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To: nathanbedford
German foxhunting sounds like a complete bust. We do about 50/50 red fox and coyote here, the coyotes will give you a run for your money, but they're too fast for the hounds, really. The Shamrock pack (which has been parceled out among members waiting the return of the day) is mostly English lemon-and-whites, while the Shakerag pack (much older hunt) is a mix of English and Virginia hounds.

I once drove a pony in a sulky, that's the extent of my driving experience! Never ridden a Holsteiner, we have a Hanoverian in the barn, but I look like a peanut up on top of him (I have short legs). I have never seen a Bavarian Warmblood -- what are they crossed with?

My girl is a pretty Thoroughbred, just at 16 hh, she's racing bred but you'd never know it, she couldn't catch cold if you spotted her two furlongs. But she's a sweet girl, a keen jumper and dead set reliable all day long.


22 posted on 09/16/2007 5:13:13 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: AnAmericanMother

you hunt coyote with hounds? on horse back?

i guess i’m just lazy. i’ll just set up with a .223 and pop ‘em from 100+yards.


23 posted on 09/17/2007 8:16:59 AM PDT by absolootezer0 (stop repeat offenders- don't re-elect them!)
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To: AnAmericanMother
the coyotes will give you a run for your money, but they're too fast for the hounds, really.

An old farmer and friend of mine in N.W. Kansas hunts coyotes with greyhounds. He has one real huge one which is part wolf, part Russian Wolfhound and part greyhound.........

They don't hunt with horses tho, only old flatbed pickups with the kennels on the back. They drive the old dirt roads with the "pack" in the kennels with their heads poked out the sides. When Kenny sees a coyote out in the field, the dogs usually do too and he pulls a cord that drops the sides of the kennel down then off the dogs go..............Then its buckle up for the ride of your life.

31 posted on 09/17/2007 1:31:40 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I could be Agent "HT")
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