Today Munchkin and I went for a change of scenery and were out with the Thornton Hill Hounds. We started out at the High Thicket fixture. I think it's been a decade since I've hunted from that area. I don't have a hound track today because I wasn't tracking the THH hounds. So all run routes are my best approximation.
We started to the north on a little loop away from the meet. We were on that loop and almost in sight of the trailers when the hounds hit. It started with a few but quickly the whole pack joined. With the tight little hills the sound was awesome. It was a steady run that generally continued north. We went for about fifteen minutes on that run. The yellow line on the map id the run.
We continued on north and then started to bring the track around. We had one aborted run along the way. Just as we were coming to the woods along the eastern base of Turkey Mountain the hounds started up again. It was a slow start but quickly built with sound avalanching down the side of the mountain. The hounds continued up the mountain with the fields following behind on a deer track. After a little bushwhacking we got to one of the trails. At this point the hounds were running above us just below the top of the ridge. We could always hear the hounds and depending upon the terrain get a pretty good view.
As the run went on the hounds started turn down the mountain towards Fletchers Mill Rd. It looked like they were going to keep following that line across the road but suddenly made a sharp turn and run right through the middle of the second flight. They did cross the road and headed south across an open field. They were running in the direction of Rudasil Mill Rd but instead bent south again. A little while later the run ended.
The day was called at that point. Munchkin and I covered about 8.5 miles while MFH Beth Opitz said the hounds did 11.5.
It always nice to get out and see different territory and a different pack of hounds from time to time. It's been probably 7-8 years since I was last out with THH and I'll have to make it a point to get back.
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