Wolf Creek Hunt
1529 S. Wolf Creek Rd.,
Carbondale, Illinois 62901.
Established 1969.
Registered 1969.
Recognized 2003.
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Hunt Attire: Scarlet, Confederate gray collar, Union blue piping. Evening–scarlet, Confederate gray collar, white satin lapels. MFHs: (1969) Herbert M. Hinz, P.O. Box 2779, Palatine, IL 60074, Tel: 312-359-2211; (1969) Thomas J. Throgmorton, 395 S. Wolf Creek Rd., Carbondale, IL 62901, Tel: 618-964-1811; Carbondale, IL 62901, Tel: 618-964-1667, (2002) Winston Throgmorton, 1529 S. Wolf Creek Rd., Carbondale, IL 62901, Tel.: 618-964-1667. Hon. Sec.: Lucy Mezo, 12681 Honeysuckle Hills Ln., Marion, IL 62959, Tel: 618-993-5379. Huntsman: Winston Throgmorton, jt.-MFH. Whippers-In: (Prof) Angela Throgmorton. Kennelman: (Prof) Angela Throgmorton. Kennels: Carbondale, Ill. Foxhounds: 24 couples Crossbred. Hunting: Fox, coyote. Season: Mid-September–February. Meet: Wednesdays and Sundays. Visitors permitted to hunt–for details contact the Huntsman. Hounds went out 41 times last season.
The country is 15 by 12 miles, with rolling hills, pastures, forests, rocky streams with lakes and some agricultural land. Fences are coops, post and rails and stone walls. The Southern Illinois Open Hunt merged with the Wolf Creek in 1982.
