Tdha Contest: Bay & Shoot Division (Poll)

You could go with 3 man teams or 4 men and two rifles. The latter would be close to impossible to inforce, but more men will make it easier to handle dogs and clean hogs to keep them in edible condition. To be honest a totally seperate division does not make me wanna enter the contest. I would be more apt to join a team with other people who own catch dogs. But I also understand that including bay and shoot with catch dog teams can cause some animosity from catch dog folks that don't totally understand the way shooting a hog at a bay takes place. Ofcourse you can say that the hog was shot from a stand with no dogs but you can also say the hog was caught out of a pen with catch dogs. At that point you are just splitting hairs if people want to cheat, they will, no matter which method is used. In my opinion, if you want to really include bay and shoot in the contest it needs to be in contest not in a seperate division. Some people may percieve a rifle as an advantage which it is not necessarily so although it can be. Then again catch dogs have an advantage over rifles in some situations as well.

There are ways to prevent cheating the system Like limit the rifle to a lever action iron sights rifle which is what almost every one uses to begin with. One shot limit; head, spine, or vitals, hogs with two bullet holes DQ'ed. Could also make 4 man teams and one member from each team is drawn at random to go with another randomly drawn team as a quality control measure. That man might not be happy about it but if they have the true reason for the contest at heart then it should be no problem. Also would be a good way to meet new people. Also hogs with no bullet holes have to be accepted because bay dogs do catch hogs exp. those on the catchier side, even bigger hogs from time to time. Just a few thoughts but in my opinion it wont ever be more than an after thought unless its included just the same as catch dogs.

Waylon