Ohio Cooperative Living outdoors editor W.H. “Chip” Gross spent a morning this past autumn observing a fox hunt with the 100-year-old Rocky Fork Headley Hunt in Gahanna, one of more than 100 such traditional foxhunting clubs throughout the U.S. and Canada. He returned with newfound admiration for the riders, their horses, the pack, and their prey.*
As seen in these photos, a dozen or more foxhounds can make up a pack for a day’s hunt.
Foxhounds are trained to return to the sound of a hunting horn following a chase.
