Upcoming UBT Blood Tracking Workshop in North Carolina

Date: August 6, 2011 at Guilford Bowhunters Clubhouse, McLeansville, NC; 9 am until 5 pm.

Hosted by the North Carolina Bowhunters Association
Presented by United Blood Trackers

The North Carolina General Assembly recently passed a law that will allow hunters to retrieve dead and wounded big game animals using tracking dogs on a leash in North Carolina. This is something the NCBA has worked to get approved in our state for a long time. NCBA will host a training seminar conducted by Andy Bensing from the United Blood Trackers (UBT) on August 6, 2011.

This will be about a 7-8 hour seminar that will deal with training your dog to trail wounded big game animals, and it will include demonstrations with Andy's dog and a couple other tracking dogs belonging to NCBA members. Attendees will receive tips on “how-to” train your dog to trail and recover wounded game. Early registration fee is $15 per person to attend this training seminar and demonstration ($20 after July 31). This will go to cover the cost of bringing the UBT officer to N.C. to run the event, meal for Saturday and building rental. Enrollment will be limited to about 40 participants.

Contact NCBA Prog. Chmn., David Whitmire to enroll at 828-553-0083 or email: avery@citcom.net

The annual NCBA picnic is the next day, August 7th at this same location,beginning at 2 p.m. until. Make checks to: NCBA-UBT Seminar and mail to: NCBA UBT Seminar; 7796 NC Hwy 68 N; Stokesdale, NC 27357.

Andy will abe available to conduct 3 or 4 evaluation sessions on Sunday, August 7th. These are the UBT-I & UBT-II "one on one" courses with dog and owner that will be available on a limited, first-come basis. The cost is $50 for the UBT-I course and $75 for the UBT-II course. Let David Whitmire know if you are interested in this special course on Sunday also.

NOTE: DO NOT bring your dog to the seminar on Saturday, or to the NCBA picnic on Sunday unless you have made advance arrangements to do so with David Whitmire.