secret at all. Start with a good hound, do your homework through the week, concentrate on the hunts where the big bucks are paid, and simply put the many years of handling savvy to work for the two-hour contest. That sounds simple enough doesn’t it? And there’s one thing more – score more points than the competition. Of course, in a honey-hole of a place like Kolona, on the North Fork of the English River in southeastern Iowa, scoring plus points at this time of year on lots of coon is no problem.

Saturday night, Salfen, handling SCH Wipeout Tommy, co-owned with Dennis Thronhill won the PKC Blue Ribbon Event in Kolona. The cast, guided by Daniel Vercande, scored on six singles. Wipeout Tommy’s winning score was 700 plus!

Here’s how the final four, judged by Bud Hood of Shelburn, Indiana finished at Kalona:

1st – $4000.00
SCH Wipeout Tommy
Rick Salfen or Dennis Thornhill, owners
Rick Salfen, handler
700 plus

2nd – $1,600.00
Biz
Doug Christenson, owner
Joel Ernest, handler

3rd – $800.00
SCH Ask Kickin’ Zipper
Rass Williams, owner
Steven Johnson, handler

4th – $400.00
CH Stylish River Rat
Paul Wegner, owner
Steve Wertz, handler

Winning the big ones is not new to the Salfen family. By example, Rick won the PKC National Championship at Flora in 1999 with Nite Hawk Roy. His son, Ricky won the 2003 PKC National Youth Championship with Spring River Taz.

PKC congratulates Rick, Dennis, and a Walker hound named Tommy for this impressive win at Kalona!

PKC – It’s where YOU need to be!