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National Plott Hound Association News - Hunting …

National Plott Hound Association NewsHowdy, folks. I hope you and yours are well. Come on intocamp, get comfortable and let s talk Plott dogs!It s hard to believe it is June already, I can t recall a milderwinter or a hotter spring, and the weather here continues toget stranger by the day. Snow in the mountains last week,hail storms and cool weather the rest of the week, 80 degreesand sunny yesterday, cool and cloudy with more thunderstorms today. It reminds me of what an old-timer once toldme If you don t like the weather here, just stick around forabout 15 minutes, because it is sure to change. That has cer-tainly been the case recently. Before getting on with other topics, I am saddened to beginthe column with some bad news .

National Plott Hound Association News Howdy, folks. I hope you and yours are well. Come on into camp, get comfortable and let’s talk Plott dogs!

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1 National Plott Hound Association NewsHowdy, folks. I hope you and yours are well. Come on intocamp, get comfortable and let s talk Plott dogs!It s hard to believe it is June already, I can t recall a milderwinter or a hotter spring, and the weather here continues toget stranger by the day. Snow in the mountains last week,hail storms and cool weather the rest of the week, 80 degreesand sunny yesterday, cool and cloudy with more thunderstorms today. It reminds me of what an old-timer once toldme If you don t like the weather here, just stick around forabout 15 minutes, because it is sure to change. That has cer-tainly been the case recently. Before getting on with other topics, I am saddened to beginthe column with some bad news .

2 Plott Hound legend, White of Knoxville, Tennessee, passed away on April18, 2012 after a long illness. Mr. White was survived by hisbeloved wife Helen and daughter Jean, as well as two stepchildren, and literally hundreds of friends and admirers inthe Plott dog world. He was 76 years old. Mr. White leaves a legacy among modern day Plott huntersand breeders that will likely never be surpassed. His WhiteHollow Plott Kennels have sold dogs around the world anddeservedly share the reputation as being some of the premierbig game Plotts ever known and they have continued thatreputation for over half a century!There are too many illustrious White Hollow Plott dogs tolist them all, but a few deserve special mention.

3 And forthose of you not familiar with Mr. White, these dogs shouldgive you an idea of just how important he was and still is to modern day Plott Hollow Little Junior was one of his most famousdogs. Mr. White hunted Junior all across North America from the Gulf of Mexico to deep into Canada, and as far westas Washington state, and as far south and east as the Dismaland Okefenokee Swamps. Little Junior had over 300 bearskilled over him, and countless more that were treed Junior s incredible lineage provides at least a partialexplanation of his success. Everette Weems Plott s John,,Clyde Bounds Black River Bolly, Kermit Allison s BearCreek Duke, as well as s own superb WhiteHollow Junior among others were just a few of the famousdogs that Little Junior descended of his fine dogs was White Hollow Clyde, who purchased from Bob Young.

4 Like Little Junior, Clyde spedigree reads like a who s who of Plott dogs EveretteWeems Plott s Dan, Leroy Haug s Swampland Star, ClydeBounds Black River Bolly, Steve Mohr s Ursus Rowdy, anda host of Cascade dogs including Cascade Big Timber arejust a few iconic names behind this great treed or caught 33 hogs and 7 bears in less than sixmonths in 1979. During the course of his career Clyde ran infront of such iconic hunters as Willis Butolph, George Ricks,Bob Young, James Brown, Ray Brown, Ron West, RonnieCreasman, Arza Scott, Mike Beamis and Dick Freeman most of who also hunted behind Little Mr. White was no slouch as a hunter himself. All ofthe above listed hunters and many others praised White forhis Hunting skills and his ability to run with his dogs to beamong the first to the bear tree or hog bay.

5 I talked with sev-eral hard-core Haywood County, bear hunters whooften hunted with Mr. White in the rugged area along theTennessee-North Carolina state lines known as 12 Mile. They said that Mr. White was one of the toughest huntersBy Bob Plott , 146 Backcreek Lane, Statesville, NC or had ever been in the woods with and these boys are notquick to praise anyone, so this is about the highest compli-ment a man could only was Mr. White a great hunter and dog breeder, buthe also played an integral part in helping Oliver Smith III getthe Cascade line firmly established on the east coast. DoyleDeMoss of course, is credited with starting the CascadePlotts in Washington State, where they were famous by theearly 1960s.

