Beautiful day today. A bit warm but the cloud cover kept things from being over cooked. The footing has been improving rapidly. The worst places are still the downhills which can be anything from greasy mud to crumbly. They really test the balance of horse and rider. Surprisingly there are still some places that are frozen.
Today we started out at Indian Echo but all the action actually happened at Yadkin. We came out of Indian Echo and followed Buck Mountain Creek north. It was pretty quiet as we made our way to McNeely's Shed and then crossing the road over to Yadkin. Matthew was working the hounds over to the Johnson's when they hit. It was a sputtering run initially with the hounds speaking off and on. They were heading north towards the power line before eventually coming south again toward the horse paddocks. They were in the woods just east of the paddocks and still speaking inconsistently when Matthew got them all together.
Once they were gathered, they moved in the direction of Buck Mountain and then they really took off. They went past the barns and really got moving up the mountain. They got to the top and the pack split into two groups. One group seem to start milling around and it was determined that they had put the fox to ground. It was a pretty good run even if it took us 4 miles to get there.
Matthew then started to hunt his way back and was at Mcneely's when he decided to call it a day. The hounds were pretty spent from the warm temps and from running the mountain.
For the day we covered 8.75 miles.
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