L.A.R.S. Fox Hunt of 22 November 2003

By Brian KG4DIO 

It was an usually warm November day, a perfect day for a hunt.  At exactly 10am I pinpointed the fox's signal at 120 degrees on my beam antenna.  Then we all met at The Tractor Supply Co.,  Peter on his beam got a signal due south and when everyone got there we left and the hunt was on. 

I do need to mention here, this was the dagonest, toughest hunt yet.  We drove a 1/2 tank of gas out and spent 3.5 hours hunting that fox.  So to condense 3.5 hours into one small letter, we stopped at Sonny's BBQ Pit and got a reading.

  Also we stopped to get a reading at A&W rootbeer stand and had a very strong signal there pointing towards the train yard.  Spent an hour driving every silly little road around the train yard and then backtracked to A&W rootbeer stand. 

 I thought maybe it was a reflection off the big building in the train yard so after driving 30 minutes ended up at the old Corbin Hospital and even had a signal with the antenna off. 

 I wasted 30 more minutes discovering on a different hill the signal was towards Woodbine.  To make a long story short we ran around in circles for the next 2 hours in Woodbine (we met Peter and Cristy and Stephen many times because they were circling too!) and the road that the fox was actually on we had went just went a mile short of the fox and turned around 5 times because we would completely lose the signal and thought we were going away from it, what a smart fox using a beam and amplifier. 

 By far the hardest fox hunt I've ever been on.  We had signal with the antenna off everywhere in Woodbine, the fox is digging deep in his box of tricks. 

73's

Brian KG4DIO

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MOST OF THE HUNTERS GAVE UP AFTER ONLY 3 HOURS and 16 MINUTES!!!

And they were within a little over a 1000 feet as the crow flies (or about 3 ½ miles by road.

Brian KG4DIO and Diana KG4VRU find the Fox!!!!



The fox is in his lair at Leland's new home!



As the Fox barks in his lair miles away ---
Stan KD4ERF discusses the situation with the hounds!



The hounds are in deep thought and anticipation as
They plot their strategy for the capture!



Brian tries one direction after another as
He circles in for what he hopes is the sneaky fox!



After miles and miles of driving in circles, Brian
Finally arrives at the location of .....



T H E F O X !!!