LITTLE TOBY CREEK KENNEL MAKES THE BIG TIME

TALLY HO!!

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

WITH THANKS TO JIM TAYLOR, LITTLE TOBY CREEK KENNEL HAS MADE THE BIG TIME.

LITTLE TOBY CREEK KENNEL WAS A SPONSOR AT THE 2009 TREASURE LAKE LIONS CLUB CHARITY GOLF CLASSIC HELD ON JUNE 19.

ABOVE: Unknown Golfers stand by our sign.

FROM THE ARCHIVES

TALLY HO!!

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

GREETINGS:

IN THIS POST YOU WILL FIND SOME OFFERINGS FROM THE ARCHIVES.

MAINE HUNT 2000

March 24-April 1, 2000

Below: Four hare hunters ventured to the great state of Maine. Pictured are from left to right, Master Hare Hunter, from Shippenville, PA Mr. Andy Hoover, from Lucinda, PA, Hare Hunter J. R. Ewing, from Shippenville, PA, Master Hare Hunter Merle Wetzel and from West Freedom, PA Russ Wetzel.

The four ventured to Conklin's Lodge and Camps near Patten, Maine, 100 miles North of Bangor, Maine.

Above is the Lodge at Conklin's where some very good meals were served as I remember.

Below are the hounds staked out in front of the camps where we slept. The snow pack was about three feet deep and the shower was 100 yards from the sleeping quarters which left for many a cold walk at 3 am.

Below, left to right, Andy Hoover, Joe Ewing and Russ Wetzel.

Below, Merle Wetzel.

Below, the hare hunters starting out on the first day. It looks like a beautiful day in this picture. I remember a rainy day, at least one and leaving Merle's hound in the woods over night.

Below, Russ with maybe the first kill of the hunt or maybe Merle had the first kill. In any case it was one of them.

Below, Andy Hoover with harvested hare and his hounds Red and Luke.

The hounds did a great job as I remember but they were wore out at the end of the week. Besides Red and Luke, my hounds were John and Toby. Merle took a couple too.

PULLED FROM THE ARCHIVES

TALLY HO!!

FROM THE ARCHIVES!

BELOW IS AN ARTICLE FROM THE FOREST PRESS

DATED MARCH 7, 2001.

CAPTION ABOVE READS, "Joe Ewing (L) and Jim Hanson (R) with dogs and snowshoe hare on Adirondack Mountain Hunt."

CAPTION ABOVE READS, "Jim Hanson, Marienville, with snowshoe hare and beagles owned by Joe Ewing, Lucinda."

THE ABOVE SAYS THE FOLLOWING:

Local Hunter Ventures to Adirondacks

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from Adirondack Mountain and Steam Guide Service, led and owned by guide Jamie Frazier of Olmstedville, N.Y.

All hunters were successful as game was plentiful, but the weather and terrain presented a not before see challenge to the party of long time local hare hunters. Temperatures in the single digits and a snow pack of three to four feet slowed cross country travel. Snowshoes were a must at all times in a deep sea of white hard pack to traverse the terrain at high altitudes of three to four feet. High winds on Saturday, February 17Th bottomed out the wind chill factor at 40 degrees below zero.

The highly successful hunters of the "big woods" of the Allegheny National Forest declared that this trip was "no Sunday school picnic and should not be attempted by your garden variety hunter." The local hunters hunt and train themselves and their dogs regularly throughout the year in the Bluejay-Lynch areas of the Allegheny National Forest. The party was accompanied by four highly trained beagles owned by Ewing.

Guides with years of experience in the regions of the Adirondacks with survival training was the ultimate key to a successful hunt.

THE LOYAL ORDER ON THE GREAT LAKES

FINIALLY A FULL CREW

A full crew of fisherman made it to the lake on Thursday, June 25, '09.

Pictured at left from left to right on the front row are: High Hare Man and Chairman of The Loyal Order of The Big Woods Hare Hunters of the Allegheny Joe Ewing, Sr. from Lucinda, PA and BWHH and Board Member Bill Moreland from Alden, New York.

On the back row from left to right are:
Fisherman Dick Derby from Sigel, PA, Fisherman Len Cherico from Sigel PA, BWHH Chadd Murray from Clarion, PA and BWHH and Board Member from Orchard Park, NY, Ray Wolford