Second Annual

Kansas Hunt Week
October 5–12, 2024

Kansas Hunt Week

Six days of hunting, three packs, four fixtures!

This year’s Kansas Hunt Week features the Flint Hills Hunt, Fort Leavenworth Hunt, and the Juan Tomás Hounds. We will start and end the week at the FLH fixture near Ft. Leavenworth. Monday through Friday we will be in the Flint Hills. The final hunt will be FLH’s formal opening!

All hunts will be informal/ratcatcher and will start at 9am (unless weather dictates otherwise) except for the opening hunt on Saturday the 12th, which will be formal and start at 10am. (Stirrup cup and blessing of the hounds at 9/9:30.)

Schedule

Saturday (10/5): Welcome Party at Fain’s

Sunday (10/6): FLH at McGuire’s

Monday (10/7): FHH at Matfield Green

Tuesday (10/8): JTH at Division Ranch

Wednesday (10/9): Trail Ride/Social/Bye Hunt

Thursday (10/10): JTH at Division Ranch

Friday (10/11): FHH at Settlers Acre

Saturday (10/12): FLH Opening at McGuire’s

Fees

Capping is 75 dollars per day or 350 dollars for the week. Capping fees are waived for members of participating hunts. Welcome party and FLH Opening Hunt stirrup cup, whoopie wagon, and breakfast are included for guests. (FLH members, please register and pay for opening hunt breakfast separately.) Stirrup cups and whoopie wagons will be available at other hunts depending on availability of “ground support.”

**NOTE: If you are a guest and plan to attend opening hunt as a cartopper rather than mounted, please note that in the comments area. If you will be unmounted for any of the Hunt Week hunts and are interested in helping with a stirrup cup or whoopie wagon, please contact Missy Hill via email or at 509-954-6051.**

McGuire's Fixture

Fort Leavenworth Hunt’s McGuire’s fixture is located at 251st and Bayle Road in Easton, KS (about 25 minutes away from Fort Leavenworth, where the FLH hounds reside). The terrain includes open fields, wooded areas, stream crossings, a few steep hills, and plenty of coops. We will have four fields (first, second, hilltop, and walk-trot). There is a “clubhouse” with seating and refrigerators of cold beverages and a portable toilet on site. Water is available and there is a dedicated area for rinsing horses. Leavenworth is the closest city for accommodations.

Flint Hills Fixtures

Our Flint Hills fixtures feature wide open spaces and rolling hills dotted with draws, ponds, and a few wooded areas. You can really see the hounds work out there! There are no coops, but you may encounter some ditches or gullies. We will have a first and second field, but with the open terrain, once hounds are on line things move fast and we cover a lot of ground, so a fit horse is a must! There are no “amenities” at two of these fixtures, but we are exploring the option of having a portable toilet on site and plan to have a truck with a water tank so that horses don’t go thirsty. Towns near these fixtures include Cottonwood Falls, Strong City, Council Grove, and Emporia. Our Settlers Acre fixture, home of Flint Hills Hunt, will have limited space for boarding and parking trailers. Please contact Carlie Beisel (816-810-3893) for details. Strong city has a rodeo ground that will have pens and trailer parking available with water and bathrooms (with showers) onsite. More details will be posted when available. 

2024 KS Hunt Week Registration

Name
Email
Hunt Affiliation
Phone
Which days do you plan to hunt?

Would you be interested in any of the following activities on Wednesday?

Do you plan to stay for the catered breakfast after the FLH Opening Hunt (10/12)?

T-shirts (short-sleeved) featuring the Hunt Week logo will be available for 20 dollars if purchased at time of registration. (May be purchased on-site for 25 dollars.) If you would like to purchase a shirt, please indicate your preferred size.

Already registered and need to pay? Use the links below!

Hunt Week – Daily Cap
Hunt Week – All Six Days
Hunt Week Shirt