Hunt Hot Line
828-863-2753

Masters:
Pat Hale
864-895-1126

Tot Goodwin
828-863-4250Tom Jackson
864-468-5087
Roger Smith
828-288-1797

 

Saturday Aug.28th hunt at Scotsgrove.(see Directions to Fixtures)..Saturday Sept.4th hunt the Kennels...at 7:30 .

Welcome to the Green Creek Hounds

The Green Creek Hounds was founded in 1988 by Margaret "Peg" Secor. Her intention was to get back to the grassroots of foxhunting, providing good sport as a natural part of the rural environment. In 1989 she was joined as Master by her husband Dick Secor and a short time later by John Burgess. The pack was composed of drafts from different hunts and was hunted by the Masters and an occasional guest huntsman. In 1990 the Masters convinced Jefferson "Tot" Goodwin to come for a temporary stay to give them a hand training their pack and starting a breeding program. He brought with him some of his own hounds which became the foundation of the hounds we have today. He liked this task so well that he was talked into staying and has been here ever since. With his guidance and careful breeding, Green Creek Hounds has one of the finest pack of hounds in the country today. After Dick Secor left and John Burgess died unexpectedly, Peg continued alone until an accident prompted her to ask Nan Hull and Pat Hale to step in and help run the hunt while she was incapacitated. A year later, in January 1997 she convinced them to become Masters and before she bowed out they made "Tot" the third Master. Nan met the man of her dreams and moved to Germany, so Pat and Tot started wooing Tom Jackson, who for six years would come from Atlanta to hunt. He finally agreed and moved here to became Master in 2000. In the summer of 2007 Roger B. Smith, the hunts largest Landowner and most enthusiastic supporter, agreed to come on board as a Master.


Green Creek Hounds starts it's cubbing season in mid-July at 7 AM. Hounds go out on Tuesdays and Saturday during July and August.....and Thursdays and Sundays for the remainder of the season. The attire is casual and the focus is on exciting, safe hunting. Tot encourages members and guests to ride close to him, giving them excellent views of hound work and first hand experience with foxhunting. Watching and hearing the 45-50 couple of hounds cover the countryside is an experience you will not soon forget. The pack consists mostly of Crossbreds with some English, American and July hounds. We hunt native red and gray fox, coyote and bobcat.


Green Creek's Charter extends through Polk and Cleveland Counties in North Carolina and Greenville and Union Counties in South Carolina. The hunt country is a medley of hills, streams, logging roads, vineyards and narrow wooded trails where long gallops will occasionally bring you out into grassy fields or on a hilltop with a breathtaking view of our beautiful Blue ridge Mountains. Our jumps are mostly coops and logs and are all optional. A well behaved, fit horse is recommended for this territory . Our formal season begins in November and finishes in early March.

We do extend our sincerest thanks to our Landowners for graciously allowing us to hunt their lands.

 

The Green Creek Hounds, Inc.
1764 Sandy Plains Road
Tryon, NC 28782
828.863.2753