Real foxhunting country

Not just the last three remaining fields in an otherwise overdeveloped area – but nearly 100 magnificent square miles of hilltops, trees, stone walls, lush meadows, coops, babbling brooks, bridges, woods, ditches, and big green grassy wide open fields (and horse farms) that will take your breath away – whether you’re following by car, or out having the ride of your life. And whether you’ve come as a spectator, to learn how to foxhunt, or as part of a visiting Hunt, you’ll find The Metamora Hunt Country both welcoming and wonderful. And a place you will not soon forget.

Also not to be missed is our North Country: three newer fixtures near the towns of Clare, Farwell and Gladwin, where you’ll enjoy everything from rolling farmland, sandy soil and generous laneways conducive to galloping, to a vast network of logging trails and fire breaks through mature stands of trees. And where the field enjoys post-hunt gatherings at the Dougherty Inn in Clare and the Lost Arrow Resort in Gladwin — two of Michigan’s most charming and historic places to eat and stay.

All a world apart – but just a stone’s throw away. So come. Join us. Be our Guest.

The Quarry

They live here.  The fox and the coyote. And they know every inch of the place. Every hole in every tree stump. Every hiding place. Every water crossing.  And how to give our hounds a real run their money…which is what makes a view so exciting.  This is real sport. Not a drag or a simulation. And the quarry make it as challenging and unexpected as it is beautiful … especially when the mist holds the scent to the ground, and the hounds give chase, and the horses snort and seem almost to float through it all as if in a dream.  It’s a sight to behold, and a thrill to be part of.  So it only follows that our aim is merely to run the quarry “to ground”; the sport’s term for when a fox or coyote ends the day by taking refuge underground.

Special Thanks To Our Landowners

Without them, there would be no such special place as the Metamora Hunt Country, or our fixtures to the north; and no such thing as the Metamora Hunt. And a tradition that’s made the area unique for more than 80 years would disappear forever. So if you hunt with us, please say thank you to our landowners, at the meet or at a breakfast after the hunt.  Better yet, whenever you see them, because they helped make it possible.