Foxhunting goes back to the very earliest of colonial times, with much of our information about early foxhunting from George Washington, who was a devoted foxhunter and kept a pack of hounds.

Limestone Creek Hunt was formally organized on September 20, 1939 by a small group of horsemen from the Syracuse area. Edward A. Hunt was elected its first Master, and his first duty was to secure several couples of English hounds from Rocky Fork Hunt in Columbus, Ohio and Welch Hounds from Genesee Valley Hunt, to begin a local breeding program. First hunts were held west of Syracuse on the Strickland farm, and in the Manlius and Fayetteville areas. Dwight Winkelman continued the tradition until World War II, when all hunting was suspended, though non-hunting and social activities did go on, and a newsletter was sent to members in the service around the world.

The Hunt was reactivated in 1947, a clubhouse was added, and territory was expanded to include current hunt lands, and the old Hubbard farm in the Cazenovia area. In the 1970s, new territory was added in Skaneateles, and as lands are developed for housing we’ve gone further - most recently to the north of Cazenovia, to New Woodstock, and to the Vernon-Augusta area. We no longer have a clubhouse, but now own our own kennel, built with member contributions on land in Erieville, donated by a member.