Hunting Saturday October 3rd, 2009 - 9:00AM
Valley Green Farm (Bridlespur Kennels)

Huntsman: Eleanor Hartwell (Max)

Whips: Gene Deutsch (Waffles), John Korenack (Rocky), Tess Fleishli (Abraham), Jill Wagenknect (Camo), Deb Daugherty (Big Sur)

First Field: Mary Hensel (fieldmaster) (on Toby), Leslie Granger (Maurice), Leslie Ayers (PT), Lauren Reitz (Roxy), Mackenzie Bussard (Bert).

Second Field: Anne Hoagland (fieldmaster), Gigi Harrow (Festus), Beverly Stevens (Courtney), Kevin Parentin (Izzy)

16 couple hounds

GPS readings 6.88 miles. Max Speed 20.5 mph Moving time 80 minutes, stopped time 75 minutes. Total time 2 hrs 35 minutes. Moving average 5.1 mph

Lunch/Brunch – Provided by Leslie Ayers. Egg strata, and sweet breads.

We finally had a nice cool crisp morning. We were able to wear hunt coats for the first time this season. It was overcast. Temperature ranged from 50 to 54 deg. F. Wind was from the west at 2-7 mph. The Barometric pressure was rising. There were storms moving to the North of us.

We headed up the driveway and then headed south along the fence line by Hwy HH. We followed the edge of the woods to the bluffs over the creek and then headed back north along the bluffs. We went down the hill and back onto the road by the kennels. We crossed the creek and headed back south toward the hog farm. Hounds picked up the scent and started speaking and heading south. They ended up crossing Hwy Z to the south. It was an area we could not go. We headed in while staff gathered hounds.