October 21, 2011
Filed under: 2011-2012 — Cheryl @ 2:53 pm
Reported by: Lili
Fixture: Bonnydale, 9 a.m.
Riders: Lili, Todd Kern, Huntsman for Snickersville Hounds, Kate, Cheryl, Gretel, Vicky, Terri, Judy, Susan, John, Terry, Grover, Julia Road Whips: Diane and Howard Car Followers: Brooks and friend
Weather: warm and sunny
Hounds: 15 couple
I.D. Awards: None!
Tailgate/Breakfast: Tailgate potluck
The Hunt: Tuesday Oct.19 we welcomed Todd Kern and 14 of his PMD crosses to join us for a weekday hunt. Todd was coming this way with a horse for one of his whips, Julia Bayliss, who is currently attending Sweet Briar college and hunting with us. This was very exciting for Stonewall because we had never hunted our country with a joint pack. Adding his 7 couple to our 8 and 1/2 couple made for a nice size pack. Todd anticipated a good run on something besides red fox, his usual quarry. He wanted to get his hounds on game that they normally don’t hunt, such as gray fox or bobcat or coyote. We have that type of varied game (and even an occasional bear) in our Stonewall country and not many red foxes. (more…)
September 19, 2011
Filed under: 2011-2012 — Cheryl @ 1:54 pm
Reported by: Lili
Fixture: Wallis Farm, 8 a.m.
Riders: Lili, Kate, Cheryl, Gretel, Jenner, Janet, Erin, Vicky, Terri. Road Whips: Mary K and Howard
Weather: cool and damp
Hounds: 10 couple
I.D. Awards: None!
Tailgate/Breakfast: Tailgate potluck
The Hunt: Saturday started out at 8am with wonderfully cool temperatures, 9 expectant riders and 10 couple of eager hounds (Jeremiah, Kaptain, Tenson, Solomon, Angus, Sargent, Sawyer, Jefferson, Texas, Bingo, Charlie, Clipper, Keysville, Sally, Adeline, Allison, Sarah, Jennie, Tequila and Bonnie).
First hounds worked hard and spoke briefly on an old line in the open hay field. As we moved on down the pine trail, Sally opened in the pines and worked her way out to Red Gate Rd. and ran out to the corn field with half the pack following but they lost. The other group composed of young hounds came out further down on a deer and were stopped immediately. I packed them up and quickly trotted down the gasline where Sally spoke again and ran in the woods parallel to us and toward 4 Post Rd. All crossed the gasline following Sally as she continued speaking with her short choppy voice. We heard Tenson open next with his loud multi-note voice before all the rest joined in and the air reverberated with hound music. Down, down to the creek they screamed. (more…)
September 18, 2010
Filed under: 2010-2011 — Cheryl @ 3:16 pm
Reported by: Cheryl
Fixture: Wallis Farm, 7:30 a.m.
Riders: Lili, Kate, Cheryl, Kay, Terry, Grover, Gretel, Liam Road Whips: Earl, Howard, Judy B
Weather: fairly warm and dry
Hounds: 8.5 couple
I.D. Awards: None! (Liam? did he make it 8 seconds? 
Tailgate/Breakfast: Tailgate potluck
The Hunt: Hounds found briefly in Loee’s field and in the woods between there and Stanley’s gate, but couldn’t take it anywhere. We worked around back to Loee’s field and they seemed to find again in the little field by the rider coop, took it up toward the Bulldozer field. Sally kept speaking in the pines, but nothing much happened and we retrieved them all and headed to 3 bridges.
On 3 Bridges trail Clara spoke, then we heard Kaptain further up, in the direction of last week’s bear. Hounds honored and we hurried up the DR Mower trail, only to hear them going away down Crane Creek (as usual!) (more…)
September 16, 2010
Filed under: 2010-2011 — goneaway2 @ 5:33 pm
Reported by: Lili
Fixture: Wallis Farm, 7:30 a.m.
Riders: Lili, Kate, Cheryl, Road Whips: Earl, Howard, Judy B
Weather: fairly warm and dry
Hounds: 6.5 couple
I.D. Awards: None!
Tailgate/Breakfast: Informal grab bag at Cheryl’s
The Hunt: Last Tuesday started out really slow. Only 7 couple ( four older couple out with various issues and 4&1/2 first year couple waiting in the wings to start) and three riders, Cheryl, Kate and I attempted to find some sport in this warm weather. We were joined by 4 truck followers: Earl, Howard, Judy and Jake Baldwin who lives and deer hunts this area.
We started on the Wallis farm in the nicely cut and opened pine trail. Hounds did work well the first hour despite no dew on the ground with Clara speaking a few times. We hunted over to the gasline and down to the hay field area. Still nothing. I was thinking that this wasn’t going to be a good day.
Then we went down the briery 4 post road. A new voice that might have been Sargent spoke loud and clear off to my right. (more…)
September 11, 2010
Filed under: 2010-2011 — Cheryl @ 2:21 pm
Reported by: Cheryl
Fixture: Sunny Day Farm, 7:30 a.m.
