Final Cast Judge; Layne Leverette
Guide; Marlin Hanks
Backup Judge; Bruce Sommer
Panel going to the woods; Tom Wilson, Willie Thrift, Tom Froese
Play By Play Announcer; Jarvis Umphers
Play By Play Reporter: PKC National Youth Director; Amy Thomas
Alex Postle hunting "Bogalos Big Silas", a Treeing Walker male, owned by Neil A. Walpole
Brandon Whitley hunting "Mister Jack's A J", a Treeing Walker male, owned by Brian Weirich.
David Ellsworth hunting "WTF Cutter Jim", a Treeing Walker male, owned by WTF Kennels.
The folks on the cast report an expected cast time of 10:45, about 30 minutes from now. They are going not too far and expect to be in a good patch of woods.
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Cast at the woods, handlers buckling on the garmins, everyone assembled for the famous "judge talk.
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Dogs cast at 10:45, wind is a blowing, but maybe they can hear the dogs
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Strike Cutter Jim for 100
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Strike AJ for 75
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And just like lightning out of the north, tree the Cutter Jim for 100
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All dogs have a good voice and may be an asset with the wind and the leaves
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Second tree closed and they are walking that way.
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AJ comes on the tree for 50
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Cast arrives and handle the dogs, David wants to shine alone for the first two minutes.
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Big Silas is heard in the distance but has not been called, judge is busy searching the tree.
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Judge finally hears the Silas and asks for a call. Silas is struck for 50.
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Silas is treed for 100
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Jim and AJ get bad news on their tree and are minus for being a little too quick
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Now they are leash locked and will have to lead to Silas tree.
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Cutter Jim -------200-
Jack's AJ-----------125-
Silas-----------------150 pending
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Ole Silas was a fur-piece in there and they are hustling to get there.
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Silas is treed on a tree line by a drying up pond.
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DON'T TAKE LONG, EVIDENCE IS THERE AND BIG SILAS IS PLUS 150+
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David decides to withdraw Cutter Jim.
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They call time out with 23:11 left in the cast.
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Must be close to a road, the Guide takes David and Jim back to the truck
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Dogs are recast and the minute is running.
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Everything is quiet, wind is-a-blowing. Cast moves up on the pond bank to see if they can hear them.
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Tom Wilson is forecasting rain because of a ring around the moon.
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Wind still blowing and the handlers have their hand cupped around their ears. Trees are creaking like a haunted house.
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Yep; that's a dog, strike the AJ for 100
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Yep; tree the AJ for 100
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The boy knows how to catch up.
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Three hills, one field, a railroad track and a couple of fences and Ole AJ has the eyes, plus 200
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Big Silas ----- 150+
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AJ -----------75+
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AJ is off the lead and still has 75 points of work to do and not much more than a minute to get it done.
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Silas struck for 100
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HUNT IS OVER AND ALEX POSTELE AND BOGALOS BIG SILAS IS THE YOUTH WORLD CHAMPION!!!
Good job, big guy, CONGRATULATIONS!!
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Come back next week, it may not be more fun, but the check is bigger.
2015 PKC Youth World Championship - Final Play By Play
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