Open Event Entry Fees Increase by $5!

[Lane Ikerd]

Our club hasn’t sent in our 2023 hunt charter yet. We are unsure on what to schedule. With most of the local clubs changing their doubleheader dates to $100 hunts it will be all but impossible to get in our state top 16 or winning truck tickets by attending $30 hunts alone. So scheduling week day hunts or any $30 hunt seems foolish. With that said, many of our club local support will be gone with higher entry fees. I see the value of holding hundred dollar open hunts for major events but just to have them every random weekend I feel is overwhelming to most local club supporters. And whatever happened to Mandatory Hunt dates must be set in stone 60 days prior? I’m now seeing week long hundred dollar every night hunts made up and scheduled a couple weeks before the event? And never used to see hunts canceled at the rapid rate they are now just the day before and day of an event. Just seems like things are being made up on the go and looks terrible in my opinion. We have held what we call our maple River classic for several years now, knowing the legacy wouldn’t fill I changed our hunt to a $100 doubleheader seeing that was the new thing. This morning I received my fourth call from another local that won’t be coming because of the high entry which resulted in this post today. Guess I can just call and cancel the morning of if I wake with a small headache. So my question is what benefit is it to have a $30 hunts in an area where I feel will have very few of them left? Meaning that’s what most of our club participants want to hunt in but they also want it to mean something? I know it sounds like I’m only complaining but I’m simply asking for advice to try and keep and bring new hunters and youth to our sport. I’m fortunate enough to be able to attend most any event I choose but it’s not the norm for many.

Shouldn’t of ever let there be $100 DH. Actually didn’t even realize it was possible until I heard about it. I think it’s crazy how many $100 hunts are ran thru the week and then count them as state and breed race money.

[Hershell Gossett II]

Sheeeeew Weeeeeee!!! Awful lot of complaining over $5.00 !!! If you don’t like what is happening, quit going! If I ever get another dog, worthy of running the hunts, I’m sure not going to let $5 , keep me from going!

[Ross Blair]

I think it will help that purse for the state hunts. You won’t have to worry about 17-24 once the top 16 sees what they are hunting for. If it would have been implemented already the state of tN would have had over $350 from the tn river classic alone. Not counting the other hunts they had across the state last week. 500-1000+ per month per state that’s something to hunt for in a state hunt and will make it more prestigious and folks to want it again. Might make it harder to win a truck ticket. But will definitely be competitive.

[Robert Anderson]

Should have increased it by 10 dollars and just have 40 open events makes everything alot easier on the clubs

[Andy Strunk]

Should have increased it by 10 dollars and just have 40 open events makes everything alot easier on the clubs

not a bad idea at all keep the extra $5 where its goin already and the other $5 to the CW that night

[Chris Simmons]

$40 would be awesome. Now we gotta get a bunch of $5 for change.

[Lance Laymon]

Sheeeeew Weeeeeee!!! Awful lot of complaining over $5.00 !!! If you don’t like what is happening, quit going! If I ever get another dog, worthy of running the hunts, I’m sure not going to let $5 , keep me from going!

Just like the Biden economy pay more for the same thing.16% inflation Bad idea on a $30 dollar hunt.

[Richard C Lambert]

Tax and spend, that is the Biden economic model. Sounds good in theory but how is it working out for them? Is there a recession in coonhunting on the horizon? Does anyone remember how Trump actually increased total revenue by decreasing taxes? That would have been a novel approach wouldn't it? Decreasing entry fees to increase the number of entrants and increase total revenue.

[Rick St.Clair II]

Tax and spend, that is the Biden economic model. Sounds good in theory but how is it working out for them? Is there a recession in coonhunting on the horizon? Does anyone remember how Trump actually increased total revenue by decreasing taxes? That would have been a novel approach wouldn't it? Decreasing entry fees to increase the number of entrants and increase total revenue.

I agree there is a hunt entry fee for most involved, but if your saying going back to $15 hunts is going to increase total revenue in a state, you'll have to explain a little further. I couldn't live in my truck every night and compete in a state race or run for a truck ticket with an unbeatable dog. Too many $100 and $50 and now dbl $50 and dbl $100. Legacy hunts would still fill if $100 opens went opened. Who wants to put money out for a reservation for a legacy that won't fill and most likely turn into a $100 open anyhow. Least when it was just the legacy opens you knew how many dog where going to show. $30 hunts will become to old $10 hunts. And the rest will hit the higher payback or pleasure hunt

[Ben Crocker]

Exactly right Rick

[Blake Robertson]

How about some crying, complaining, wining coonhunters. Just show up and hunt or dont, it's literally that simple. The 5 dollars extra IS FOR THE HUNTERS, PKC IS TAKING NONE OF IT!!!! 1 dollar for youth, 1 dollar for World Hunt, 3 dollars to the state.

[Harry Middleton]

Just like my taxes going up. Everyone pays to benefit a small percentage.

[Daniel Keller]

Any idea.. roughly how many $30 open hunts are put on every year?

[Rick St.Clair II]

My guess would be that there are going to be extremely less $30 hunts this next year

[Eugene Gafford]

My guess would be that there are going to be extremely less $30 hunts this next year

There wont be any! They will be 35.00 ones.