Fox Hunt - Part 2 - Shannon County Film Digitization Project

Camera roll 322 is one of seven rolls (321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327) filmed during an early morning fox hunt with Seaman Rayfield, Edward Piatt, and Edward's nephew, Eugene. While a fox hunt provides the setting for this series of rolls, most of the footage consists of conversations among the participants and responses to questions asked by the filmmakers. The material covers a wide range of topics, often with humor, and often in the form of a story. In roll 322, Seaman and Edward start out talking about the distinctive "mouths" of their dogs and about the lineage of their hounds. The conversation then turns to the way dogs face dying, with Seaman describing how his prefer to go off by themselves when they are about to die. Both men then talk about their experiences breeding and selling dogs, the effect that fox hunting has had on their marriages, and how they got started hunting. The last part of the roll is conversation between Seaman and Edward about the cleverness of foxes, and the personalities and hunting prowess of some of the dogs they have owned. Footage shot on May 31, 1979, in Shannon County, Missouri.
Part of the raw footage recorded 1978-1979 for the 1981 documentary motion pictures "Shannon County: Home" and "Shannon County: Hearts of the Children." Located in Special Collections, Meyer Library, Missouri State University.
For more information on the Shannon County Film Digitization Project: purl.missouristate.edu/library...

[@jelly7310]

I could stand out there and listen to them fellers talk all day. The older man really reminds me of my grandpa

[@rickyratliff3828]

Yes I love this reminds me of hunting with my dad .

[@danielcrawley8407]

Love this I’m a houndsman myself

[@timholcomb9926]

You know at all my hunting dogs you are at you hit the nail on the head wow just wondering done and old and they know it they hit the woods and pass on never thought I ever hear anybody else say anything about it

[@crawwwfishh3284]

Couldn’t believe a gray could climb a tree. Saw a ground hog climb a tree.

[@equine2020]

Yes, a fox can climb a tree. We've treed them. They've won the day, & we head back to the stables.

[@crawwwfishh3284]

@@equine2020 That’s how them damn coyotes came to the southeast US. Fox hunters got tired of the fox going underground so they bought yotes for their running pens BUT they didn’t know the yotes could climb the high fence. Plague to the land.

[@hwy2065]

Wonderful...

[@mattg3696]

Lol this all there is to fox hunting? This is the best part my man.

[@kennethheern4896]

Spent a lot of nights listening to the hounds wit my dad. If I’d ever killed a fox, dad would of whipped my butt.

[@kennethheern4896]

Does anyone know the name of the gentleman talking.

[@dotisgood]

Seaman McNail Rayfield was born March 12, 1917 in Eminence, MO the son of Samuel Rayfield and Anna (Swiney) Rayfield. He passed away October 3, 2012 at his home in Eminence, MO at the age of 95 years.

[@crawwwfishh3284]

@@dotisgood is any of them piatt boys living. They ain’t no family commented on these videos. Seems strange.

[@dotisgood]

@@crawwwfishh3284 don't know, I googled Seaman to find what I posted

[@crawwwfishh3284]

@@dotisgood Thanks.