Wally and I had a really great morning today at FHC at Mount Fair. The weather was beautiful and we seem to keep getting just enough rain to keep scenting decent.
We were about 20 minutes into the hunt when the hounds got onto a line in the woods not far from the trailers. The fox cut up from the woods back into the field where it was viewed by third flight. It continued on past the old house and exited across the road. It was a short run but a good start to the day. Yellow line
Mathew then took the hounds back and went back into the woods just below the trailers. We weren't long in the woods when the hounds started to speak and head up the hill toward the barns. It seemed like the had lost but were actually running heal. They figure it out and got back in the right direction. They did a big loop and this time went up by the barns where the fox was viewed by the third field I believe. We dove back down the hill and into the woods. We came back out into the field to see Matthew sprint up the hill to stop the hounds as the fox had again ran out of the territory. Apparently there was a meeting of foxes and the outlined all of the territory boundaries. Orange line
After we went across Browns Mill to Deep Rock farm. We were about halfway up the new farm road when the hounds headed right and took off through the woods parallel to Browns Mill and along Doyles River. It wasn't long before the fox high tailed it down the road and out of the territory. He also must have attended the pre-hunt strategy meeting. Red Line
After that we called it a day. We covered about 7 miles on a brisk moving day.
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