Key Roles

Masters
The Masters supervise the breeding, care, and hunting of hounds. They schedule, plan, and manage the hunts. The masters provide the leadership and tone for the hunt club. They also make a great effort to maintain cordial relationships with landowners, over whose property we pass when we hunt.

Hunt Staff

Huntsman
The Huntsman is responsible for training and hunting the hounds, and for  directing the whippers-in (see below).

Whippers-Ins
The "Whips," or Whippers-in, as they are more formally known, are membersof the hunt club selected by the Master to assist in hunting the hounds.   They must understand the country and the hounds very well.

Foxes
The foxes are responsible for placing the scent along a prescribed course before the hunt.

Other Key Roles

Field Leaders
The Field Leaders lead the field of mounted riders.  They are responsible for ensuring that the field does not interfere with the hounds or the work of the Huntsman and her whippers-in. The Field Leaders try to give the field the best viewing of the hunting hounds.

Field Secretary
The Field Secretary is responsible for collecting capping fees, and recording the names of the riders hunting and their mounts.

Kennelman
The Kennelman lives in proximity to the kennel and is responsible for the daily care of the hounds and kennel.

Hound Truck Driver
The Hound Truck Driver transports our pack of hounds to and from the kennel to the hunt meetings and provides support at checkpoints during the hunt.

Landowners
Much of the land we ride through is privately owned.  Without the graciousness and generosity of the owners of this land, there would be no hunt.  We obtain permission from the all the landowners to ride over their land.