THE LOYAL ORDER ON THE GREAT LAKES

TALLY HO!!

TO: THE LOYAL ORDER OF THE BIG WOODS HARE HUNTERS OF THE ALLEGHENY

FROM: THE HIGH HARE MAN AND CHAIRMAN

GREETINGS:

Last week, Wednesday and Thursday, several members of The Loyal Order ventured onto Lake Erie in search of that noblest of game fish, the walleye.

We certainly had a great time even though "Lady Luck" let us down on Thursday. We are planning another outing next year to try again.

Pictured Above: (L-R) The Chairman and BWHH

Joe Ewing, BWHH Chadd Murray, Fisherman Len Cherico,

BWHH and Board Member Ray Wolford and BWHH and

Board Member Bill Moreland. Not pictured but along

on the trip was Dick Derby.

On Wednesday, June 24, 2009 the Eagle Eye crew caught the walleye pictured above totalling

132 pounds. Certainly a nice catch. On Thursday the catch was down totalling only 70 pounds. A two day catch of 202 pounds is not bad but we have had better days and are looking forward to next year.

CLASSIC PEANUTS by Charles Shultz

PEANUTS by Charles Schulz

In case you can't read the small print.

Picture # 1: "ALL RIGHT, RISE AN'SHINE! IT'S RABBIT-CHASING TIME!!"

Picture #2: "OH GOOD GRIEF!"

Picture #3: "THE SNOW IS FRIESH AND THE AIR IS CLEAR...I PREDICT WE'LL SEE LOTS OF GAME!"

Picture #4: "WE'LL START HERE...THIS IS A BIG FIELD, AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PICK UP THE SCENT WITHOUT..."

Picture # 5: "WAKE UP!"

Picture # 6: "OKAY! HERE WE GO!!"

Picture # 7: "SNIF SNIF SNIF SNIF"

Picture # 8: "SNIF SNIF SNIF SNIF"

Picture # 9: "I GUESS WE'RE NOT GOING TO FIND ANY, SNOOPY, BUT AT LEAST WE TRIED..."

Picture # 10: "EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE FAILED, IT ALWAYS MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'VE DONE YOUR BEST!"

Picture #11: "I'D HATE TO DISILLUSION HER, BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A RABBIT SMELLS LIKE!"

PICTURES FROM PAST ADVENTURES

ON THE TUG HILL PLATEAU

TALLY HO!! and GREETINGS TO THE LOYAL ORDER OF THE BIG WOODS HARE HUNTERS OF THE ALLEGHENY.

Pictured above, from February 2005, are (L) the High Hare Man of The High Plateau, Joe Ewing, Sr. and (R) Board Member Ray Wolford and of course a magnificent Snowshoe Hare. The Hounds in the picture are (L) Little Toby Creek Patch and (R) her son Lucky, owned by Jim Hanson.

As I remember the snow was particularly deep and fluffy that day so we decided wisely to put out only two hounds. Patch and Lucky did a great job and Ray ended up with a trophy from the Tug Hill.

07/30/09 A funny little story I remembered while looking at this post.

We had a "guide" that day, I don't remember his name, provided by Harry Potter at the Salmon Heaven Lodge where were staying. As I remember, as soon as we entered the woods Lucky and Patch jumped a hare, a snowshoe hare or as I prefer "A magnificent Snowshoe Hare". Anyway the two hounds were doing a pretty fair job running the Hare and each time someone would glimpse the Hare they would alert everyone of their sighting over the hand held radios.

After almost an hour of this the guide who still remains nameless started asking everyone, "Why in the hell doesn't someone shoot the thing?" The response of course, to a man, was "The One Hour Rule". "What the hell is a one hour rule? Never heard of such a thing", he said.

Anyway, this Hare ran for a long time before Ray finally shot it. I remember the hounds taking it way down over the hill. It stayed for quite some time and sure enough when I went down it ran back up where I had just been patiently waiting. Well, not too patient.

I remember the Hare running across a big open field too.