Riders: Lili, Kate, Cheryl, Earl, Howard, Vicky, Hope, Anne, and Sandy
Weather: cool and dry
Hounds: 7 couple
I.D. Awards: None!
Tailgate/Breakfast: Chicken salad, crackers & cheese, rolls, chips & salsa and cookies.
The Hunt: Started on Vicky’s trail and worked our way toward the Mushroom trail. As we crossed the creek, hounds started to run without speaking. Uh-oh…that usually means coyote. We heard them start speaking, but it was getting faint (crossed 601).
So Lili went back to Vicky’s trail and through Mr. Pickett’s. The field made their way down the Triangle trail out to 601. I left them to help Lili find her way over to the far side of Pickett’s as hounds had crossed the road and Kate had already flown across the road by Mr. Chamber’s logging road. (more…)
July 5, 2010
Filed under: General — Cheryl @ 9:43 am
Just thought I would pass some great foxhunting sites for summer entertainment:
www.mfha.com
MFHA website, remodeled and updated. Consider becoming a subscribing member if you are not already. You will get Covertside magazine and also support MFHA’s efforts to protect our sport.
www.ecovertside.net
Web companion to Covertside magazine, sign up for free email list.
www.foxhuntinglife.com
Comprehensive site and lots of great pictures… check out the Genesee Valley photos. Click on Horse & Hound then Photo Gallery to see all the galleries. (FYI It is a subscription website, but at this time the photo galleries are open for all. You don’t have to join to see them, but certainly can subscribe if you want, or sign up for their mailing list. )
www.foxhuntva.com
Cindy Morton (Rockbridge Hunt) and I put this together awhile back, it’s a good site but needs more content, so everyone post your articles and hunt reports, and send photos anytime! The calendar shows lots of foxhunting and hunter pace events. This is free and useful for all Virginia Hunts.
and of course… www.stonewallhounds.com we also have a photo gallery and calendar to keep up with our club.
Enjoy these and feel free to add comments with links to your favorite fox hunting websites!
January 12, 2010
Filed under: 2009-2010,Hunt Reports — Cheryl @ 8:05 pm
Today Lili, Kate, Jenner, Judy, Susan, Howard and I braved the hard icy footing again and took hounds out. We went to the Meadows, where we often run gray fox, in a smaller sort of contained area, hoping that it would not require us covering a lot of frozen ground. Following is my version, hopefully others will chime in with theirs!
Hounds found in the Church Pines, true to form, and went around in there a bit, then we figure the fox crossed the road, but hounds had a little trouble following. They finally struck again in the pines over on the other side of Plum Branch. I stayed at the end of farm road watching up and down Plum Branch Rd., and our road whip, Howard, was up further where a dirt road goes in the other side (normally Kate’s spot but she was back on the power line in case they went toward the woods).
I was watching intently sure I would see the fox come out. Judy and Susan came down behind me to watch too. I started thinking about moving to a non-covered area (the vineyard). I told them to watch up the road in case Howard can’t see down here. I turned my head, and heard, “Tally Ho!” Howard viewed a gray crossing back into the church pines. Susan caught a glimpse of it too! RATS I just missed the view.
Then all of a sudden I thought, I better get to the farm road to see if it crosses there. I galloped up to a place where I had a good view up the farm road and watched, and wondered…. would the fox cross, and would it be the same path he went in the other side?
Sure enough, after a just a bit it darted out and crossed the farm road in a straight and fast line right from where he came. WHEE!!! Up I go to see which hounds come out first. Allison was first on and came out to where it crossed, but she didn’t find the line on the other side right away. Lili came up and blew doubling and cheered the hounds onto the line. Then I saw Jazz coming up the farm road after Lili, and I thought, great, Jazz (the old lady) will help find it.
Just at that moment I noticed a little game trail going into the woods—and so did Jazz. Her nose went down, then up went her head and her beautiful booming voice echoed the call… “I found him I found him” and all hounds honored. Off they went.
I galloped up to the top and made a right toward the snow covered field up top and we listened to them go round and round trying to keep track of the fox, but he gave them the slip down in the snowy woods. At one point I was able to look down in the woods and see them all against the snow covered ground. Great sights and sounds for all of us who have missed hunting so much over the past month! Can’t wait to go again Saturday.
December 15, 2009
Filed under: General — Cheryl @ 7:15 am
December 7, 2009
Filed under: 2009-2010,Hunt Reports — goneaway2 @ 9:29 pm
Today was a fantastic hunt for all 8 riders but especially for Kate who saw the red fox within 10 feet of where she sat on Jane.
But back to the beginning of all the excitement. They started in Robinson’s cow field above Crane Creek with their heads up and a great burst of sound. (more…)
December 2, 2009
Filed under: 2009-2010,Hunt Reports — goneaway2 @ 9:03 pm
Yesterday at Wallis Farm, Jazz open first within minutes of the first draw in the pines right below 2 deer carcasses off Crane Creek Road. The other 15 hounds honored her and we were off to a very enjoyable run on what turned out to be a bobcat. (more…)
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