THH Kennels, August 12,2022

 It was a beautiful day to get out with the hounds this morning.  When we started out at 7:30, the temperatures were still in the 60's.  We spent a lot of time going through the woods and when we were finishing a light breeze had come along to refresh us at the end.

We started off heading parallel to 522, got onto Barret Ln and then headed up Little Mason.  We were about three quarters of the way up when the hounds hit. They were quickly over the top and heading towards 522 with the seeming intent to cross it.  However they ended up turning and running parallel to 522 until they lost back behind the pond.  Yellow line on map.

It was a nice start to the day.

After that we hooked around toward Rudasill Mill Rd before heading back onto Barret Ln.  We worked along the backside of Mason Mountain with not much happening.  The hounds did speak a few times but nothing developed.    We crossed the Thornton River and worked along the tree line.  

We had just turned to hunt back to the trailers when a few of the hounds that were trailing got on a fox and got running. (Orange line on map) They were pretty much making a beeline for Turkey Mountain.  They were across Fletchers Mill quickly and heading up the mountain.  I don't know if they got all the way to the top before they started turning to the west.  They came down the mountain and then seemed to be stock in a hollow on the side of the mountain.  Once things seemed to get static the hounds were gathered and we headed in.

On this beautiful fall day we had two good runs and covered about 10.6 miles.