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Since the first Junior Hunter Pheasant Huntwas held by the Federation of Dutchess County Fish and Game Clubs in 1995, the hunt has been held every year since, except two.About 10 years ago extremely poor weather conditions left the fields flooded and forced the cancellation, and then last year — a year I’m sure none of us will ever forget — COVID restrictions left organizers no choice but to cancel the hunt.

Now called the David Wohlbach Memorial Hunt, it was the passion of Wohlbach until his untimely passing just weeks ahead of the event in 2014. The hunt is now organized by Anthony Pittore, also of the Dutchess Federation.

I recall conversations with Wohlbach when he was organizing the first hunt.He told me that he hopedthat it would be the first of many that would be held well into the future, and it…