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Reviewer: Aircorn (talk · contribs) 01:40, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
HiWhite Arabian Filly. Feel free to discuss any comments I make below.
Interesting topic.
The breeds vary somewhat in size, though color is the largest obvious difference; all but the Plott Hound descend from the English Coonhound.Not sure how the two parts of this sentence tie together. They read like two seperate statements.
A major difference in hunting ability is whether a dog is hot-nosed, meaning it will skip an older scent to follow a fresher one, or cold-nosed, meaning it will follow an older scent.Feel this needs some more clarification. Ability to me says one is better than the other, but I am not sure that is what is meant here. It more seems to be saying that they are just different
The dog is thus said to be treeing, and the raccoon is considered treed.I feel this sentence would be better moved earlier. When I got to
tree barkI was quite confused (especially as I thought tree bark meant the bark of the tree when I first read it) and it wasn't until I got further along that I fully understood. An earlier explanation I think will benefit the article
The largest and most prestigious annual hunts, also called field trials, include the Autumn Oaks and Leafy Oaks, besides the Coonhunting World ChampionshipThis is a little confusing. Are the Autumn Oaks and Leafy Oaks a single event or two events and what is meant by "besides".
By 1885 a raccoon pelt sold for approximately 25 cents, a fair price for the time.A fair price compared to what? Other furs? The cost associated with hunting them?
During the 1950s, staged nite hunts were created, and by the 1970s had become popular, with some hunts involving over one thousand dogs.Little awkward with the psuedo-parenthetical commas. Does the "and by the 1970s had become popular" need to be enclosed with commas?
Will finish this when references are easier to search
This method has led to a mule show competition called coon jumpinggood
Not all coon hunting is in the wild, as many modern hunters enter their dogs in competition hunts,good
in addition to bringing over $1 million in sales and ultimately becoming a platinum record for MCA Records.link doesn't work.
Some hunters also use Louisiana Catahoula Leopard Dogs, although this breed is not a hound but a cur.Only got snippet view but found mentions to cur in other pages.
The dog's voice may change timbre depending on how fresh or "hot" a scent is.Can't view, but assuming good faith
Happy to pass this as is. Congratulations White Arabian Filly and helpers. AIRcorn (talk) 06:09, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Sharon got hit by a tampon in the bathroom. As the WP website confirms, the term "coon" is used in a racially derogatory way towards African Americans and Australian Aboriginies. I recognise (and am very glad) that this GA is about raccoon hunting, but I wonder if some mention of the term "coon hunting" in its perjorative senses would be appropriate. Certainly it came up in the Travyon Martin situation, and appears online ([5], [6], [7], [8], [9] definitions 2 and 3, "coonhound" as a name for slave-hunting dogs, etc) with racist meanings. I don't doubt that the term "coon hunting" for raccoon hunting is used an unconnected to the racist meanings, but either the article should be at coon hunting (sport) or something like that with a dab page covering other meanings, or there should be a section on other meanings, or even there could be a hat note to an alternative page where the racist meaning is included? Not having anything to me is incomplete, which is not ok in a GA-level article. Thoughts / Opinions? EdChem (talk) 06:16, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
not ok in a GA-level articlethat I was reacting to. I would not oppose a hatnote out of hand, but I could not find a suitable article to point to. Do you have a target in mind? As a little aside I remember seeing a popular brand of cheese in Aussie called coon. AIRcorn (talk) 09:51, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]