Photo Gallery: Visit Opening Meets and Blessings Across the Continent

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Martha Drum

The mornings are cooler, huntsmen have sharpened up young entry and riders pull out their scarlet and black coats. From Canada to Georgia, formal hunt season is underway. Many hunts included the traditional Blessing of the Hounds observance at the start of the season, a tradition dating back centuries, and echoing the request for protection and good fortune from St. Hubert, patron saint of hunters. Enjoy this gallery of timeless images from eight different packs.

Kennel Tours Educate PDP Students

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Jennifer Hansen, huntsman, Woodbrook Hunt Club

Last month, we shared Part One of a report by Woodbrook Hunt Club Huntsman, Jennifer Hansen, about her experience as an apprentice judge at the Virginia Foxhound Show. Along with MFHA Professional Staff Development Program participants and program co-coordinator, Andrew Barclay, she spent the days after the show touring kennels at Warrenton, Old Dominion, Blue Ridge, and Piedmont. She shared the following observations from that portion of her educational weekend:

Photo Gallery: Elvis' Muddy Rescue

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Martha Drum - Photos by Cristi Collins

Closing meet at De La Brooke Foxhounds W (Md.) took a dramatic turn for Elvis, the horse, who became stuck on a partially submerged tree while trying to ford a creek.

Follow along with the pictures to see how staff and field members worked together to help extract him. Foxhunters are resourceful people, especially when one of our equines needs assistance! There will be dry cleaning bills. Photos by Cristi Collins

Bull Run Hunt Travels to Belle Meade Performance Trials

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Rosie Campbell, MFH, and Leta Stalnaker

A tenacious group of Bull Run Hunt (VA) members made the trek to Belle Meade Hunt, in Thomson, Georgia on Tuesday, January 19th, 2016. Talk of a weekend snowstorm was circling in the news, but it did nothing to dampen the excitement of the upcoming foxhunting adventures during Belle Meade’s Hound Trials. Charles Montgomery, the huntsman for Bull Run, and his wife Boo trailered 10 1/2 couple hounds and four horses to Belle Meade.

Whiskey Road Foxhounds' Hunt Week Highlights

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Cornelia Henderson, Hon. Secretary

What keeps foxhunters marking their calendars for the first week in February year after year? Whiskey Road Foxhounds’ Hunt Week!

Located in Aiken, South Carolina, WRFH’s Hunt Week boasts some of the finest hunting in the area, with a variety of fixtures and lots of parties.

While many other southern clubs have caught the hunt week fever, somehow, Whiskey Road’s version has stood the test of time, and with good reason.