MANY PEOPLE ENJOY FOXHUNTING
Numbers
In the year when it was banned (2005) Foxhunting was more popular than ever. 250,000 people regularly followed on foot, in vehicles or mounted. The traditional Boxing Day Meets were enjoyed by some half million people spectating and participating, about the number who attend football league matches. Here is a photo' of the crowd at the Meet in one small country town.Typically,50 to 150 mounted followers and the same on foot or in vehicles would follow a pack for a day's hunting.
Have you sent or received Xmas Cards with a hunting scene?
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Do Hunt Followers enjoy seeing foxes killed?
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Most Hunt Followers, like most "shots" and fishermen do not enjoy the death. All those who take part in Field Sports are equal in enjoying the skills of the chase; of the flushing, marksmanship and retrieving in the shoot or of the baiting, luring, striking and playing in fishing or of the many skills involved in other Field Sports.
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The number of people who turn away on the rare occasions that followers are close enough to witness a kill.
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Are Hunting People "toffs"?
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The Antis continue to play on "Class Differences" by claiming that only the rich hunt. BUT Hunt Followers come from all walks of life. I know nurses, secretaries, retired dockers and ordinary people from many other backgrounds, who hunt regularly with me.
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Go to a meet and look around. You will be welcome.
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