Day 74 of the Hunting Season - March 18th, 2011

Day 74 of the Hunting Season - March 18th, 2011

Meet: Funnel Lake

Temps: high 60's

Couples: 25.5

Staff: Huntsman- James Paxson MFH, Whippers-in- MFH Duncan Patterson, Priscilla Godsoe, Hoppy Stearns, Field Master- Gary Kennedy, Hound Trucks- Leo & Flora Erb, Karen Kennedy

Start: 10:00am
End: 2:00 pm



YES!!!

A great day of hunting, and a very wonderful fox!



MFH Jimmy took the hounds in towards the stone pile. Hounds worked a line slowly from the Stone pile to the Red Barn by the Township Woods, then they went! What a sound & what a sight with 51 hounds- it was wonderful. Hounds went along by the new bridge and then up across towards the Hollow Road and the Power lines.

Amish had spread a lot of manure/sludge on the one field by the power lines which made it slow going as the hounds kept the line up through to the next strip of woods. Since the hounds were slowed down they worked through the woods pretty quiet. Fox was waiting for us in the next covert... literally... just waiting and hoping over logs and then would turn around and see how far the hounds were behind him. It was a sight.



The fox played around for a while and then popped out of the woods and flew across the wheat field towards Pumping Station Road with hound right on his trail. If I wasn't galloping towards Pumping Station Road I would have taken a video. Sound again was incredible!

The fox took the hounds along the stream and rocky cliffs around the road and then took out across the open field towards Albrights but crossed the road. We pulled the hounds up before crossing the road, because that country was a whole new day of hunting, and we would have needed new horses!

It was a really great run, and we covered a lot of River Hills Country! Yeeeeha! Ready for tomorrow? (Red Pump - 10:00am)