CORRECTION TO FLYER
Do to the response from people the gate fee will now be $10 per person (kids 12 & under free). There will not be any concessions available now so if you're planning on coming please remember to bring your own drinks and snacks. We are 10 miles from 2 different towns that both have multiple fast food options and 2 miles from a convenience store. Thank you.

We have always called the pen Poor Boy's, in reference to we had do it the poor boy way, one small part at a time...
Sponsors are Boars Nest hog removal & guided hunts 903-805-0935 and Valley Feed 903-342-3521.
Michael Hanna is judging and Liz Hanna will be on site to take pictures. She charges $15 a run and I can promise you it's worth every penny..
4R CUT GEAR will be here with their tack trailer. If you haven't seen their gear I urge you to check it out!
Thanks and we hope to see ya'll here!

Billy Joe Huff on Facebook.  Congratulations on your win...

4R Cut Gear will be here with their tack trailer.
Valley Feed is sponsoring and donating a bag of black sportsmix to each winner.

POOR BOY BAY
1582 cr 1183 Sulphur Springs TX 75482
April 12, 2014
Books open 7am, Calcutta starts 7:30 am

1 DOG $75
2 DOG $100
60% payback on entry
85% payback on calcutta

HIGH POINT
15% of calcutta

$20 gate fee (kids 10 & under free)
FREE BBQ SANDWICHES & DRINKS
(until your full or its gone)

NO CATCH DOGS, NO GYPS IN HEAT,
NO ALCOHOL, NO CAMERAS

TEETH DUBBED, RULES POSTED

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL
Autry or Kelley Boyd 903-485-2087
or 903-440-3097


HOPE TO SEE YOU HERE

Kevin,  if you go somewhere that has pro and am classes, they normally consider your dog a pro dog if it has won a class of 25 or  more excluding puppy or old and young classes. Also, the high point at boars nest is a combined score of your 1 dog run and your designated 2 dog run. If you double run your og in the 2 dog and don't designate a high point run, its automatically your first run. With the 20% of the calcutta it makes it a nice bonus.

High Point - Salamander,  Ronald Hill

Both the one dog and two dog winners should be considered pros now with well over 25 entries in both events.

And as a side note,  the high point dog wins a trophy and an envelope with money in it.
The 20% that boars nest takes of the Calcutta
is awarded to the high point dog.

Are you bringing the hogs Skipper?

They have ran for years, always the third Sat. of the month except for Nov. and Dec.  because of Thanksgiving and Christmas..

Thanks Brandon, I like the line up, makes it real easy to sign up...lol   Looking forward to it!!

Donene is a tough competitor no matter what size the bay is..  Congrads to her!!!

I'll be there. Nothin is stoppin me this time!

I'm still not going to hold my breath!!!!!!!!!!!

 
you should sell me that spotted hog Skipper, think about what a nice biethday present it would make Autry!!

No Mark, this time he practiced in Texas, he just got to put his dogs in the pen too, instead of just learning how to work a board..

Prayers sent your way..

loose baying means its baying hogs off the porch of the lady that lives 3 miles from where you turned out and scaring her cat to death, could you please come get this poor doggy??

Autry and Kelley hosted an excellent bay for our CHDA bay, this year as well as last year.  The hogs, pen and set up were super.  As before any bay, as is typical of most any where, one normally wouldn't practice in that pen for a minimum of one month prior.  HOWEVER, that is an unspoken rule that is typically followed by competitors, not governed by pen owners. 

It will be added to the list of changes for the 2012 season.  We've already implemented things to try to make it better for everyone as a whole, meaning anyone in the sport, not just registered dogs, but open competitors as well.  While we only allow registered catahoulas in a CHDA bay, we're well aware that conducting ourselves in a manner to not hinder forward progress for the sport, is vital.

It is the CHDA's desire to bring to the table a level of excellence that far surpasses the industry "standard."  In doing so, we hope to help preserve hog dog trials, as well as the working hog dog performance especially for the catahoula breed.

This isn't the first time in CHDA history that someone has taken the kindness of pen owners to their advantage.  Yes, dogs perform better when given the opportunity to become accustomed to the pen.  They also perform better the more they're hauled.  Beginning with the new CHDA points year, Nov. 2011, any dog practicing in a pen less than 31 days prior to an event will be disqualified for that competition.  The CHDA certainly realizes that any dog competing will have a bay pen that is more "comfortable" to them, as we all must have somewhere to practice to give the dogs an opportunity to improve, it is, however, a bit of an unfair advantage to have a dog in that pen immediately preceding a competition.  This will still fall on the shoulders of the handlers integrity, I cannot and will not ask the pen owner to allow the CHDA to choose who may and who may not be allowed to practice at their pens.  Without the pen owner, the CHDA would only have ONE place to host a hog dog trial.

With that said, the integrity of the bay is only as good as the integrity of the competitors.

As president of the CHDA, I would like to say a huge THANK YOU to, not only Autry and Kelley, but to all of the bay pen owners that host our trials and allow us to display and preserve the working hog dog heritage for the catahoula breed. 

With all do respect there is some misinformation in this statement.  There is NO unspoken rule in open bays regarding practicing in the pen or on the hogs for a month or 31 days proir to a bay. For example if you were paying attention, if you were going to the Rockn H bay on Oct. 28 - 30 you could have bayed in the pen or on the hogs that were used on the 22nd of Oct. All you had to do was show up and help do teeth at Brandon's or Skipper's place. If you are planning on going to Village Mills on Dec. 3 it would probably be to your advantage to go to their open practice on Nov. 25.  By that unspoken rule I would not be able to bay at Triple R on Dec 3 because I bayed there on Nov. 5 since there's only 28 days between the 2 bays.  Now with that being said, we do have a rule that applies to this pen and only this pen. Nobody gets to bay the hogs that we use for 1 month prior to our bays.  Autry and I decided this because so many of our friends are VERY competitive in ANY open bay they go to.  It hasn't in any way been a handicap to them that I can see.  We, the open bayers, take fairness very seriously. At the last open bay here almost $4000 was paid out in 2 events. Almost any open bay you go to will pay back over $1000 in prize money at each bay.  We consider learning everything you can about the hogs and the pen you are planning on going to part of practicing..and as we all know, practice pays off..

I had a GREAT time at the Nov. bay.  I can't complement ya'll enough on what a good job ya'll have done.  The pen is great, the hogs are great.  Love the fact that you post the judges sheets.  If you don't mind I will be doing that if we decide to have another bay.  And for the most serious info I can give: the porta potties are clean and always had toilet tissue in them!!   

If your planning on going in Dec., don't worry about bringing food.  The concession stand is fully stocked with some of the best home cooking around...bout half way home I was really wishing I had got a bowl of that stew for the road...can't wait until she makes lasagna again!!

Brandon, you should post the winners.  I had a great time. It was really GREAT to see some new people win and the excitement from the youth that placed!! Ya'll better watch out some of these kids were kicking butt in the "adult" classes!!

Are there going to be any tack trailers there?

Larry Parish will be there with his tack trailer.

Knew? Knew what?