Surtees said one sensible thing

[Jerome]

If you're VERY lucky I may share my learned thoughts on Surtees, 5th rate Victorian author, at some point soon. For the moment, let me share with you one wise thing he said:

"It is better to be killed than frightened to death."

This explains why I and indeed the vast majority of people (including most foxhunters) abhor staghunting.

 

[Flossie06]

What a ridiculously sweeping generalisation. I don't know anyone myself who is pro foxhunting but not stag hunting.

 

[Ereiam_jh]

Surtees definitely has one up on you Jerome!

 

[Jerome]

So you disagree with Surtees, flossybabes?

 

[wurzel]

Who has been frightened to death Jerry ?

 

[Jerome]

Stags, Fags. You chase them up to 7 or 8 hours, until they're so exhausted they have to stop and face a pack of baying hounds. It is at this point that they meet their death.

 

[Ereiam_jh]

My dogs have made a deer stand at bay twice. Once years ago in after a hectic chase on moorland in West Kerry and once on my farm in Devon.

In both cases they got the deer into a stream bed and cornered it there.

I don't think the deer was frightened to death though.

 

[Clodagh]

Me

 

[wurzel]

"Stags, Fags. You chase them up to 7 or 8 hours, until they're so exhausted they have to stop and face a pack of baying hounds. It is at this point that they meet their death. "


You are showing your lack of knowledge Jerry.

They are shot.

Who or what is frightened to death ?

 

[Sooty]

Me too. I realise deer need to be culled, but can't help thinking that stalking with a high powered rifle is a far kinder way.

 

[Ereiam_jh]

There are instances where it's very difficult to cull an injured deer without using dogs to flush and track it first.

 

[Sooty]

Fair enough, but presumably an injured deer wouldn't require much chasing.

 

[Ereiam_jh]

Probably not but tracking and flushing out are hunting as much as chasing is.

 

[carmenlucy123]

i go fox hunting but i dont fancy stag hunting they are alot bigger? thats all i dont disagree with it really just wouldn't enjoy it.

 

[severnmiles]

i go fox hunting but i dont fancy stag hunting they are alot bigger? thats all i dont disagree with it really just wouldn't enjoy it.

Hounds don't kill them, they hold them at bay and then they are shot at fairly close range.