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November 6, 2014Youth coon hunt to be held in Fountain Inn on Saturday, November 15
A youth coon hunt will be held in Fountain Inn on Saturday, Nov. 15, sponsored by the Upper Carolina Coon Hunters Association. Its part of a series of nine youth coon hunts being held around South Carolina through February 2015, sponsored by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources and the S.C. Coon Hunters Association.
For more information on the Fountain Inn youth coon hunt, contact Mike Holcombe at (864) 505-3976. The night hunt will be held at 6 p.m. and is limited to 24 entries.
These youth coon hunts will serve as regional qualifying events for the State Youth Hunt Championship. The youth hunts are designed to teach ethics and sportsmanship through low-intensity competitive events. The top two hunters in each age bracket (6-12 and 13-17) and Sportsmanship winners will qualify for the annual South Carolina Youth Raccoon Hunting Championship at the Webb Wildlife Center in Hampton County in February 2015.
Youth can hunt in as many youth coon hunts as they want, and all events are free of charge.
These are non-harvest events, and guns will not be allowed. Each potential participant should contact the sponsoring club for information regarding specific hunts. Each applicant is also responsible for bringing a coon dog to the hunt and should be able to tell when his or her dog strikes and trees with minimal help from the adult.
Other youth coon hunt locations, dates and contacts are:
- December 6, 2014 Georgetown, sponsored by Hell Hole Coon Hunters Association.
Contact: Floyd Lambert, at (843) 264-8093. UKC Youth Hunt. - December 13, 2014 Heath Springs, sponsored by Lancaster County Coon Hunters Association.
Contact Ross Mullis at (704) 207-6319. - January 10, 2015 Bowman, sponsored by Orangeburg County Coon Hunters Association.
Contact: Elliott Shuler at (803) 759-0089. AKC Youth Hunt. - January 24, 2015 Norway, sponsored by Norway Coon Hunters Association.
Contact: Mark Whetstone at (803) 682-3011. - January. 31, 2015 Ridgeville, sponsored by Summerville Coon Hunters Association.
Contact: Ed Kimmons at (843) 619-5265. Limited to 24 entries. - February 7, 2015 Newberry, sponsored by Whitmire Coon Hunters Association.
Contact: Roger Enlow at (864) 923-5431. - February 2014 State Championship Hunt, Webb Wildlife Center, Hampton County, S.C. Department of Natural Resources. Date to be announced.
Contact: Jay Butfiloski or Patty Castine at (803) 734-3609.
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