Thank you for being part of Long Lake Hounds! As a member you not only get the option to ride to the hounds on a weekly basis and get invited to all the social gatherings of the hunt too. Your membership will keep our hounds happy and healthy and sustain the future of the club. Your membership fees will continue to ensure that hunting in Minnesota will be around for years to come!
Membership Levels
There is a membership level for everyone!
Capping fees for guests:
$40.00 – Informal Season
$60.00 – Formal Season
• Guests are limited to three caps per season, after three hunts guest are asked to become a member.
• All capping fees will be applied toward the cost of a membership if a guest decides to join.
Individual $1550
Benefits include:
- Individual on the membership is invited to all hunts throughout the 2020 Season
- Individual on the membership is invited to all LLH member events which include hunt breakfasts, activities, and member only events
- Membership price at the Hunter Paces.
- A subscription to Covertside magazine which is produced by the Masters of the Foxhounds Association
Family $2,050
Benefits include all those of an individual level applied to all immediate members of one family until they are 21 years old or at the discretion of the Masters.
Young Adult $600 (between 19 and 30 years of age)
Benefits include all those of an individual level but only for those between the ages of 19 and 30.
Summer $775 (first year of membership only)
- Invited to all informal hunts July and August
- Invited to all LLH member events
- Membership price at the Hunter Paces
*If someone wishes to continue hunting during the formal season, the fee is applied to the cost of an Individual Membership.
Junior Rider $300 (under 19 years of age)
Benefits are all those of an individual level but only for those under 19.
* Pony Club Members hunt for free their first year. A voluntary contribution to the Kennel Fund is encouraged.
Social Member $250
- Individual may participate in three hunts with the capping fee waived. A new social member for their first year may participate in a total of six hunts (paying the capping fee for non-waived hunts) before asked to become a full member.
- Invited to all LLH member events
- Membership price at the Hunter Paces
Capping fees for guests:
$40.00 – Informal Season
$60.00 – Formal Season
• Guests are limited to three caps per season, after three hunts guest are asked to become a member.
• All capping fees will be applied toward the cost of a membership if a guest decides to join.
Individual $1550
Benefits include:
- Individual on the membership is invited to all hunts throughout the 2020 Season
- Individual on the membership is invited to all LLH member events which include hunt breakfasts, activities, and member only events
- Membership price at the Hunter Paces.
- A subscription to Covertside magazine which is produced by the Masters of the Foxhounds Association
Family $2,050
Benefits include all those of an individual level applied to all immediate members of one family until they are 21 years old or at the discretion of the Masters.
Young Adult $600 (between 19 and 30 years of age)
Benefits include all those of an individual level but only for those between the ages of 19 and 30.
Summer $775 (first year of membership only)
- Invited to all informal hunts July and August
- Invited to all LLH member events
- Membership price at the Hunter Paces
*If someone wishes to continue hunting during the formal season, the fee is applied to the cost of an Individual Membership.
Junior Rider $300 (under 19 years of age)
Benefits are all those of an individual level but only for those under 19.
* Pony Club Members hunt for free their first year. A voluntary contribution to the Kennel Fund is encouraged.
Social Member $250
- Individual may participate in three hunts with the capping fee waived. A new social member for their first year may participate in a total of six hunts (paying the capping fee for non-waived hunts) before asked to become a full member.
- Invited to all LLH member events
- Membership price at the Hunter Paces
Country Keeping
It is necessary to maintain those beautiful trails that members get to ride on during a hunt. Members ride on ATVs to take down low hanging branches or cut down trees that have fallen over the trails. Don't have a chain saw or loppers, no problem! You can still come and help move brush away that is cut down by other members. As a riding member we do ask that you help maintain the trails and do your part in Country Keeping.
For those who do not wish to work, a check for $100 per day ($200 total) is also acceptable, payable to the Long Lake Hounds. Each season a record of all country keeping efforts is maintained. Those not fulfilling their responsibility will be billed accordingly.
The countryside is divided into thirteen areas. Each area has a designated Country Keeping Leader(s). You may choose one of two options:
1.) Choose a Country Keeping Leader and assign yourself to his/her Country. The Leader will schedule specific times to do the work.
OR
2.) Contact one of the Masters to let them know your availability
Anyone unable to fulfill their country keeping duties may talk with one of the Master’s to arrange an alternative. Any questions, please see one of the Masters..
For those who do not wish to work, a check for $100 per day ($200 total) is also acceptable, payable to the Long Lake Hounds. Each season a record of all country keeping efforts is maintained. Those not fulfilling their responsibility will be billed accordingly.
The countryside is divided into thirteen areas. Each area has a designated Country Keeping Leader(s). You may choose one of two options:
1.) Choose a Country Keeping Leader and assign yourself to his/her Country. The Leader will schedule specific times to do the work.
OR
2.) Contact one of the Masters to let them know your availability
Anyone unable to fulfill their country keeping duties may talk with one of the Master’s to arrange an alternative. Any questions, please see one of the Masters..
Hunt Colors
Hunt Colors
The official colors of the LLH hunt are buff collar with gold piping and LLH buttons. The privilege of wearing the colors of the Long Lake Hounds is awarded at the discretion of the Joint Masters to members in good standing, on the basis of the following criteria:
Regularly and competently riding to hounds and observing all hunt rules and etiquette.
Turning out at meets appropriately dressed, on a clean horse with clean tack.
Willingness to work, build fences, and clear trails.
Conscientious maintenance of landowners’ good will.
Attendance at meetings and events.
Helping exercise hounds.
As a general rule, colors are not awarded to members until they have ridden with the Hunt at least two full seasons or more, and are only very rarely awarded to Juniors before their 16th birthday.
The official colors of the LLH hunt are buff collar with gold piping and LLH buttons. The privilege of wearing the colors of the Long Lake Hounds is awarded at the discretion of the Joint Masters to members in good standing, on the basis of the following criteria:
Regularly and competently riding to hounds and observing all hunt rules and etiquette.
Turning out at meets appropriately dressed, on a clean horse with clean tack.
Willingness to work, build fences, and clear trails.
Conscientious maintenance of landowners’ good will.
Attendance at meetings and events.
Helping exercise hounds.
As a general rule, colors are not awarded to members until they have ridden with the Hunt at least two full seasons or more, and are only very rarely awarded to Juniors before their 16th birthday.