Day 70 of the Hunting Season - March 4th, 2011

Day 70 of the Hunting Season - March 4th, 2011

Meet: Funnel Lake
Temps: 40's

Couples: 18.5

Staff: Huntsman- James Paxson MFH, Whippers-in- MFH Fred Von C, Priscilla Godsoe, Hoppy Stearns, Field Master- Gary Kennedy

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



What a SUPER day! Just awesome.

Hounds ran from the woods below the log house, up and around toward the stone pile, made two tight circles on the big bank. We thought the fox may have went to ground, but he shot out across the woods going up towards chicken Sam's, into the Township woods and then back towards the Red Dairy Barn where they finally put the fox to ground on the rock cliff.

MFH Jimmy brought the hounds across the corn field and toward the woods with the power lines heading towards Pumping Station Rd and the second Dairy Barn. As the hounds made their way through the woods they picked up a line hot on the last fox of the day. The headed straight towards the Dairy Barn and along the bank over the creek that flowed along Pumping Station and Dry Wells Road. Fox was viewed coming up from the pond and heading towards Hollow Road. Hound were not far behind him!

As we got near the Hollow Road MFH Jimmy had to make the call to pull up the hounds because the fox was viewed heading out of country. Beautiful, healthy fox, and probably surprised that we stopped playing with him today. He would run, and then stop and just sit and watch the hounds, disappear in the woods, and pop out again and watch the hounds. I think he knew exactly what he was doing!!

Hounds were good and let us pick them up.. they weren't happy about it, but it was a great day for the puppies, and the older hounds were pretty tired.