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Biennial Staff Seminar 2012 Comes to the Heart of Hunt Country

A fundraiser to save foxhunting for future generations

Back by popular demand, the 2012 Biennial Staff Seminar will return to the Westfields Marriott in Chantilly, Virginia on April 21st & 22nd. Chantilly is located smack in the middle of beautiful, Virginia hunt country, less than 30 minutes from Middleburg and 10 minutes from Dulles Airport where there are more than …

Photo of the Month

Photo of the Month

Fox Running at Me, by Jim Duggan

To Ride or Not to Ride

That is the Question
By Julie Whitlock McKee

I was hunting with another hunt, Bear Creek Hounds, on March 6th. I was whipping-in and asked the huntsman which position would help him out the most, to follow in behind him or head out to Fincher Rd. He requested that I head to Fincher Rd. I took off at a good clip down the side of the driveway while saying 10-4 on the radio and before I could finish my horse hit a hole …

Kickoff Traditions

Hunts share their favorite ways to celebrate the start of a new season

It’s August and the Dogs Days of Summer are still in full swing. While many hunts are already into cubbing season, the promise of cooler evenings and brisk mornings is what makes toiling through these last hot and humid weeks worthwhile. Sometime in the next month or so those first hints of autumn will begin to appear — a few leaves changing color, the smell of wood smoke …

Charlie O’Neill, Former Kildare Foxhounds MFH

When you’re good, you’re good
by Noel Mullins

The recent passing in Ireland of County Kildare horseman and former Master of Foxhounds, Charlie O’Neill, will leave a void in many people’s lives, but mainly his family’s. If you met Charlie once, then he was an acquaintance and friend for life. People will remember hearing Charlie before seeing him, that hearty laugh and distinctive jolly voice was recognizable anywhere, whether in the hunting field, at Punchestown Races or the Cheltenham Racing …

The View From Down Here

Hunt Season is about to begin!
by Ziggy Pelham

My Handsome Facebook Profile Pic

It’s finally August!  That means that Tennessee Valley’s Hunt’s season begins in a few weeks — Wahooo!  I’m so excited. I can’t wait to get out hunting with our wonderful Penn-Marydel hounds again. I have been keeping an eye on the unentered puppies during the hound walks, and I am looking …