Grassy Branch Fox Preserve hosted a benefit hunt for Cheryl Wescott on Sunday, October 20, 2019. We are truly blessed as the rain cleared up about an hour before cast and turned out to be a beautiful day.

We had a truly outstanding group of people, companies and organizations contribute to this hunt. We would like to thank Hollybucks and Browns outdoors for the donations of dog food! Also would like to thank our sponsors, Mike Carr with Pride Dog Food and Randy McGovern with Showtime! Thank you to Top Cake in Wilmington for the donation of the gift card! Thank you to Lee and Ashley Sellers for the donation of the pig and cooking it! Thank you to Jeff Ellison for preparing the baked beans! Thank you to Mike Melvin for the stencils! Thank you to Marty Dudek for the donation of the TT 15 Garmin Collar!

Thank you to the following ladies for contributing their time during the hunt to help with raffles, scores, food, and so much more: Michelle McNeill, Shannon Blanks, Ayla Ashburn, Megan Lewis, Patty Skipper, Christina Tucker!

We had the most judges at this hunt and would like to individually thank them for taking time out of their day to help score this hunt: Mike Hill, Jason Norris, Alan Norris, Mike Melvin, Michael Lewis, Megan Lewis, Logan Nelson, Michael McNeill, Duane Blanks, Steven West, Scott Beck, Jerome Beck, Dane Sellers, Merlin Osgood, Ronnie Graham, Brett Anderson, Aaron Wescott, Ashley Wescott, Brett ***ber. Special thanks to Nick Howard for being the Master of Hounds along with his son Remington, and thank you to Nick Ashburn for being on game patrol throughout the hunt!
Thank you to the hunting club, Grassy Branch Sportsman Association, and all the members who came out to support this cause!

After the hunt we had some amazing people we would like to recognize for their donations: Brian Lewis and Brad Bordcaux for donating their winnings from the raffle, Ray Casteen for donating his winnings from the 50/50, and Bobby Patterson for returning his 1st place plaque and winnings from the calcutta!

Every person mentioned above and those who may not have been mentioned didn't have to do anything that they did, yet they supported the cause and support this sport and selfishly donated their earnings and their time to make this event as outstanding as it was!

The results:
We had 90 dogs which was more than what we were expecting due to the weather so we are truly blessed that everyone made the trip despite the weather!

Older Class:
It took 810 points to win and 440 points to get in.
There was a problem with 7th Place and it has been corrected below. If there are any questions, please either contact Nick Howard at (910) 470-3020 or Ray Skipper at (910) 620-1561.

1st Place: Dog number 41, Patterson's Black Magic, off of Patterson's Pootie Tang and Hooktown Magic. Patterson and Son Kennels.

2nd Place: Dog number 777, Harris' Roscoe, off of Croatan Creed and C&T Lacy. Team Harris.

3rd Place: Dog number 717, Patterson's Chip, off of Buckshot Hardrock and Craver's Lefty Lucy. Patterson and Son Kennels.

4th Place: Dog number 5, Southrn Shadow, off of Southrn Wildcard and T's Ms Faith. Southrn' Sound Kennels.

5th Place: Dog number 49, Patterson's White Shoe, off of Patterson's Pootie Tang and Hooktown Magic. Patterson and Son Kennels.

6th Place: Dog number 31, Patterson's Saucer, off of Buckshot Hardrock and Craver's Lefty Lucy. Patterson and Son Kennels.

7th Place: Dog number 65, Gameover's Magic Trick, off of Crisco's Streek and Shake and Bake Magic. Game Over Kennels.

8th Place: Dog number 17, Southrn Card II, off of Southrn Wildcard and T's Ms. Faith, Southrn Sound Kennels.

9th Place: Dog number 35, Patterson's Flo, off of Black Diamond Big Money and Well's Pearl. Patterson and Son Kennels.

10th Place: Dog number 45, Patterson's Buster, off of Patterson's Pootie Tang and Hooktown Magic. Patterson and Son Kennels.

11th Place: Dog number 119, Puddin. Team Catch-Us-If-You-Can.

12th Place: Dog number 51, Bo. Salt Marsh Kennels.

13th Place: Dog number 63, MaMa's Baby Blue. Rollin' Thunder Kennels.

14th Place: Dog number 891, Top Gun Cream. Top Gun Kennels.

15th Place: Dog number 3, Playboy. Salt Marsh Kennels.

16th Place: Dog number 209, Harris Swamp's Split Tongue. Harris Swamp Kennels.

Younger Class:
It took 645 points to win and 385 points to get in.

1st Place: Dog number 90, Wicked. Ch. Copper James and Haylea's Red Reba. Smooth Moves Kennels.

2nd Place: Dog number 72, Southrn JJ, off of Southrn Slugger and Round Mtn. Hannah. Southrn Sound Kennels.

3rd Place: Dog number 62, Southrn Slug, off of Southrn Slugger and Round Mtn. Hannah. Southrn Sound Kennels.

4th Place: Dog number 2, Forty Creek Queenie, off of Southrn Wildcard and Ch. Ray's Virginia C. Forty Creek Kennels.

5th Place: Dog number 66, Florence, off of Ch. Copper James and Haylea's Red Reba. Smooth Moves Kennels.

6th Place: Dog number 214, Top Gun Nova, off of Top Gun Ringneck and Top Gun Nailpolish. Top Gun Kennels.

7th Place: Dog number 86, Storm, off of Turd Hill's Bad Ben and Turd Hill's Punkin. Team Catch-Us-If-You-Can Kennels.

8th Place: Dog number 24, Forty Creek Tuff, off of Southrn Wildcard and Ch. Ray's Virginia C. Forty Creek Kennels.

9th Place: Dog number 50, Southrn Bell, off of Southrn Hayes and Slady Bank Lolly Pop. Southrn Sound Kennels.

10th Place: Dog number 136, C&W Big Boy, off of MK's Drifter and Quick Catch Spitfire. C&W Kennels.

11th Place: Dog number 84, Fancy. Big W Kennels.

12th Place: Dog number 54, Forty Creek Black Jack. Forty Creek Kennels.

13th Place: Dog number 4, Southrn Quick. Southrn Sound Kennels.

14th Place: Dog number 6, Oreo. Scraping Hole Kennels.

15th Place: Dog number 44, Southrn Revenge. Southrn Sound Kennels.

Congratulations to everyone and thank you again for coming out and supporting this cause!