6 Mr. Smith later bought Big Timber fromDeMoss and combined the Cascade line with his alreadyestablished pack that he had previously obtained from HackSmithdeal. The end result was some of the finest Plott dogsthe world has ever White and Mr. Smith hunted together often and regu-larly traded and bred dogs together, which led to the Cascadebloodlines being introduced to the White Hollow Kennels. Itwas also about this time that another of Mr. White s closefriends and Hunting buddies Berry Tarlton made a dogtrade that helped firmly establish two other renowned Plottlines Tarlton s Houston Valley Plotts and Homan and SteveFielder s Bear Pen traded his Jap gyp to Mr. White who intended to useJap for a brood dog.

7 Tarlton later got a pup of his own fromMr White that was out of Jap. That pup was named Tarlton sRoberta and she became the foundation of the HoustonValley line that is still producing top Plott bear dogs a half acentury was later bred to Cascade Big Timber this litterHerbert "Hub" Plott , son of Robert Henry Plott and great-grandsonof Henry Plott along with one of his favorite Plott dog's -- and Gola Ferguson were best friends. Gola left most of hisPlott dogs to Hub when he died. Hub added them to his alreadyoutstanding pack of Plott hounds . He continued to raise Plott dogsuntil his own death in Bench Show Grand ChampionFemale, Best Plott in UKC Show, Best PlottAll Plott Show: Gr.

8 Ch. Melrose MountainJezebel Jett with Clint, Veronica and Bench Show, Best Opposite SexAll Plott Show: Jenkins Carolina J Bullett,shown by James Place Three Dog Bear Bay: Pete-Pete, Blue and Rebel withKenny Shelton, Mike Cole, Brian Shelton, Jocassee Johnson, MattPhillips, Teresa Tuers, Kim Rinock and Kira Place One Dog Bear Bay: Anerson sWindy Gap Butch, shown by Bryan Smith,Lawrence Anderson and Rick Jenkins at Plottfestin Maggie Valley, NCSaturday Bench Show Champion of Cham-pions: Ch. Black Rock Ivy, shown by Bench Show and Friday andSaturday UKC Night Hunt Winner, GrandChampion Winner and Best Opposite SexUKC Show Grand Nite Champ-ion Winnerboth Friday and Saturday and High ScoringPlott Overall: Ch.

9 , Gr. Nt. Ch. Cody s andSmith s Carolina Cody, shown by Tiffanyand Robbie Bench Show and Bear Field TrialJunior Class Winner and Bear Field TrialLine Heat Winner: Allison s Bear CreekAmos, shown by Amanda, Hunter andHayden Tarlton s Big John and Bear Pen Plotts Bronco bothrenowned bear dogs. Bronco was owned by former NPHA president Steve Fielder and his father, the late HomanFielder. Bear Pen Bronco is now in the NPHA Hall of Fame. I could go on and one but my point is this: The dogs thatcame out of Gene White s White Hollow Kennels are enoughto secure his place of honor in Plott Hound history. And justthose contributions alone are more impressive than those ofmany better known breeders who will remain when you factor that legacy in with Mr.

10 White s incred-ible Hunting record, and the contributions he made to otherillustrious Plott kennels such as the Houston Valley and BearPen lines among many others it is easy to see why heshould be remembered and recognized as one of the greatmodern Plott legends of , I mentioned last month that I missed Mr. Whiteat Breed Days this year, and that I enjoyed talking with himwhen he was there last year. Little did I know that he wouldnever return and that his name can now be added to the listof other legends that we have lost recently such as FrankMethven and Lawrence Porterfield. And just as I said last month, the good Lord broke the moldwhen he made men like that. No one will ever replace they all rest in peace and may we all fondly rememberthem for what they did to perpetuate the Plott breed.


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