Author: Daft Old Duffer
Daft Old Duffer: Ventnor Vapouromiter No 2
Sunday, 11th October, 2009 at 3:07 pm, Isle of Wight
Opinion Piece, Ventnor, Writers
Daft Old Duffer returns to VB. See what he has to say about those who hunt foxes for fun. Ed
The Tories intend repealing the Hunting Ban.
I really don’t care very much one way or the other. But I think on the Island at least, it might be a good thing.
I can’t recall that much of a slaughter among foxes at any time in the past. In fact the whole charade seemed to me nothing more than a jolly good workout for all concerned – from fox to hound to horse to rider.
I remember one happy occasion when the ‘hunted’ fox trotted casually right across the middle of a large open field, watched by all but the hunt, who could be seen on a distant horizon, charging along in entirely the wrong direction.
I swear Rufus turned his head towards us and grinned.
I recall another outing when the fox, so disgusted at the ease of his escape, turned back and skirted the hounds close enough to give them another go. And still they couldn’t catch the little blighter.
Of much greater concern to me, is the way in which the huntmasters lay into the hounds with their whips at every conceivable opportunity.
So, bring back hunting, give everyone interested a bullwhip and make the huntmaster the prey.
That should be fun.
Image: Law Keven under CC BY-SA 2.0
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I wish the b***** foxes around the Town would stop spreading my rubbish around the garden.
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The stupid foxhunters can petition all they want..the law was passed with massive public support and since the ban, more people nationally attend hunts.
Contrary to the myth spread before the band, more people are employed now than before the ban.
There is no social or economic reason to repel it and those that want too simply miss the bloodlust
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Tell you what DOD, I’ll bring a couple of Staffies around to yours and we can watch them tear your cats or dog to pieces….won’t matter becasue it only happened to just one.
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On this one, DOD, I fear that, apart from your penultimate sentence, you live up to your soubriquet.
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Hunting anything for fun or sport is beyond reason i would like to string the lot up and leave them to rot .
Thats the hunters NOT the hunted ,
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[...] 11, 2009 by wighteye With Ventnorblog reporting today about Tory plans to repeal restrictions on hunting if they are elected to power, [...]
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When you townies have finished cudling charming mr foxy woxy can you tell me why before the ban i lost an average of 2 hens per year to foxes and now i lose an average of 58 per year to foxes?
Perhaps if you lived off the land like some of us do instead of buying your square ham and processed chicken from supermarkets. You would appreciate the damage that foxes wreak in the countryside.
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and you would know that hunying, supposedly, was a natural way of weedling out the sick and unhealthy foxes, thus leaving the clever fit ones that eat your chickens…at least that is what te hunt claims.
On another day, they claim that it is just a social event and so few foxes actually get caught, thus your chickens would still be in jeopardy
thirdly, just as many foxes are killed by the new hunt as were killed by the old, except this nowadays they are shot rather than ripped apart.
Us country folk should stick together rather than spread misinformation.
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Still doesn’t explain why I loose so many post ban as compared to pre ban. And when I say loose I should clarify that, I end up with the remains of most as the fox(s) only take a few.
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I would argue that fox’s population are constantly on an ebb and flow (proper foxes not your urban monster) and that we are going through a peak period. Many of the foxes we see in our gardens are not the rag tag urban foxes you see in larger towns, but opportunist country foxes roaming into new areas.
Fox hunting was never an effective way of controlling the species. At best they caught and killed the weaker foxes, but also ‘trained’ others to be more ’sly’ and ‘cunning’ The numbers they killed was never an effective control.
If you have a real problem with foxes, get a license and go and shoot them.
I don’t beleive foxes should be protected per say, just protected from a truly horrible death
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It bothers me when people assume fox hunting is purely a town vs country debate. I know as many people in rural parts of the Wight that are against hunting with dogs as I do “townies” that are against. Personally I’m a lot happier without the hunt-juggernaut ploughing through the lanes since the ban. Even aside from the ethics of fox-hunting, the dogs leave an awful mess which no-one clears up, and scare the living daylights out of domestic animals. I think it would be a major error on Cameron’s part to try to bring it back.
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