Filed under: 2008-2009 — Cheryl @ 6:32 am
Fixture:Â Wallis Farm, 8:30Â a.m.
Members: Lili, Kate, Tom, Judy, Mary K, Cheryl, Janice, Earl, & Howard
Guests:Â Wendy and Paula
Weather:Â mild and fairly sunny
Hounds:Â 7 couple
I.D. Awards:Â None
Tailgate/Breakfast:Â Â Everyone brought a little something!
The Hunt: Started off back behind parking area, and hounds found in the woods where they hunted a viewed gray fox last time. They spoke here and there and ran between the cedar stump field and Mr. Robinson’s silos back and forth and back and forth. I was riding with Mary K far out of it all, so I don’t have much to report, but to tell you the hounds are doing great and we hope to see more of you out soon!
Cheryl M.
Filed under: General — Cheryl @ 11:40 am
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Thank you to all of our Stonewall members and friends who attended this meeting. You all can add comments, so please feel free to add your two cents here by clicking “comments” and posting yours!
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Here is my rendition of the central VA meeting in Appomattox.
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MANY hunters were present and many spoke. The majority spoke of how they were in favor of hunting with hounds and did not want to see laws changed, but do support better enforcement of laws on the books. Right to Retrieve was especially stressed as important, for safety of hounds. Also, a good point was brought out that having this survey just gives fuel to the antis fire that there is SOMETHING to study or worry about in the first place.We had mounted foxhunt members from Stonewall Hounds, Farmington Hunt, Bedford County Hunt, Caroline Hunt, Deep Run Hunt… Good support by the foxhunters, both mounted and unmounted.Out of the few dozen people who spoke, 3 had concerns against hunting with hounds. One was a still hunter who said he gave permission to all still hunters to hunt his property but did not want hound hunters on his property (I do think some of the still hunters worry that the hounds mess up their hunting, but not sure if that was his deal or not).
Another was a woman who said she was NOT against hunting, or hunting hounds, but she wanted someone to pay more attention to the “starved and neglected” hounds. She repeated that many of the hounds were in good shape and obviously well cared for, but she wanted to see more action against those that weren’t. The other guy… I can’t really figure out what he was saying. Something like everything changes with the times and hunting will too. I think his was a property issue as well, but it was hard to understand him.
Many of our foxhunters from the above hunts did speak, as well as deer, bear, coon, rabbit, and unmounted foxhunters. Most got their point across concisely, and ALL passionately, that’s for sure. I tell you the deer hound hunters, and really all the other types of hound hunters, are just as passionate than us foxhunters about their sport.
Hope others will fill in what they got out of it. I will say it sure was a thrill to have so many hound hunters in one place, all diverse but coming together for one joint purpose and sharing their passion for the sport we love…hunting with hounds. Keep the sport alive by keeping active in voicing your opinions and voting for those who will preserve hunting with hounds in Virginia.
Cheryl Microutsicos
Stonewall Hounds
Central Virginia
www.stonewallhounds.com
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