Hunting Saturday March 3, 2012 – 10:00AM
Valley Green Farm

Huntsman: Eleanor Hartwell (Seamus)

Whips: Gene Deutsch (Gus), Lee Deutsch (Belle), Mary Hensel (Toby), Tess Fleishli (Peter), Betsy Park (Waykeyan)

First Field: Jean Mutrux (PeeWee) Field master, Leslie Granger (Maurice)


14 1/2 couple hounds

Started at 10:00 AM

GPS readings 14.7 miles. Max speed 26.7 mph. Moving average 5.6 mph. 2 hours 38 minutes moving, 1 hour 42 minutes stopped Total time 4 hrs 20 minutes.

Lunch/Brunch – Provided by Beverly Stephens and Tony. Chili and Salad and a wonderful assortment of desserts.

It was 32 degrees when we started. A cold wind was blowing from the West. The temperature didn’t come up much as it was only 39 degrees at the end. Barometric pressure was falling.

We headed down to the creek and then worked northeast up the creek. Crossed the creek and headed to the dark house and then down the perimeter trail. Hounds found a line and we ended up over the hill past the hog farm and ended up a little west of Cadillac Creek.

Eleanor gathered hounds and then we headed east through Williamson’s. Hounds spoke again and headed east from Tim Brown’s. We followed down to the pipeline, listened and then headed west. Hounds were moving fast and we finally caught up to them when we were almost to cornerstone church road. Eleanor gathered them up and then we hunted back toward the club picking up hounds as we went.