AFTER ACTION REPORT FROM THE ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS OF NY
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2021 STARS OF THE HUNT:
Bo
Hollie
Maidu
Mo
Music
Nasty
Poco
Sidney
The beagle posse was hot on
the scent of an elusive Adirondack snowshoe hare. Beagle music was reverberating
off the scenic landscape like a Mezzo-soprano wailing at Carnegie Hall. The
hounds were chasing snowshoe hare somewhere east of Old Forge, NY, the western
gateway to Adirondack Park. Although the beagles were hunting in eastern New
York State, only 200-miles from New York City, they were a universe away from
the pollution of city lights and the endless and fiercely competitive struggle
for wealth and power.
I was hunting snowshoe hare with the famed
Baker-Towner group. My beagles and me, for the third consecutive year, were elated
and honored to be hunting with these great hunters and their great hare hounds.
We were enjoying the simple life. This is life at
its finest.
I love New York, Maine and the Allegheny and all these
great places love me back.
Hunter of the hunt:
Nick Ochs
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| Mr. Matt Baker, owner and handler of Mo, Poco and Maidu. |
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| Nick Ochs, the only successful hare hunter of the hunt. |
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| L-R Nick Ochs, Joe Ewing, Roy Towner and Mark Baker. |
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| Hound of the hunt, Sidney Crosby. |
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| Fourth Lake in the Fulton Chain of Lakes. |
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| Labrador Lodge, our temporary forward basecamp. |
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| Hare hunters relax while watching hare hunting videos on YouTube. |
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| Hungry hare hunters line up for Thanksgiving Dinner in the Adirondacks. |
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| Mr. & Mrs. Roy Towner. |
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| Mr. Mark Baker. |
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Thanksgiving Dinner is served. |
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| L-R, Army Veteran Joe Ewing, Marine Corp Veteran LT Corso and Marine Corp Veteran Roy Towner. |
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| Mr. LT Corso. |
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| The hind foot of Nick's Adirondack snowshoe hare. |
