On this week's episode, Field Trial & Hunt Test Program Manager Domenick Muoio is back! And today he’s bringing you all the big winners from last spring's Elite Shed Dog Series Nationals, including the owner/handler of this year's national champion, who's gets her name from a popular TV show you may recognize (hint: Montana). He also interviews the year end award winners, including the elected ambassador of the year, who everyone (literally everyone) agrees was fully deserving of the honor. ...
Jul 02, 2025•39 min
You asked, we answered! We're back with an all-new episode, and this week Allen and Trevor are answering your questions. Everything from rules on tractive collars, double header bench shows, the possibility of a puppy hunt, and they address status of our registration process and just how caught up our customer service team got during their two-day blackout. This is an episode that is for you and by you. If you have a question you'd like answered on a future episode just leave a comment and the g...
Jun 25, 2025•50 min
Allen and Trevor have been travelling around the country to different events every weekend, so there is no new UKC Hunting Ops Podcast this week. But we've still got you covered! With American Redbone Day coming up this weekend and Plott Days just wrapping up, we are rerunning an episode from our most popular series which will get you ready for this weekend. Part 3 of our all-time top reproducers series sees Allen and Trevor break down the top reproducing Redbones Coonhounds, as well as the Plot...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 4 min
This week, Allen and Trevor are taking you through the 25 year history of Youth Nationals...in a tight and informative 90 minutes! They'll take you through the early days (even before Allen came aboard), it's continued growth over the years and achieving a record number of participants, and even how the COVID-19 pandemic changed the event. Allen even shares how one year he road up in style... Start 'em young we always say! If your kids are already hunting with you or they are just getting starte...
Jun 11, 2025•1 hr 36 min
In this week's episode, Allen and Trevor are talking to Coonhound Bench Show Competition Advisor/Consultant, Danielle Champ. They'll talk about Danielle's history, background, and all the exciting changes coming to this year's Autumn Oaks...spoiler alert, it includes puppies! Follow Us on Social! www.facebook.com/UKCHuntingOpsPodcast www.instagram.com/ukchuntingops https://www.youtube.com/@ukcdogs Check Out Our Sponsors: www.eukanubasportingdog.com...
Jun 04, 2025•52 min
In this week's episode, Allen is coming to you straight from the field...literally. He and his good friend Atlee Lambright loaded up their dogs, a few nice T-bone steaks, and headed out into Atlee's field to not only let their dogs loose, but the conversation was just as loose and free as the dogs. They talk about everything from Atlee's marathon accomplishments, the type of grass he planned in his field, their mutual love of hunting, Michigan's Upper Peninsula and everything in between...again,...
May 28, 2025•44 min
In this week's episode, Allen and Trevor are taking you back to the historic Tournament of Champions. This time they are chatting with UKC field reps Philip Foster, Curtis Sparks, Mark Vest, and Jaime Estep, who was not only a field rep during TOC, but also hosted our live shows. He's a man of many talents, as are all our reps! They talk about their experiences in the field, laugh about life, and the changes they have seen in the sport of coon hunting over the years. Follow Us on Social! www.fac...
May 21, 2025•34 min
This week on the UKC Hunting Ops Podcast, Allen flies solo once again, this time from this year's big beagle weekend: Clash of Champions and Hunting Beagle Nationals Finals! Held in Zanesville, Ohio at the Muskingham CO Fairgrounds for the 4th year in a row, Clash of Champions had a total purse of $35,000 up for grabs. And the overall winner, 17-year-old Eli Watson and his beagle Opie owned by Joe Merrit, took home the big prize of $10,000! The Hunting Beagle Nationals is an annual "Big Five" ev...
May 14, 2025•1 hr 17 min
Today Trevor and Allen conclude their discussion on our updated running rules for our Hunting Beagle Program. In this episode, the guys are taking you through rules 9, 10, and 12 (General Information, Scorecards, and Questions, Panels, Appeals, Misconduct) in the final installment of our three-part series on the Hunting Beagles. 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 (UKC) Foll...
May 07, 2025•39 min
Today, Trevor and Allen continue their series on the all-time top reproducers. In the final installment of this series, they are breaking down the top reproducing Redbones, Plotts, and English Coonhounds. Allen also discusses some of his experiences hunting with some of the top dogs discussed. Follow Us on Social! www.facebook.com/UKCHuntingOpsPodcast www.instagram.com/ukchuntingops https://www.youtube.com/@ukcdogs Check Out Our Sponsors: www.eukanubasportingdog.com...
Apr 30, 2025•1 hr 4 min
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 hear from the owners, handlers, and family members of the 3 dogs w...
Apr 23, 2025•1 hr 34 min
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 also a great way to prepare for Clash of Champions and Hunting Beag...
Apr 16, 2025•52 min
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 Championship is the most prestigious title sought for Curs and Feist. UKC...
Apr 09, 2025•1 hr 5 min
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. Follow Us on Social! www.facebook.com/UKCHuntingOpsPodcast www.instagram.com/ukchuntingops https://www.youtube.com/@ukcdogs Check Out Our Sponsors: www.eukanubasportingdog.com...
Apr 02, 2025•53 min
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 few years. Next, we outline the 922 regional entries across six r...
Mar 26, 2025•1 hr 11 min
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 also shares his insights on his breeding program and talks about ...
Mar 19, 2025•1 hr 20 min
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! Follow Us on Social! www.facebook.com/UKCHuntingOpsPodcast https://www.facebook.com/UKCcoonhounds www.instagram.com/ukchunting...
Mar 12, 2025•1 hr 43 min
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 habitat for quail. He teases out a new agreement that will bring...
Mar 05, 2025•39 min
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. Greg also talks about what a National Shoot To Retrieve Associa...
Feb 26, 2025•41 min
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 making their way up the ranks of all-time reproducers. If you’re...
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr 2 min
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 Slams. We want to thank our sponsors and partners who made this ev...
Feb 12, 2025•1 hr 47 min
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 distribution. We chat through a few trends from the various coonhound ...
Feb 05, 2025•1 hr 33 min
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 (UKC) Follow Us on Social! www.facebook.com/UKCHuntingOpsPodcast w...
Jan 29, 2025•55 min
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 To learn how to join the United Kennel Club, visit https://www.uk...
Jan 22, 2025•57 min
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. Interested in the back story behind the Winter Classic, head back to Epis...
Jan 15, 2025•56 min
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. Next is Jason Roberts who travels a bunch with his Quinn dog, and th...
Jan 08, 2025•1 hr 15 min
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 different types of hunting dog owners (houndsmen, bird doggers, waterfowl...
Jan 01, 2025•40 min
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 Ohio State Championship—it was a tight race and came down to brea...
Dec 25, 2024•1 hr 3 min
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. They reflect on the old days of postmarking entries via snail mai...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 34 min
On this week’s episode, Field Trial & Hunt Test Program Manager, Domenick Muoio sits down with Hunting Retriever Club President, Glen Scarborough. Glen shares the story about his first dog and an unfortunate shooting accident that ultimately led him to get started with HRC. Glen talks about the new pup he’s currently training, and the guys swap stories about other hunting retrievers they’ve trained and campaigned over the years. We also hear their memorable first hunt test experiences. The g...
Dec 11, 2024•48 min
