Showing posts with label Fox Hunt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fox Hunt. Show all posts

Thursday, November 27, 2008

2008 Piedmont Thanksgiving Hunt


Every Thanksgiving morning the Piedmont Hunt group organizes a fox hunt. They typically hunt every Thursday and Saturday, so of course Thanksgiving always overlaps that schedule. However, I think more folks come out for the turkey day chase. Today was a particularly good day. The weather was clear and brisk, my California butt was cold. It was a good hunt for spectating though, since the fox decided to run right by the spot I staked out.

This morning's event began at Oak Spring, the Mellon Estate which is apart of Rokeby Stables in Upperville, VA. The venue was conveniently just around the bend from my folk's farm. My father usually rides in the hunt too, but he's been sidelined with a shoulder injury like myself. He decided to fall off a horse and break his clavicle at the same time I opted for surgery. He claims he will be back at it next week...

I finally made use of a Flickr account and setup a set of pictures:
Piedmont Thanksgiving Day Hunt

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Saturday Sights


It is a little chilly as the pond has frost.


It isn't too unusual to find parts of deer carcasses.


I caught some deer running from a hunter.


The Piedmont Fox Hounds fox hunt calling it a day.