brown and you know, just so many people with a cool story.

1370
01:07:30,560 --> 01:07:31,560
Yeah.

1371
01:07:31,560 --> 01:07:35,880
If you've got a cool story, me and Bryce don't know everybody and we don't know all your

1372
01:07:35,880 --> 01:07:41,600
stories, but if you've got a cool story that you would like to document, go on ahead and

1373
01:07:41,600 --> 01:07:50,680
send an email to SemperDoggin at gmail.com and give a brief description of the story

1374
01:07:50,680 --> 01:07:56,480
and a number where me or Bryce can get a hold of you and we'll contact you, kind of go over

1375
01:07:56,480 --> 01:07:57,920
the story a little bit.

1376
01:07:57,920 --> 01:08:00,480
And you know, like I said, that's what we're here for.

1377
01:08:00,480 --> 01:08:04,240
We're here to preserve because I mean, once it's documented, once we put it out there

1378
01:08:04,240 --> 01:08:10,680
on the airwaves, you know, the the mythical social media world, I mean, it's there forever.

1379
01:08:10,680 --> 01:08:15,960
You know, you'll be a great grandfather, you know, showing your great grandson this podcast

1380
01:08:15,960 --> 01:08:18,700
that you did and it's all documented.

1381
01:08:18,700 --> 01:08:23,600
So if you've got a story and you think that you want to tell that story, go ahead and

1382
01:08:23,600 --> 01:08:29,240
send an email over to us at SemperDoggin and we will get you on the calendar and see if

1383
01:08:29,240 --> 01:08:30,240
we can fit you in.

1384
01:08:30,240 --> 01:08:31,240
Absolutely.

1385
01:08:31,240 --> 01:08:34,200
The other thing I want to throw a quick plug in for is the hometown here outdoors.

1386
01:08:34,200 --> 01:08:37,600
Guys, I know if you've been faithful listeners of the podcast, you heard there for a while

1387
01:08:37,600 --> 01:08:41,320
we were doing the hometown here outdoors here over the week and we haven't had one for a

1388
01:08:41,320 --> 01:08:45,160
while and that is not for lack of trying or we forgot about it.

1389
01:08:45,160 --> 01:08:50,840
We have simply just we have run out of people to spotlight that were emailed to us and who

1390
01:08:50,840 --> 01:08:51,840
were put on the list.

1391
01:08:51,840 --> 01:08:57,680
So guys, if you know anybody who was a first responder, veteran, military, police, firefighter,

1392
01:08:57,680 --> 01:09:02,280
EMT, anybody like I who falls into that hometown hero category and you want to give them just

1393
01:09:02,280 --> 01:09:05,880
a little bit of recognition, go ahead and send us an email to that same email.

1394
01:09:05,880 --> 01:09:07,220
SemperDoggin and gmail.com.

1395
01:09:07,220 --> 01:09:08,940
We want to spotlight them.

1396
01:09:08,940 --> 01:09:10,440
We want to say thank you to them.

1397
01:09:10,440 --> 01:09:12,800
You know, just give them a little bit of recognition.

1398
01:09:12,800 --> 01:09:17,640
So we're still looking for hometown heroes to fill in that hometown hero outdoors hero

1399
01:09:17,640 --> 01:09:19,120
of the week.

1400
01:09:19,120 --> 01:09:20,560
Still partnered with hometown heroes.

1401
01:09:20,560 --> 01:09:22,960
Actually went and hung out with Kyler Lynn the other day.

1402
01:09:22,960 --> 01:09:25,120
The other actually the other day with hometown heroes.

1403
01:09:25,120 --> 01:09:29,720
He's the Indiana representative and he and I had a good conversation.

1404
01:09:29,720 --> 01:09:31,520
There's some good things going on over there at that organization.

1405
01:09:31,520 --> 01:09:35,240
So want to continue to support them in any way that we can and show show our support

1406
01:09:35,240 --> 01:09:36,240
where we can.

1407
01:09:36,240 --> 01:09:42,840
And a big shout out to Joey go forth and Shane Smith, our sponsors here at SemperDoggin.

1408
01:09:42,840 --> 01:09:44,660
You know, we couldn't do what we do without them.

1409
01:09:44,660 --> 01:09:46,520
So thank you, Joey.

1410
01:09:46,520 --> 01:09:50,840
Thank you, Shane for continuing to support us and in our endeavors.

1411
01:09:50,840 --> 01:09:51,840
Absolutely.

1412
01:09:51,840 --> 01:09:52,840
All right, buddy.

1413
01:09:52,840 --> 01:09:53,840
Well, it's getting late.

1414
01:09:53,840 --> 01:09:55,500
I've got things to wrap up here.

1415
01:09:55,500 --> 01:09:56,500
So you good to go?

1416
01:09:56,500 --> 01:09:57,500
Good to go, buddy.

1417
01:09:57,500 --> 01:10:00,420
Hey, it's been a pleasure as always.

1418
01:10:00,420 --> 01:10:01,420
Thank you.

1419
01:10:01,420 --> 01:10:02,420
All right, guys.

1420
01:10:02,420 --> 01:10:04,960
Well, from everybody here at SemperDoggin podcast, we sure appreciate you.

1421
01:10:04,960 --> 01:10:06,680
We will catch you on the next one.

1422
01:10:06,680 --> 01:10:34,320
See ya.