They hunt red and grey foxes, coyotes and bobcats in the pine woods of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Florida and the Carolinas. The stony fields and thick deciduous growth of New England make perfect covert for the red fox. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware offer a countryside closer to the traditional English landscape. Here, the fox is plentiful. Moving westward, there is hunting on the great plains of the Mid-west, in the high altitudes of the Rocky Mountains and along the shores of the Pacific Ocean.
Coyotes predominate as one moves westward.
Canada has the same variety of terrain and quarry as one moves from east to west. Foxhunting exists in thirty-five states and four Canadian provinces. To be a member of the Association a hunt must have the necessary number of qualified hounds, proper kennel facilities, a hunt country of sufficient size that does not conflict with another hunt and an established organization. The Association encourages membership as the best way to keep up the high sporting standards it insists upon. The Masters of Foxhound Association insists on compliance with its rules and standards in order to organize and supervise the conduct of the sport.