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Curs and 'coons

By John Geiger
Special to ESPNOutdoors.com

Thursday, October 9, 2008

The legend: Robert Kemmer | Photo gallery For most people, a barking dog prompts an angry call to animal control. But to 80 people in a wide circle around an oak tree in the Tennessee mountains, it's reason to celebrate. "Fifty-eight," yelled one of the three judges. "That's 58 barks!" The yappy dog named South Fork Bear earned the title of champion at the much-anticipated treeing contest by barking 58 times in 30 seconds, one of four events at the annual Kemmer Stock Breeders Association ...

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