Day 1 of the Cubbing Season - August 17th, 2011
Meet: Herr's Stone Lane
Temps: 70's
Couples: 19 (puppy - Kia)
Staff: Huntsman- James Paxson MFH, Whippers-in- MFH Fred VonC, Priscilla Godsoe, Hoppy Stearns, Field Master- Gary Kennedy, Hound Trucks- Winter Paxson
Start: 8:00am
End: 9:45am
Today was the first day back in the hunt field for the River Hills Foxhounds. It was a good, steady morning. Nothing too fast, yet not too boring.
We started out around Peirsons and into the woods toward the Park Road, came up high along Ed's house and then dropped through the horse pasture and up into the Stump Woods. The hounds cast out into the cattle field and picked up pieces of the line all the way to the grove of trees near the West Ridge Road.
They dropped down into the wet part of the woods and then moved in towards the old barn foundation and picked up a fast line through the clear woods and in behind Jim's ring. From here they worked an old log and seemed to lose what was left of the line but then they hit again and went back in the direction of the Old House foundation and the stream. At this point MFH Jimmy started hunting the hounds back to the meet. Not much on the way in but the hounds did get a good dunk in the pond as we went by.
Fridays hunt has been canceled due to the wet footing at the Mt. Rocky meet.
Saturday we will be hunting at Red Pump - 9:00am
