lastchancer
Well-Known Member
Hunting folk should start a few adult only meets, wearing balaclavas and anyone with a shotgun licence carry one, to dispatch the fox humanely of course. See how the sabs like to be terrorized.
Experiences with antis whilst hunting
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claireannejames
Active Member
The fox took advantage????? but you were trail hunting right? Because fox hunting is illegal!
bakewell
Well-Known Member
Fox hunting is not illegal.
Hunting foxes with a pack of hounds has been illegal since 2004. Some of us are old enough to give historical accounts which may date to before this legislation.
Back to the days when the hound of horse & hound meant you had a slightly different equine interest to your horse or horse and pony.
(I don't even know if they still exist.)
Additionally, not everyone on the forum is from the UK; hunting with hounds remains legal in a large number of countries.
10 for effort though.
claireannejames
Active Member
Hunting101
New User
I'm not sure if someone has said this as have only read up until page 5 but I remember at a Boxing Day meet once (over 100 horses plus hundreds of foot followers) it was discovered that the sabs had attached/hidden fireworks all around where the meet was held. Luckily they were found and disposed of but this could have caused untold carnage and undoubtedly deaths had they gone off.
jimmyp
New User
Man, I'm from the US, so all of this is more or less foreign to me. Y'all put up with some silliness.
I guess the issues we have with antis, are nothing compared to you. I have seen Antis, at pointing dog field trials but thy are smart enough to stay at the road in and yell obscenities from the gate.
Jim
I guess the issues we have with antis, are nothing compared to you. I have seen Antis, at pointing dog field trials but thy are smart enough to stay at the road in and yell obscenities from the gate.
Jim
lastchancer
Well-Known Member
Happy Hunter
Well-Known Member
I would be interested to read the details of the recent news article here : http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/hunt-member-arrested-saboteur/
"a hunt saboteur was hospitalised following a collision with a horse."
Now does that mean he/she was mown down by a galloping horse, or got knocked over at a meet for standing too close?!
"a hunt saboteur was hospitalised following a collision with a horse."
Now does that mean he/she was mown down by a galloping horse, or got knocked over at a meet for standing too close?!
LittleRooketRider
Well-Known Member
What it fails to mention is that this was a children's meet put on especially for the pony club. O...and sabs pepper-spraying ponies and children as well as adults on horses. Last I checked pepper spray was illegal in the UK?
(just to clarify I don't think it justifies "mowing down" the sab but i did not see what happened whether it was accident or deliberate)
Happy Hunter
Well-Known Member
The law is very specific, and is laid out in Section 5(1) (b) of the firearms act 1968.
This act prohibits any weapon of any description, designed or adapted for the discharge of any noxious liquid, gas or other substance.
In a nutshell the law is saying that full on pepper spray, the type the UK police use [ as seen in the photo on the right ] that contains a noxious gas is one of those items that is considered illegal to carry and illegal to use in the UK by civilians and preppers alike.
This act prohibits any weapon of any description, designed or adapted for the discharge of any noxious liquid, gas or other substance.
In a nutshell the law is saying that full on pepper spray, the type the UK police use [ as seen in the photo on the right ] that contains a noxious gas is one of those items that is considered illegal to carry and illegal to use in the UK by civilians and preppers alike.
jimmyp
New User
Ive read through a lot of this a couple of times and I just can not wrap my head around all of this. How can y'alls Govt, allow these "sabs" to act like this?
There are laws in the US that protect us from this type of interference to the legal pursuit of game, and the assaults on the horses would cause some issues with our laws also.
I can see where the "hunters" hands are tied as far as physical retaliation, but this is absolutely silly.
i am having enough trouble wrapping my head around drag hunts.....
I feel for you, it is a pretty sad situation that y'all are in over there.
Jim
There are laws in the US that protect us from this type of interference to the legal pursuit of game, and the assaults on the horses would cause some issues with our laws also.
I can see where the "hunters" hands are tied as far as physical retaliation, but this is absolutely silly.
i am having enough trouble wrapping my head around drag hunts.....
I feel for you, it is a pretty sad situation that y'all are in over there.
Jim
Fides
Well-Known Member
Hunting with hounds is illegal and this seems to give the sabs the belief that they can persecute people on drag/mock hunts 'just in case' they are acting illegally. The general population has a different mentality to that of the US - we are much more tolerant and less likely to react, perhaps because over here it is illegal to carry a weapon of any sort. If you retaliate to someone like this you could end up dead.
JonnoT
New User
Driving back from hunting (where the 'hunt monitors' had made a pain in the a**e of themselves as usual) I found myself behind the anti's car, so given they had been following us all day, I though I'd follow them for a bit to see how they liked it.
After a while they clocked me (still in hunting gear), pulled over, started filming me, stuck their camera through my window and asked what business I had following them.
I explained that I was a road safety monitor, was following them in order to observe their driving and should they break a speed limit or cross a white line, I would have to call the police - wouldn't I?
Appears they don't like it up 'em!
After a while they clocked me (still in hunting gear), pulled over, started filming me, stuck their camera through my window and asked what business I had following them.
I explained that I was a road safety monitor, was following them in order to observe their driving and should they break a speed limit or cross a white line, I would have to call the police - wouldn't I?
Appears they don't like it up 'em!
jimmyp
New User
Dead? Damn, its amazing the culture difference. Our antis, are content to act like fools on the WWW, hold picket signs, and yell silliness. I'm not sure if they know better, or are just not as motivated, or lack of support keeps them from getting militant.
We used to run coyotes with hounds and occasionally we would catch some flack at competitions, but again, most of these protesters (college age and more scared than not) were not to interested in confrontation.
Sorry I'm baffled by this, I'll get back to lurking and less posting. Just interesting to me.
Jim
We used to run coyotes with hounds and occasionally we would catch some flack at competitions, but again, most of these protesters (college age and more scared than not) were not to interested in confrontation.
Sorry I'm baffled by this, I'll get back to lurking and less posting. Just interesting to me.
Jim