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LOGGER'S SHEET

LOGGER: Greg Wood
REEL NUMBER: 2B    STAGE: C.C Plaza
DATE: 6-25-87      PRESENTOR: Glenn Hinson
GROUP NAME: Workshop on coon and fox hunting in North Carolina
REGION/STYLE: ______________________

PERFORMER(S)             INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION
Jack Lawrence, SC        Boone, NC - Watauga County                                    
Percy Calloway (77yrs)   Ash County, NC hunter/mailman
                                                   
CONTENTS
1. Jack Lawrence: fox horn (twice) 
2. Percy: personal history
3. Jack: foxhunting - foxes have different voices, too. Fox is smarter than the hound, in the end. Talks about the thrill of the sport and the breeding of hounds. 
4. Glenn: Foxhunting done on foot in mountains
5. Jack: mountain hunts done from highest peaks, reached by 4-wheel pickups. Foxes are quite tricky, so hounds might decide to chase another fox
6. Glenn: foxhunter takes time to stop, listen, and enjoy hunt, hour after hour by campfire late at night. 
7. 
8. Jack: "music" of foxhounds- 
story to illustrate the sounds- 
doesn't like to have anyone talk to him during hunt because of hounds...
9. recording: hunt sounds
10. Glenn:
11. Jack: tenor, alto, bass variation of hounds' voices
12. Glenn: And the fox? 
13. Jack: Fox may escape to a hole to end the hunt. 
14. Glenn: commentary on coon hunting - training the dog to "tree" a coon
15. Percy: game dogs in general 
           coon hunting for fur, in the past
           nowadays, the coon is usually released
           for another race
16. Glenn: Hound must pick up coon's scent and "tree" at it/ 
17. Percy: A coon dog has a much harder job, and it take about 3 yrs to train one
18. Glenn: comments about night hunting