2020 PKC Pup Shoot-Out This Weekend!

Evansville, IN -
Tuesday February 18, 2020

The sixty-four (64) member field for the 2020 PKC Pup Shoot-Out has been confirmed. The event is scheduled for Friday, February 28th and Saturday, February 29th, 2020 at the Isle of Capri Casino in Lula, Mississippi. Co-sponsored by PKC, Purina, and the Isle of Capri Casino, the winner drives home in a brand-new pickup truck! The event is a single elimination event, conducted under Pro Rules with non-hunting judges, with early round cast winners advancing to the late round on Friday night. The four late round cast winners from Friday night compete on Saturday night for the keys to the brand spanking new pickup truck! For one hound and handler, the dividend for the month of hard running to get qualified, will be a huge one. The other three finalists will be paid $2,000 for 2nd, $1,000 for 3rd and $500 for 4th. Each handler will be playing the 1 in 64 odds at the casino of taking home a new truck. 

Shown above is the 2019 PKC Pup Shoot-Out Champion PCH History's Icon, owned by Wishon/Allen of Advance, North Carolina and handled by Dillon Bradshaw of Connellys Springs, North Carolina.
 
Our field this year consists of 38 Males and 26 Females. Those 64 dogs represent two (2) Black & Tan males; four (4) English males and one (1) female; and thirty-two (32) Treeing Walker males and twenty-five (25) females.

The dogs qualified to compete in the 2020 PKC Pup Shoot-Out are sired by forty-three (43) different Super Stakes Sires! Britton’s Diamond Dan sired the most qualified pups with five (5), followed by Backwater Bone Collector, Slow Talking Blaze, Somewhere’s Stylish Coma, and Wipeout 3 Sum with three (3) each. Hardeman’s Harry’s Jeb, Abbey’s Last Trip, Parsley’s Wipeout Jake, Power Pack, R & R’s Neosho Cuz, Rea’s Hardtime Ride, Stylish Bushwacker, Hardtime Awesome, and Sun Makin History each sired two (2) qualified pups. Backwater Homer, Big Money, Buck Creek Turner, CC Hoosier Tracker, Cook’s Jake, Drop Dead Fred, High Stylin Frank, Hillbilly Deluxe, Hoss Cartwright, Huff Hollow Homer, Insane Rock River Sackett, J & W Ohio River Shadow, Johnny B Good, Kansas Big Top, Kays Blue John, M&A Hector Side, Mister Overdrive, Mr Moe, My Only Reezen, Nut, Red Ruby Hardtime Buck, Redneck Backwoods Shack, S And M Captain Jack Ph, Skuna River Fred Bear, Smirnoff Ice, T Rex, Thomley's Stormin Ike, Timber Rattlin Swag, and Wipeout Zeb 3 each sire one (1) qualified pup. 


Visit the Isle of Capri website: http://lula.isleofcapricasinos.com/
Visit the Purina website: http://www.purina.com/
Visit the Earl Floyd Ford website: http://www.earlfloydford.net/


ALL COMPETITORS, JUDGES, GUIDES, GUESTS, SUPPORT PERSONNEL, AND PKC STAFF MEMBERS. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, ARE ANY VEHICLES TO BE PARKED AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE CASINO FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME; NO EXCEPTIONS! THE ISLE OF CAPRI CASINO STAFF HAS MADE THIS A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT, AND WE WILL BE REQUIRED TO ABIDE BY THEIR POLICY!

All participants are asked to be on site between 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM Central Time on Friday, February 28th for pictures. At this time, handlers will draw for their first round cast, as well as, receive a cap and jacket commemorating the event, compliments of Nestle-Purina and PKC.

Any qualifier not on site between 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM Central Time on Friday will be omitted from the 2020 Pup Shoot-Out coverage in PROHOUND.

Once you have confirmed your entry, received your jacket, and had your picture taken, please check in to your room and make sure that your truck, dog and equipment are prepared to leave to go hunting.

Beginning at 4:00 PM, all participants and their guests will be treated to a brunch consisting of various finger foods, compliments of the Isle of Capri Casino.  Calling of casts will follow the brunch, and we hope to bring you the complete matchups soon after draw-out is completed!

Cast winners from the early round on Friday night will recast late to determine the Final Four spots for Saturday night and a one in four chance at a new pickup truck and the other cash awards!!!!! 

Following Friday's late round casts, each of the four finalist will be assigned a Saturday afternoon interview time, with Amy Thomas, for articles to be published in PROHOUND.

SATURDAY'S FINAL CAST WILL BE FILMED LIVE BY ASHLEY GUTHRIE AND BACKWOODS HERITAGE PRODUCTIONS.

We look forward to bringing you detailed information pertaining to the event as things unfold! Please keep up-to-date on the happenings on the PKC website at the following address: http://prohound.com/

Our judges for this year's event are in alphabetical order, as follows:
Tracy Bailey of Decaturville, TN
Tristen Bailey of Decaturville, TN
Luke Boles of Blossom, TX
Preston Boles of Blossom, TX
David Dial of Centralia, IL
Mike Dowler of Ravenswood, WV
John Ervin of Athens, OH
John Granberry of Booneville, MS
Bryson Hendry of Winnsboro, LA
Mike Hensley of Hartville, MO
Bud Hood of Shelburn, IN
Jesse Lively of Rayville, LA
James Love of Belfast, TN
Shane Patton of Shawneetown, IL
Drake Roberson of Florence, AL
Kevin Roberson of Somerville, TN
Payton Roberson of Florence, AL
James Savage of Wilmar, AR
Joe Young of Wright City, OK

See the complete list of this year's qualifiers here: 
http://prohound.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=182724

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