Puppy Bay - ages seven to eleven months, three pups in the pen 3. Youth Bay - A scholarship event. Dogs seen in this event cannot be entered in other competitions. The young dog owners earn scholarships to college. Owners are not allowed in the arena to encourage their dogs in this competition.
Competition goes well into the morning hours.
Saturday competition was slowed down, but not entirely stopped due to afternoon and early evening rains. But just as a true hog hunter does not stop because of fowl weather, neither did these competitors stop due to inclement conditions. Click here for Results of this year's competition This year's trials attracted about 5,000 people primarily from Louisiana and other Southern States. But there was also a competitor from California. Non-competitor visitors included a park ranger from Michigan who wanted to see what hog dog trials were all about and families from Canada and London, England, who were also curious about the event.