Fox hounds
- Thread starter ecampbell
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Yes, and he seemed to be alone. I run into fox hunters occasionally. I spent quite abit of time talking to 2 older men out by Friendship last month. They had 2 old pickups with home made kennels in the beds, lots of hounds. They are fox chasers not hunters. They enjoy the chase and the music.
On the other hand the week befor Carranza Road was lined with men in orange with shot guns and hounds and they confirmed that they were fox hunting, but to kill. This really annoys the old fox chasers who say that there are not many fox around and killing them ruins their sport. It's not like they are around farms where they can be distructive.
Ed,
At the recommendation of a friend I just picked up a book on Amazon called Chaseworld, Foxhunting and Storytelling in New Jersey's Pine Barrens. I have not yet read it but seems like I may have some time to do so this week. I see some of these guys with their dogs occasionally in our neck of the woods and apparently it's not too uncommon to lose track of a dog overnight. I would be a wreck.
At the recommendation of a friend I just picked up a book on Amazon called Chaseworld, Foxhunting and Storytelling in New Jersey's Pine Barrens. I have not yet read it but seems like I may have some time to do so this week. I see some of these guys with their dogs occasionally in our neck of the woods and apparently it's not too uncommon to lose track of a dog overnight. I would be a wreck.
Mounted fox hunting is still very much alive in NJ. I started hunting with the Monmouth County Hunt back in 1981. They are located in Allentown NJ and hunt primarily the Assunpink. We consider ourselves fox chasers and do not wish them harm, and BTW the fox is really smarter than those dumb hounds. My wife is a whip for them. The huntsman is in charge of the hounds and decides when to cast them into a promising cover. The huntsman is followed by the Master of the fox hounds who leads the field of horsemen. The huntsman is flanked at some distance by whips, so named because they use the crack of their whips to turn hounds who don't go where the huntsman wants them. Sometimes they try to run deer and coyote or get in trouble on a road. There's nothing like hear 20+ couple of hounds open up in a swamp (a couple is 2 hounds). The fox leads the hounds on a good run and we gallop away to follow.
I've spent many days searching for lost hounds.
I've spent many days searching for lost hounds.
So what do y'all think? Fox chasers or hunters? Or are there enough foxes for both? Is it true that there aren't many around? Foxes, I mean.
--G