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:
$60.00 – Informal Season
$80.00 – 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 $1650
Benefits include:
- Individual on the membership is invited to all hunts throughout the 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 $2,150
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 18 and 30 years of age)
Benefits include all those of an individual level but only for those between the ages of 18 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 18 years of age)
Benefits are all those of an individual level but only for those under 18.
* 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:
$60.00 – Informal Season
$80.00 – 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 $1650
Benefits include:
- Individual on the membership is invited to all hunts throughout the 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 $2,150
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 18 and 30 years of age)
Benefits include all those of an individual level but only for those between the ages of 18 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 18 years of age)
Benefits are all those of an individual level but only for those under 18.
* 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
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.