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Most Virginia foxhunting clubs are almost done with their 2010-11 season. While we are sad to see it over, summer brings opportunities for schooling new horses, walking out hounds, raising up foxhound puppies, trail clearing, and more. This is a great time to get involved in your local hunt and get to know the members. Then when cubbing starts in the fall you'll be part of the club and ready to go! Hunt clubs please send us your photos and articles and we'll be happy to share them on our site. Foxhunting is a long-standing Virginia tradition, ever since colonial times. George Washington kept a pack of foxhounds! To this day, our beautiful and gracious state is known as a mecca for fox hunters. We hope to impart to you some of the excitement and pure joy of mounted foxhunting in Virginia with news, articles, a calendar of events, a FAQs, hunt reports, and much more. Those of you who already know the “thrill of the chase” will use the site as a resource for finding places to hunt, links of interest to fox hunters, and news and other information. For those of you who have been thinking about hunting but don't know where to start, this is the place! Start with our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about hunting, and most of all, don't be afraid to contact us with your questions. Chances are if you are asking, someone else is wondering the same thing. Just click the contact us link and ask away! Cindy Morton, MFH Rockbridge Hunt
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Despite threatening weather, the 2nd Annual Maury River Hunter Trials was held April 2, 2011, at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, VA and enjoyed by over 70 competitors, numerous tailgaters, sponsors, spectators, volunteers and judges on the rolling cross country fields of the Horse Center. OrganizersThe event is run by the Virginia Horse Trials , headed by Brian and Penny Ross, in conjunction with the organizing committee of Donald Clark, Brooks Cushman, Henley Gabeau, Dr. M. Brent Hall, and Liz Kiss. Foxhunters themselves, the committee developed the hunter trials as a way to celebrate the end of the fox chasing season, to bring positive publicity to the sport, and to benefit the local hunt clubs. The committee plans for the hunter trials to be an annual event, with the 3rd running scheduled for April 7, 2012. |
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The Virginia Hunting Dog Alliance is announcing a new service to hunters who hunt with dogs in Virginia. We have created pages on our website http://www.vahda.org/ to report/list your missing, lost and stolen hunting dogs. We are offering the service free to all hunters who have lost hunting dogs in Virginia only. The site offers a number of unique features that we have not found on other sites. - All dogs will be reported as missing by email to every licensed county pound and animal shelter in Virginia that takes in stray dog in the state.
- You can include to digital pictures of each dog on the site.
- You will be able to print missing posters that include the pictures and a map of the location where the dogs was last seen.
- A state map of the missing dogs reported to us statewide is available on site to alert you to missing or stolen dogs that disappeared in your area.
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First time author Bill Miller has hit the ground running with his new novel, Heroes and Hounds. In the first week since publication more than 200 copies have been sold. Carly is 11 years old and lives with her grandfather on a 200-acre Virginia farm while both parents serve in the military overseas. She loves the farm, and befriends all of the animals including a sneaky red fox that stalks her grandfather's prize chickens. Her best friend is her pony, Monroe, who shares her enthusiasm for adventure. Carly's constant dream is to ride with the Riverdale Hunt Club that passes through her grandfather's property. |
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