Day 52 of the Hunting Season - December 18th, 2010

Day 52 of the Hunting Season - December 18th, 2010

Meet: Down Patrick

Temps: in the mid 20's

Couples: 18 1/2 Couples *Puppies Kalev, Kirkwood, & Kiki

Staff:
Huntsman- James Paxson MFH, Whippers-in- Priscilla Godsoe, Hoppy Stearns,Field Masters- Duncan Patterson MFH, Gary Kennedy, Hound Trucks - Karen Kennedy

Start: 10:00am
End: 1:15pm




Started off across the corn fields towards Dougs for a change of pace. Hound hit a line early near the woods on the Jump Field side of Dougs and ran into the woods towards the Fishing Creek. Hounds took the line toward the stream from Gibsons and Ankrums, and took it up near the Chicken Feathers. It looked like they were going to take it toward the Pipeline but they doubled back and took it towards the Bone Woods.
In the Bone Woods the put the fox to ground in the heavy briers.

From the Bone Woods MFH Jimmy took the hounds across the wheat fields towards the Old House and around towards Adams and the Township Building. As MFH Jimmy took the hounds from the Old house towards the Township Building, the hounds were touching on scent but didn't get it strong enough to really run it until they got by the Pavilion.



From the Pavilion the hounds took the line along the stream by the Mule Field, then high up towards the briers near Herrs House. They ran really strong along the bank towards Herrs Farm Buildings and the bend on Furrniss Road (for anyone in question of the spelling of Furrniss and Furnace... I know the difference, thats just the way they spell it in these parts -haha) . Hounds took the line across the road and towards the Old House and bent around by the Old Spring House and high on the Palisades. We expected to see a fox jump out across the open fields but instead the fox crossed the Fishing Creek Road and went up towards Herr's Point.



With all the hounds on they went high on Schmitguls Side but bent back towards Herr's Point and the horse pasture that's along the Furrniss Road. Hounds crossed Furrniss and ran up towards the tree farm, sort of in the direction of Harmony Ridge Road. They went pretty fast out across the fields with all the planted trees then dropped towards the small horse field and the Gazebo by the Fishing Creek Hollow Road and the Tree Farm Meet.

Hounds went towards the Duck Pond and then up the bank towards Herr's House and put the fox to ground. We picked up the hounds at this point and hack back to the meet from the Furrniss Road side. It was a nice day of hunting for foxes with the River Hills Foxhounds!



Its a mystery to me to think what we would be doing without them?