It was a gorgeous day, at least I thought it was. When I got to the meet the temperature was about 46. Then I stepped out of the truck into a stiff, cutting wind. I was hopeful that we could get out of the wind and find something.
So the hunt started slow. The hounds spoke a few times but nothing developed. We were about an hour and half in when we just had come down into the field. This is the string of fields along Quarter Creek one of which has the porta-potty in it. The hounds started speaking but it was a bit disorganized. Mathew then moved the hounds a bit and we were off and running. They initially started back up the hill but then started to circle toward the house along Morning Glory Lane.
The second flight viewed and it was a coyote.
The coyote and hounds kept circling and were coming around us between the field and Welsh Road. They kept going on that route in the direction of Still Pond Farm. They spent a bit of time in the loblolly pine woods before seeming to start back in the opposite direction. The hounds went quiet and I am thinking the coyote exited the territory. The hounds were gathered and the day was called.
The first flight covered a lot of ground, 11.6 miles for the day, but the hounds covered a lot more. When we were gathering them at the end, there were some tired hounds. It doesn't show on the map but it seemed like there was quite a bit of back and forth, and some circling around.
It was a really good run under some tough conditions. For the day we covered 11.6 miles and First Flight topped out at 21 MPH today.
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