I brought Rap and had parked my trailer at a blanket customers' house located about a mile or more away from where the hunted started .We had a nice warm-up hack over a rock-solid dirt road to catch up with the guys. If Rap wasnt sound, I'd know it real quick!
The video is chronological, so you will get an idea of how the day played out. The woods are very thick on the County House side, and thick and very swampy on the "branch" side. There was little open running today as the fox stayed in the woods most of the time.
Hounds found at 8:45 am, and the first couple minutes of the video shows Rap and me catching up with the pack . Hounds had split,jumping two foxes at the same time. But 5 1/2 couple quickly gave up their pilot and harked to the other bunch. (I do alot of counting heads when that happens,as you'll notice!) Also,remember that the FOV of this camera makes everything look farther away than it really is, most of the time when you see the hounds, i am right on top of them, watch full screen via Utube)
This fox stayed right in the County House ,running back and forth over the dirt lane that cuts through it several times. I guess he didnt want to run out in that wind, either! After about an hour and a half, hounds made a check in the woods and shut up completely, but for only about 45 seconds. When they began to tongue again, it sounded different, and the route of their pilot also changed. The fox made a couple swings through the north side of the woods and then crossed the dirt lane and took off through the branch side ,setting his sights for the Dead End woods. I'm pretty certain there was a fox tag-team switch at that check...
....Because this fox never returned to the County House Woods for the remainder of the chase, running the Dead End Woods side of the branch for the following 75 minutes. At about 11:20, I viewed him cross a path near Danny's Lot. The guys were out on a paved road, about 1/2 mile away, but had access to the area via a dirt drive.When I point and say,"he'll probably swing around", I was right. The fox made a circle back toward the dirt drive.
(Note: when I say "here they come' and you see a hound run past me and harking, that hound was not skirting. That was Bobby's dog, Roscoe,who Bobby had loaded a little earlier when I saw him getting ready to go "exploring" by himself, lol!. ) A hasty decision was made to break the pack, and the hound trucks were in position when Charles circled around and overtop of the drive. Nice. All hounds were on, and I noticed several had ice on their coats. By 11:30, all hounds were loaded and we decided to call it a day. Afterall, the Ravens game was to start at 1pm...
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