Congratulations to a Dusty, a nice hound owned & handled by Jared Norris of Wellston, Ohio. He was crowned the winner of the First Buckeye Invitational Northern Major Hunt held today at Piketon, Oh. With the 2 qualifiying rounds we wasn't sure how many entries we would have, or how the locals hunters would accept the hunt. But, overall it came out be a very nice hunt! With 28 total entries
Dusty became Northern Major Champion, so he will recieve the invitaion to the Nationals next spring.
First Place - Dusty- Owned and Handled by Jarred Norris of Wellston, OH- earning him $312. plus $200 A/P ;
Second place went to Spanky- Owned & Handled by Steve Allen of Circleville, OH.earning him $208. + $150 A/P.
Third place went to Prussia Valley Chewey - Owned & Handled by Chris Jenkins of Jackson giving him $50 + $100. A/P :
Fourth Place went to Hilltop Creeper Owned by Amanda Sias & Handled by Arianne Sias of Circleville, recieving $50. + $50. A/P.
I have to say this was a very nice final four dogs. Congratulations to each & every one of them. Also, the following cast winner's
who didn't make it to the final four. But each recieved their $50. Cast winner pay
Chenoweth Fork Blue- Owned & Handled by Kenny Wilburn of Piketon, Oh-Kenneth Wilburn Shown
Hot Rod- Owned & Handled by Rob Devlin of Jackson, OH:
Old Dirty South Meg - Owned & Handled by Bill Cox, of Wellston, OH;
Hot Pepper- Owned & Handled by Lance Spivey of Lafayette, TN.
We appreciate everybody who made it out & we had a great time. Some wonderful calcutta's a bunch of laugh's - and great sportsmanship & a great opportunity to meet alot of new friends over the weekend. For those of you that had to leave, you missed a great hunt. And for those of you that stayed and help judge, guide and just be helpful. THANKS so much.
And Goldie for working hard in the kitchen to make sure we had some nice warm food all weekend long, Thanks.
And as always THANKS to SPORTSMIX for their sponsorship of 50 # bags of dog food for the TOP 4 finalist.
Lance , we appreciate your coming up & lending a hand, things went smooth & we appreciate your willingness to pitch in so much.
It was a pleasure having you . And for all the visitors of the weekend, we hope you felt welcome enough to make a return trip.
You're always welcome!! Congrat's to all the winner's once again, We're glad you came out & hunted with us !
Final four pic before final :shown left to right:
Spanky - Steve Allen; Dusty- Jarred Norris ; Chewey- Chris Jenkins : Creeper- Arianne Sias
Here's some candid pic's of the day !
