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Manicminer:
I love in a part of the Country where it's impossible to chase a fox with a horse. The chosen method was a pack of hounds and as many persons as possible with guns. The dogs were used to flush the fox and the guns did the rest.
This is done on a small scale now, but is not very effective as it's usually done with a couple of dogs and maybe 4-5 guns.

If people were against hunting with horses then that should have been banned and not hunting with dogs.

A fox will take what it's been used to eating. A lot of them eat mice, worms, frogs, beetles, etc and pose no threat to farm animals. Some however were fed on lambs by their parents as cubs and they will prefer this kind of meat to any other. Some foxes will kill a pen full of chickens just for the hell of it.

As an ex farmer's son I would have left a fox that posed no threat alone as they tend to keep others away. Better the devil you know :wink:

Boggert:
From what the hunt tells me 90% of the time the do not even see a fox let alone catch one!

You can run a pack of dogs in the countryside. as long as you have the land owners permission.

Sigh, I guesss they will be looking to ban shooting next  :lol:  hope not.

Garin:

--- Quote from: "Boggert" ---From what the hunt tells me 90% of the time the do not even see a fox let alone catch one!

not.
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So another 10% wouldn't make much difference.

Steve ray:
One of the most effective ways of getting rid /culling this VERMIN is to shoot it.

As for hunting with hounds & horses - banned purely for political reasons and is just another example of the Government that "knows best" and can't resist interfering. I am neither a fan of hunting foxes this way nor a advocate, but cannot see why it whould have been banned. BEWARE: 4x4's will be next!

As for the people that say "poor ickle foxes" I'd love to take 'em into a chicken pen that's been accessed by a fox and witness 30 chickens all ripped to bits by a fox, but maybe only one taken as a feed. The best way of dealing with them is a 'bit of lead behind the ear' - usually the night after, when he comes back for more!

My dad's farm is on the edge of an increasingly urban area and some of the foxes we've shot have been riddled with disease. As for the muppets that feed them in their back gardens, then perhaps they too would benefit from "a little lead stimulus behind their ears!"  :roll:  :twisted:

Grant:

--- Quote from: "Steve ray" ---As for the people that say "poor ickle foxes" I'd love to take 'em into a chicken pen that's been accessed by a fox and witness 30 chickens all ripped to bits by a fox
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Cant look much different to a mega bucket!

Admittedly I'm more of a fulham farmer than a poultry farmer but my suggestion would be to put a fence around the chickens.

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