Drag Hunting Opinions

[marmalade76]

I find this really interesting because I first started riding again after my 33 year break a year before the ban. A day out with our local hunt - a harrier pack - was considered a very 'tame' affair, described by some as 'not a lot more action than your average hack around the moor.' Not only that, rumour had it that this particular pack hadn't killed any quarry for several years, but that particular point didn't seem to bother anyone.

The drag hunt, on the other hand, were thought of as gutsy, adrenalin-driven speed freaks. My daughters loved that sort of thing and that's how we ended up at the drag pack.

I suppose things varied quite a lot across different parts of the country.

This is more or less my experience also and why I no longer go out with bloodhounds!

 

[98329769]

Thank you all so much for the amount of replies I have had! They are all very varied answers which helps a lot and it seems to be that people are enjoying drag hunting more for riding but fox hunting more for watching the hounds work. Once again thank you very much for all of the replies and please feel free to add any more comments!
Thank you,
Penn

 

[UKa]

Hi, I grew up in Germany where fox hunting has been banned for a ages and we never had anything but drag hunts or those where riders take on teh role of the fox and even hounds and there is no hounds at all! I thoroughly used to enjoy both these options and for the riding I don't see why you need to hunt a real fox...