It was a beautiful day. The temperatures were perfect and only the slightest of breezes. There was good moisture in the ground and the footing was pretty good. There was a big crowd out today with definitely north of 40 people and maybe close to 50. Ken Chapman was out car following and it was great to see him (even if he didn't bring his liquor box).
We headed by initially working around Schelford Farm and the crossed the river. Eventually we ended up by Carter's place. The hounds started speaking just off of Thompson Farm Road but then went silent. When the crossed the road and got back into the woods between Carter's place and Mint Meadows they really opened up.
They followed the line and headed down towards the river. It sounded like they were running the river below Carter's. They looped around and then started to head toward Free Union Rd. Mathew then started calling them in before they crossed the road. It seemed like it might be the end of the run when all of a sudden we could hear Deb calling loudly from just from the other side of the farm road. The hounds were still working the line and Mathew called them to follow to get to Deb's location. The pack got onto the line and it got hot until the fox definitely crossed Free Union Road into territory we couldn't hunt.
From there Mathew hunted in. We had one short 300 yard run when we were close to being back in. The hounds marked the ground and we headed in.
For the day we covered 7.5 MPH.
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