UKC Hunting Ops Podcast

It's the episode you've been waiting for! Today Allen and Trevor interview the finalists from the 2025 Tournament of Champions! It started with over 1400 dogs and by the end of the weekend, we had a new champion. And her name is Little Ann.

Held in Greencastle, Indiana at the beautiful 3 Fat Labs Wedding and Event Barn, our finalists endured three days of intense competition against some of the top Coonhounds in the world! You'll h...

Today Allen and Trevor continue their discussion on our updated running rules for our Hunting Beagle Program. In this episode, they are taking you through rules 5-8 and 11 (Scratching Offenses, Time Outs, Tie-Breakers, Cast Winner Criteria, and the Judges, Handlers, Spectators rules) in the second part of our three-part series on the Hunting Beagles. If you’re a hunting beagle fanatic, this series is surely one not to miss! It's al...

Today Allen is flying solo recapping the Cur and Feist World Championship. You'll hear interviews from all of the big winners, sometimes taking place in his truck, and Allen takes you through all the major events from the weekend! You'll also get insight into just how hard these dogs and handlers work and what this event means to them! Spoiler alert: it's A LOT!

Other than the Dog of the Year program rivaling it, the World Champion...

Today Trevor and Allen continue their series on the all-time top reproducers. In part two of this series, they are breaking down the top reproducing Treeing Walker Coonhounds and the relatively newer X Breeds.

You will also hear Allen tell of his experiences hunting with some of the top dogs discussed.

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In this week’s episode, Allen and Trevor are back in the studio together to discuss the upcoming Coonhound Tournament of Champions, which will be held on April 10-12, 2025, in Greencastle, Indiana.

We start by sharing what it takes to get an invitation to the big event. We had 1,491 total qualified dogs from 2024—a record high for us! Tune in to hear the breed, sex, and state breakdown for this year along with trends over the past ...

In this week’s episode, Allen is reporting from Kentucky at the 2025 Dog of the Year National Runoff, and annual event that showcases the dogs with the most cast wins from the previous year, for both curs and feists. Allen walks us through the Top 7 cur and feists heading into the runoff and he walks us through the final results.

With interviews, first we hear from Doug Marlow and the dogs he keeps now and what he started with. He ...

In this week's episode, we're rerunning our most popular and most downloaded episode of all time. We're throwing it back to Ep. 67, recorded live at Autumn Oaks 2023, when Allen and Trevor sat down with very special guest Steve Fielder to discuss the history of UKC Nite Hunts. This is a fantastic episode that any student of the coonhound game should absolutely listen to!

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In this week’s episode, Domenick is at the National Bird Dog Museum on the night before the first brace of the 2025 National Championship running. Now in its 126th year and possibly the largest total ever, this traditional horseback trial will showcase 55 dogs and assign one overall champion winner.

First, we hear from Ames Plantation Director, Matt Bakas, who works hard all year to maintain the viability of the grounds and healthy...

In this week’s episode, Domenick is reporting from the National Bird Dog Museum in Grand Junction, Tennessee to check in on the 2025 Hall of Fame (HOF) Inductions.

We first hear from Greg Blair who shares his experience and gives some great advice for anyone looking to get started in pointing dog trials in the UKC/American Field pointing dog events. We also compare the differences between how dogs run in walking vs horseback stakes...

Welcome to our 2025 miniseries update on the top coonhound reproducers. This time we’re talking about the top ten males and females of each breed of all-time and ranking them by the number of hunt-titled dogs they’ve produced.

Here in part one, we go over the black & tan, bluetick, and American leopard hound breeds. We also cover the top hunt title-producing dogs of the 2024 calendar year to highlight those up-and-coming hounds...

In this week’s episode, Allen and Trevor are reporting on the 2025 Winter Classic coonhound event. Tune in to hear from the guys as they recap last weekend’s festivities along with sharing some exciting interviews from overall bench show winner, Hunter Booth, top ten bench show winner, Amy McDonald, and overall Nite Hunt winners Jared Lehman and Kyle Stoops. We also mention the final fours and winners of our Warm-Up Slams and Pro S...

In this week’s episode, Allen and Trevor hop on to talk about the 2025 Top Ten Bench Show. The big event will be held on Friday, February 7, 2025, at Winter Classic at the Civic Center in Batesville, Mississippi. We discuss which dogs are heating things up heading to the show and what it takes to get into the spotlight and on the big screen to become the overall winner. We also mention our judging panel and the $15,000 payout distr...

On this week’s episode, Allen and Trevor are back in the studio to begin a series discussing our updated running rules for our Hunting Beagle Program. In Part 1, the guys discuss Rule 1 (point system), Rule 2 (plus points), Rule 3 (minus points), and Rule 4 (circle points). If you’re a hunting beagle fanatic, this series is surely one not to miss!

To learn more about our Hunting Beagle Program, visit: Beagles | United Kennel Club (...

This week on the podcast, Allen and Trevor's journey through the coonhound running rules wraps up with a discussion about Rule 14 (questioning a judge), Rule 15, (electronic and controlling devices), and a section on panels and appeals. If you're a competition coonhunter, this is part of our coonhound running rules series not to be missed!

To learn more about the UKC Coonhound program, visit https://www.ukcdogs.com/coonhound-about

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In this week’s episode, Trevor and Allen are back in the studio to chat about the upcoming 2025 Winter Classic, occurring on Friday, February 7 and Saturday, February 8. Find out what makes this show so special, now in its 38th year and its 13th year in Batesville. We kick off the episode by reflecting on last year’s event then discuss the distribution of the coonhound breeds and ponder which breeds will do well this year. Interest...

On this week’s episode, we’re fresh from the 2025 Grand American Coon Hunt. Tune in as Trevor Wade, UKC’s Coonhound Program Manager takes us through the exciting weekend in Orangeburg where hundreds of dogs competed in the woods and on the bench. If you’re a competition coonhound enthusiast, you won’t want to miss this one!

First up is Mack Tallent from Missouri who loves to coon hunt along with guiding big game hunts out West. Nex...

In this week’s episode, we slow things down and lighten them up a bit to talk about a very important topic for hunting dog owners—trucks! Todd, Allen, and Domenick are in the studio to have a light-hearted discussion about what makes for a good hunting rig. We compare our definitions and what we need in a hunting truck. We swap stories and share some of our favorite setups from over the years. We also trade notes about the differen...

In this week’s episode, Allen visits with Kristin Bundy of the National Hunting Beagle Association (NHBA) to talk about the recent winners in the NHBA sectional series. We start by talking about “The Big 5 Events” of the beagle world and how UKC and NHBA work together. Allen mentions one of the main events where he competes! Learn what a sectional series is in NHBA and how members earn points. Everything wrapped up recently at the ...

In today’s episode, Allen and Trevor are joined by David McKee, chairman of the Grand American committee to discuss the upcoming Grand American Coon Hunt. This longstanding and legendary event—celebrating its 61st occurrence in 2025—is always there to kick off the UKC coonhound events calendar. The guys talk about why this event holds so much prestige and chat through what has changed and what has remained the same over the years. ...