Hunting horn

[arizonahoney]

Where can one find out what each blast signifies? I have tried asking my fellow mounted followers, but they tend to be as clueless / vague as me

 

[JenHunt]

see if you can talk to one of the whips or the huntsman at a social?

or, there used to be a description in the pony club hunting booklet....

or, this might help! http://www.albrightonwoodlandhunt.co.uk/downloads/Horn Calls.pdf

 

[arizonahoney]

Aha, thanks Jen!

 

[sharky]

sadly it's a Sab site but some good calls and information on it

http://www.nwhsa.org.uk/horn.html

 

[arizonahoney]

And thank you, Sharky... Better not have a play with it at work, otherwise they will a) know I am definitely time wasting and b) think I am even odder than they suspected

 

[sharky]

And thank you, Sharky... Better not have a play with it at work, otherwise they will a) know I am definitely time wasting and b) think I am even odder than they suspected

I've bought a horn to practice - i use it in the car on the way to work (M25 is boring). must seem a strange sight - a man in a dirty jeep blowing a hunting horn.

Takes a while to get the right noise and action for a non music person like me.

 

[arizonahoney]

Hahaha! And how's your holloa-ing coming along?

 

[sharky]

Hahaha! And how's your holloa-ing coming along?

waaahhhhhhhhhhhooooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!!

not bad

 

[Double_choc_lab]

I thought about getting a ringtone but imagined the problem if it went off whilst out following hounds. Not a popular person

 

[combat_claire]

I thought about getting a ringtone but imagined the problem if it went off whilst out following hounds. Not a popular person

Hah! When they were really popular hunt meetings would grind to a halt when the ringtone went off as everyone had to check their phones to see if the call was for them!!

Try this CD for some pointers

http://www.countryside-video.co.uk/shop-item-Hunting-Horn-Calls---CD_1_108.php

 

[JenHunt]

I thought about getting a ringtone but imagined the problem if it went off whilst out following hounds. Not a popular person

it was bad enough when it went off while you were hacking out!!

I made the mistake of having my phone on an audible setting whilst riding out bareback one summer. Cue being nearly bounced off the little terror as he was boinging all over the shop like zebadee looking for the hounds!

 

[Hacked_Off]

it was bad enough when it went off while you were hacking out!!

I made the mistake of having my phone on an audible setting whilst riding out bareback one summer. Cue being nearly bounced off the little terror as he was boinging all over the shop like zebadee looking for the hounds!

I've made this mistake as well my phone started blasting gone away, and we went from walking along on the buckle to cantering sideways down the lane. Good for waking him up in the school though

 

[Rowreach]

I used the sab sites when I was writing the hunting book for children - mine of information they were Bet they didn't plan on them being used to help out the young entry