THH, Mountain View, January 10,2023

 

Munchkin and I were out with THH this morning. With the warm weather we've had lately Munchkin has had some slow hunts. I think he has been really itching to run. This morning he got to run.

The first hour was a bit slow as the starting temperature was about 28. About twenty minutes in the hounds started working a line but it was sporadic and never really got going.

Then it warmed up and the hunt really heated up. We were a little over an hour in when the hounds hit and they took off fast. It was a fast run start to finish. We were flying even to the point of cantering downhill which cooked some peoples brakes. So the run ended up with the first flight leader and me running right behind the huntsman. It was like a private hunt. It was about a 30 minute run and we covered three miles. at the end the hounds had run the fox to ground.

The hounds were gathered and shortly after we were back on a fox again. The hounds took off down by the road and ran up Rosser mountain. It was a good 20 minute run but not the barn burner the first run was.

It was a great day! Munchkin and I covered 9.9 miles while Beth said the hounds covered 17. Somewhere on that big run Munchkin topped out at 21.5 MPH.

Per Beth Opitz, MFH and huntsman:

What a wonderful day of hunting yesterday from Mountain View. Thank you to Eldon Farms and Nancy Dillon. Yesterday was probably my favorite hunt of the season. A slow start, hounds exhibited their tenacity to slowly trail an old line of “Mr. Charles”.  After diligent work they finally hit the line hot, we had a wonderful gallop, all the while listening to the loud music of this keen pack. After about 30 minutes, our very sneaky pilot foiled the hounds when he ran in a big herd of cows, the line was not recovered. We continued hunting around the base of Rosser Mountain, hounds hit again. Scenting was getting worse, but the hounds worked and worked the line until they went to ground for a 20 minute run. Hounds put in 17 miles for the day, while we on horseback put in 11 miles. A fun day.