Day 45 of the Hunting Season - November 20th, 2010
Meet: Red Pump
Temps: in the 50's
Couples: 19 Couples (JCP & LE Kennels) Puppies *Kirkwood and Kiki
Staff:
MFH- James Paxson, Staff - Priscilla Godsoe, Dr. Carl Mease, Field Master - Gary Kennedy, Hound Trucks - Karen Kennedy, Leo and Flora Erb
Start: 10:00am
End: 1:ishpm
Good day.
We started by going out of the meet towards the Bamboo Forrest where the hounds were picking up an old line here and there. MFH Jimmy let the hounds work through the leaves and over the logs for a while as the hounds took us along Hogs Rn and out towards the cornfield.
We definitely knew that if we got closer to the fox the hounds would definitely run!
And run they did... MFH Jimmy pressed on and took the hounds from the deer stand around the loop towards the Highland Cattle and not much to my surprise the fox bolted out of the briers from Holy View and went straight along the fence line in the direction of the Mouse House.
The fox went left handed at the end of the fence row, but dropped down toward the river and made a quick right and took the hounds toward the point at a pretty good clip. The fox ran the river bed and bank from the point around towards the Amphitheater and headed out the the Amphitheater woods (here is when Karen viewed him) straight towards the second deer stand where he went to ground in the ravine along the Lee's Bridge Rd.
MFH Jimmy blew the fox in. From here we decided that we would go back towards the Highland Cattle, and back along the river to see if the River fox was home... I think he had been around the night before, but not home at the time we were there. MFH Jimmy picked up the hounds and we went to the woods with the two coops since we hadn't hunted there yet, and the hound still were hit and miss on all the dead. fallen leaves, and we hunted our way back to the meet.
We covered just about all of Red Pump, and had a pretty good go of the regular foxes that play with our hounds.
Next Meet: MONDAY - Ankrum's Dog Box - 9:00am
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