The puppies' entry into the pack could not have gone better on Thursday, March, 29.
We had a small pack of 8 1/2 couple, including 2 couple of new entry. It was already very windy at the first draw, and the gusts were to be in excess of 40mph again by afternoon.
We met at 8:30am, and had hoped to find a fox and put him to ground before 11am.
It almost didn't work out that way because it took 3 casts and 2 hours to find a fox that was above ground!
Finally, at 10:30, a fox was found in Miller's branch. Bobby's and my hounds were on the ground at the draw, and all of them opened at one time. They must have run right into the fox! Tommy harked his, but not before I got a great view of the strike hounds as they crossed over a clearing. Wes had viewed the fox , but I didnt get there in time. No matter, all I cared about was getting a view of the puppies.
This fox ran for only 20minutes, but he/she covered alot of open copuntry before going to ground in the Little Cole Woods. Bobby got another view of the hounds a few minutes before the fox went in. He said that all were on, but Reilly and Raven were last coming across the wheat and trying as hard as they could to keep up! Wish I could have seen that! Bobby was laughing as he described how hard those two were trying their best to stay up with the others.
When we got to the woods, all hounds came right to us as we called them away from the hole , and Reilly was the first one to jump into Bobby's hound truck ( again!!).
The first draws, although blank, were excellent experiences for the puppies. Reilly went away from me and went right with Bobby as he made the first draw-that was great. She wants to hunt!!!
All of the puppies performed well, no problems with any of them. Now I just wish I had one more bitch from that litter....
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