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| Tommy's puppy, T-Bone, after the hunt this morning - one tired pup! |
Our actual hunt:
We began the draw at 7:45am, and it took until 8:35 for the hounds to get their fox to leave the covert where he had been tiptoeing around them for close to an hour. Hounds trailed him around the small covert the entire time. The hounds ran this fox well for another hour until their pilot ran a large swing in the open and back to a woods adjacent to a large den at the edge of a field. I think the fox was attempting a hand-off, but only 2 couple of hounds fell for the ruse. The others continued to pursue the original fox. My hounds and Tommy's pup were with with the larger bunch that stayed true to the first fox. (T-Bone had gotten a breather at one point earlier in the chase , when the fox crossed a road and Tommy loaded the puppy at the road . Later, when the fox crossed another road, Tommy let T-Bone back out again.)
At about 10:15, when the fox was making a run over yet another road, headed back to the covert where he had been jumped, all hounds were picked up. ( We are hunting again tomorrow, and I know they were thinking about Bobby's hounds being fresh from a day off! lol!) T-Bone did super! But he was ready to fall asleep only moments after he got back inside the hound truck.
Now, what I told Bobby:
He: "So, how did your hunt go?"
Me: "WOW, SUPER!!!! You Should have BEEN here!!! Tommy and I brought our puppies . We got a hot fox and the puppies were running 4th and 5th - they ran for over 2 hours!!"
He: "REALly?"
Me: " Yeah, and at one point, they were even running him BY SIGHT!!! Ran him by sight right to the hole! They got a really good noseful at the den-Reilly was in up to her butt! And then... you're not gonna believe this..."
He: " what, what, you took your puppies when i 'm not there, huh."
Me (ignoring his comment): "THEN, the fox bolted out another hole in the den and Tommy's puppy almost ran right into it! He and the fox made eye contact!!"'
HE: "Damn. " Long silence.... then: "I'm bringing both my pups tomorrow".
It was all I could do not to bust out laughing and fess up that it was an April Fool joke. But he fell for it, totally. So as soon as I hung up , I called Tommy and asked him to go along with it.
As far as I know, Bobby still thinks I took Reilly. I guess his mind was so much on umpiring , that he didnt even realize the date Tommy and I will get an earful tomorrow, I'm sure.
And I am going to take Reilly, because I know all of the other puppies will be there...
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