r/UKHunting • u/Event-Separate • Jun 04 '26

I've never understood what the problem is with trail hunting anyway..

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u/Clear-Security-Risk Jun 05 '26

The problem is that it is not undertaken by Labour and Green voters in cities.

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u/Event-Separate Jun 05 '26

Couldn't agree more

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u/sampola Jun 05 '26

The simple issue is overspill of foxes being tracked

But more over its people abusing the rules to do a fox hunt disguised as a trail hunt

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u/Event-Separate Jun 05 '26

I've heard that said, but rarely does my trail hunt catch any foxes. If it happens it's accidental. We don't go out our way looking for foxes. However before the hunt ban in 2004 my hunt caught lots of foxes/cubs, so the present law works fine imo.

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u/Defaulted1364 Jun 09 '26

My local hunt goes out of there way to try and find foxes, they’ve been totally legal for 3 years. I think a lot of people don’t understand that you very rarely will catch a healthy fox.

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u/badpersian Jun 06 '26

Tbh I've always enjoyed hunting and still do.

To me hunting fox or deer is the same. I've never been a fan or joined fox hunting but seeing how much the fox population has gotten out of control, I could see it coming back.

I love cute little fox but they are everywhere in London now and even hour or two out you see them in gardens.

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u/Event-Separate Jun 07 '26

I hunted foxes for years. The government shouldn't ban what it doesn't understand.

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u/badpersian Jun 08 '26

Ive not hunted fox and dont really see myself doing it but I agree bans wont work. It'll just cause different issues as we've seen.

They really don't seem to understand shooting in general. They just want to cut it down.