Can anybody have these whips out hunting??

[junglediva]

I know the whippers inn and the huntsman use these but i was just wondering if anybody can use them (not on rounding up the hounds just basically holding the whips) because i saw a man with his two daughters coming out last year and they were new to the hunt and they all had these whips?

thanks

 

[LizzieJ]

Yep, anyone can

Hunt staff whips are white

 

[Clodagh]

They are useful for lots of things, especially keeping hounds out from under your horses legs, opening and closing gates and beating stubborn horses...joke, they aren't any good for that at all, you get in a knot.
Seriously they are worth having, but always make sure they have a thong, like the one in the pic, without is very wrong.
And never crack them, thats for hunt staff to do.

 

[Mike007]

Make sure you do know how to crack it and that your horse is used to it.Very usefull out hacking,if a dog chases your horse, and there are rare occasions out hunting when it is very usefull for example heading off hounds rioting after deer.