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Welcome to Foxhunting in Virginia PDF Print E-mail

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
& Cheryl Microutsicos, Stonewall Hounds

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Once back in kennels, at about a year old, the young hounds are gradually introduced to the discipline of belonging to a foxhound pack.  To start with, their exercise is confined to the kennel grounds, and they are taken out coupled to older hounds.  A 'couple' is two stout leather collars linked by a non-tangle chain about a foot long, so that every where the senior hound goes, the puppy must go too  Not all older hounds appreciate being attached to a mobile anchor, and the puppies, after the freedom of living with their walkers, find it puzzling, frustrating or infuriating, according to their nature.  There is a great deal of energetic pulling, and seldom in mutually-agreed directions.

Terence Carroll
Carroll, Terence, and Jim Meads. Diary of a Fox-Hunting Man. London: H. Hamilton, 1984 (p 35).