Hound Dog Network - The UKC Winter Classic 2026
Sportsmen's Empire - Whitetail Hunting
Sportsmen's Empire Outdoor Network
4.8 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
This episode concludes the coverage of the UKC Winter Classic in Batesville, Mississippi. Complete event coverage may be found on social media on the UKC Coonhound pages.
Steve and Nubbin spent five days on the enjoyable annual trip including great rustic lodging and phenomenal food. The Winter Classic is a coonhound event Steve founded in 1988 when he was with United Kennel Club, and attracts coon hunters and their families from across the nation to Batesville each February.
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| 0:32.8 | Music Where's Fielder? |
| 0:47.6 | He's gone to the dogs. |
| 0:50.9 | Hey, want to thank you for joining the Gone to the Dogs podcast today. |
| 0:56.8 | It's my wrap-up of the UKC Winter Classic coverage. |
| 1:03.5 | It's Monday morning as I'm recording this and just arrived back home about 4.30 yesterday afternoon. |
| 1:11.9 | Did a round trip from here on the Gulf of America up to Birmingham and then on to |
| 1:20.6 | Batesville, Mississippi, and return. |
| 1:23.7 | All together, it was better than 1,500 miles. |
| 1:30.4 | So those of you who complained, I heard a guy on something, some podcast the other day saying that he had to drive 15 minutes to go hunting, or 15 miles maybe. |
| 1:44.6 | And that was an effort. |
| 1:47.2 | Well, when you live in Florida, if you want to go to Major Coonhound events and you |
| 1:52.7 | don't own a jet plane or a helicopter, you're going to spend some windshield time. |
| 1:58.0 | But we had a good time. |
| 1:59.3 | Went up to Nubbins and overnighted with he and Becky |
| 2:03.6 | and then went on to Batesville. We had good weather all the way over. Got there on Thursday just |
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