Hunting Wednesday October 10, 2007 08:30AM
Busch Wildlife Area

Huntsman: Eleanor Hartwell

Whips: Jill Wagenknecht, John Korenak, Gene Deutsch, Lee Deutsch,
First Field: Tess Fleishli (fieldmaster), Leslie Ayers, Robert Millbaugh, Lei Ruckle, Sue Marshall, Leslie Granger, Werner Kugler, Gerda Kugler, Jane Liesmann, Debbie Hogan,

GPS readings, my cats dumped the GPS in the trash but we were out four hours.

It was a beautiful but warm day. We finally had weather cool enough to wear our hunt coats. We parked at the maintenance shed where we normally meet. Eleanor decided to take off from there so we unloaded our horses. The temperature started at 51 degrees and increased to 60 degrees. Barometric pressure was falling and it was sunny. The ground was dry. Winds were light from the Northwest.

We started out in thick grass behind lake 15. The hounds worked hard but there was no scent to be found. We mostly walked the entire time with a little trotting here and there. It was basically a nice trail ride. A good experience for the five year old horse I was on. We were out about three hours.

Leslie Ayeres brought after hunt refreshments but I couldn't stay. Had to get in to work. Unfortunately this just caused me to sit in traffic on Hwy D for a half hour due to a school bus accident.