Our First Fox Hunt
March 13, 2021
Vernon Lowery, KI5HGX
After the fun experience of the February T hunt, we were excited and nervous to try a hunt with a mobile Fox. With the Fox on the move, as soon as he released the Hounds to start hunting, we were a bit surprised when everyone almost immediately engaged the chase leaving us alone in the starting area. Being a ‘lowest mileage wins’ event, our strategy was to move only when we were confident of a good bearing and if possible, drive the bearing instead of triangulating.
As we started the hunt and moved closer to the Fox into a more populated area, we noticed folks giving us strange looks as we stood up thru the open roof swinging around in circles. The only way to get more attention would be if we were wearing tin foil hats. At the one hour mark and our 4th stop we were confident we had either come down a dead end path or we were right on top of the Fox. Luckily for us, 100 yards away around the next curve we found the Fox. As we waited for the other competitors to arrive and see who had the lowest mileage, we relaxed and enjoyed the Fox taunting the Hounds.
It was good to meet folks and be able to put faces with callsigns and names. We had a great time on our first fox hunt and plan on attending more events.
- Vernon Lowery, KI5HGX