Monday March 31 Grand Canyon Hounds Flagstaff, AZ

Monday March 31 Grand Canyon Hounds Flagstaff, AZ

We had a good day. Rode out with a field of 15, casting 14 couple at 9:00
AM. The weather was warm, approaching 60 degrees, the sun was out in full,
but we were blessed with a cool northerly breeze. We waived coats, but those
who took advantage were probably a little cool from time to time.

Anyway, we jumped a coyote at our first water and ran it hard for a mile and
half before the hounds checked and had to get down to work. They picked up
the scent and we had a four and a half mile run with the coyote, the whole
shebang taking about 40 minutes.

Grovsenor was really happy to see that the
lead hounds came out of bloodlines which he really liked, all tracing back
to Doc Addis. It took a while to regroup and get the hounds back to some
water.
Well, we sited again pretty quickly, possibly the same coyote. This
one took off like a bullet and the hounds never really got a hold. We
trailed it for about half an hour to no avail. Peter finally decided to go
north to give the hounds some more water (yes, hunting in Arizona is a lot
about going to water!).
Just before getting there, we viewed, the hounds got on and we ran full out for about four miles.
Adrian was in the lead, right with the coyote for the last three miles. The pack got strung out and the lead hounds, both first year entries, only yards behind the coyote, finally stopped.

Peter regrouped while Adrian sat with the coyote. But, when bought
to the line, the hounds just didn't have it in them. And, the coyote had had
time to think through his situation and bolted at full throttle.

By the way, we did all this in a 50,000 acre pasture. The closest we got to
a fence line all day was about a mile!

Susan Slocum
Treasurer
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
2910 Centre Pointe Drive
Roseville, MN 55113