Ruckman and Price first met in 1985 as they stood on opposite sides of the entry desk in the headquarters building of the UKC World Coonhound Championship in Columbia City, Indiana.  Price was serving his second year as a UKC Field Representative, a job he held for many years, and Ruckman was handling the big white Treeing Walker dog the coon hunting world would come to know as 1985 UKC World Champion Beaver Lake Magic.  Magic would also be named 1985 Purina Outstanding Nite Hunt Coonhound of the Year.

The conversation begins with Ruckman and Price talking about their beginnings in the sport, the types of hounds they prefer, favorite dogs of the past and ends with a play by play of the Final Cast from two perspectives, that of the winning hound and that of a UKC official who served the cast in the woods as Master of Hounds.

This one is a good one for the history buffs.  Enjoy!


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