EP 162: Gone to the Dogs with Jeff Ricklefs

Jeff Ricklefs is a professional handler in the rapid-fire world of competition coonhounds. From his home base in northern Indiana, Ricklefs has traveled the nation, wherever coonhound competitions are held, to handle some of best-known and biggest-winning hounds in the history of the sport. Over the past 25 years or more he has handled what could easily pass for a competition coonhound Who’s Who including truck winner Hardwood Henry, Bad Habit, Mr. Clean, Bellar Ann, Wipeout Clayton, Wild Bill Mayhem and many more. In this episode, Steve breaks down a career in which Ricklefs has posted $315,000 in handler earnings, placing him sixth on the PKC all-time leading handler’s list. Listeners aspiring to hit the big stage of competition hunting will do well to listen as Steve leads Ricklefs through each interesting and entertaining aspect of his amazing career. The host goes on record as declaring this to be one of his most enjoyable episodes to date.     We would like to thank those who support this podcast. Special thanks to Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode. www.dusupply.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts