![]() ![]() ![]() Many farmers mistakenly think that foxes are harmful and prey on their poultry. We want to have a healthy fox population.ĭo foxes in America have natural enemies? If we kill him, we can’t chase him the next week. And we have great parties afterwards where we tell lies about what we did. And, if we don’t find a fox, and spend the day standing around, we still are satisfied by being outside and trying. We love the partnership between horse and rider that this sport requires. We love to ride until our legs feel like jelly. (View him) We enjoy galloping around and getting covered with mud, soaked by rain or sweat, depending on the weather, slashed by brambles, whacked by tree limbs and other such thrills. We like the uncertainty of whether we will find a fox, and if we do, where he will lead us. We like to watch the hounds try to find the line of the fox and work it out. We do it because we like to get outside in the countryside. If you don’t want to catch the fox, why chase him? The object is to chase him until he goes to ground (down his hole, or earth) and then to look for another fox to chase. The people following the hunt do so on horseback, by car or truck, and sometimes on foot. When hounds are on the trail, they give voice, which enables the followers to tell by hearing, what the hounds are doing, if they cannot see them. Foxhunting is the pursuit of wild foxes, red or gray, with hounds whose keen sense of smell enables them to follow the trail left by their quarry.
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