Hunting Saturday March 09th, 2008 10:00AM
Irish Fox Stables (Busch Wildlife)

Huntsman: Eleanor Hartwell (Wakeyan)

Whips: Jill Wagenknecht (Camo) (with Mary Smithing on Topsy), Gene Deutsch (Waffles), Lee Deutsch (Belle), Tess Fleishli, John Korenak (Titan)

First Field: Mary Hensel (fieldmaster)(on Toby) Robert Mihlbaugh, Stephanie Mihlbaugh (Spellbinder), Eddie Beyers, Margaret Engle (Maurice), Leslie Granger (Floyd), Jean Mutrux (PeeWee), Abby Mutrux, Shelby O’Leary (Tonka), Sue Marshall, Emily Korenak (Heather), Kate Heisler

Jr. Field: Lei Ruckle (Fieldmaster)(on Ronnie), Geri Waushausen (Rocky), Morgan Goe (April), Mackenzie Bussard (Bert), Diane Begemann (Spanky), Sarah Zenisek, Cissy Calvrid (Spirit), Beth Hussey, Charles Fairfax, plus several others.

11 1/2 couple hounds

GPS readings 11.3 miles 2 hours 25 minutes moving 1 hr 50 minutes stopped. Total time 4 hrs 15 minutes. Max speed 17.3 mph
Moving average 4.6 mph

Lunch/Brunch – Provided by Beth & John Korenak. Fried Chicken with beans, coleslaw, potato salad, and pies for dessert.

It was a warmer day but very muddy. The ground was still frozen when we started out but it warmed up quickly. . The temperature started at 37 degrees and went up to 53 degrees while we were hunting. Barometric pressure was falling. Winds were from the West at 4 to 10 mph.

Four people had come from the Columbia Dressage and Combined Training Association by invite and there were several people from Irish Fox stables.
We started out Irish Fox stables and headed east out the back into Busch Wildlife area. We then headed south toward D Hwy. She drew the wooded drainage area heading North East. Absolutely nothing was found. Usually we see many deer in Busch Wildlife and we saw three near the very end of the hunt. We heard an owl in the distance. There’s a theory that when owls are out during the day the scenting conditions are bad. So this must have been the case. We had two people with unscheduled dismounts. One was Emily when her horse lunged over a water and mud filled ditch. The other was Jane when she was grabbed by a vine while trying to avoid the nasty ditch along the road.