We split up- Curtis was going to draw one side of the covert with his 3 1/2 couple while Tommy and I would come in from the other side with our 6 couple. Just after Tommy and I unkenneled our hounds, Curtis radioed and tally-ho'd a fox. Tommy and I quickly loaded ours back up ( GOOD HOUNDS!!), and hurried to join up with Curtis' just as they opened on the viewed fox. It was 8:35am.
This fox ran circles for close to an hour and a half but threatened to break his pattern and run to the highway at around 9:30. But it was a false alarm that left me jittery for the remainder of the run- and justifyably so. (The guys think I panic too soon,lol!) Because at just about 10am, the fox pointed his mask towards the highway again- and this time he meant to cross. Charles got turned by a car right at the side of the road, but his scent was swept downwind right into the road. (Tommy viewed the fox going back, but the hounds ran right smack into the roadway. Fortunately, he was right there to stop traffic.) We loaded all the hounds and quit for the day. (Bobby's hounds werent out today, and we are all hunting tomorrow. None of us want to go up against his fresh hounds with tired ones on a Christmas eve hunt !!)
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