2007-01-12 06:35:08 · 21 answers · asked by devil_man_taz 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
I don't know about in England, but a lot of us used to fox hunt here in Ohio. This was back until the late 70's when fur was still worth quite a bit of money. I remember when a gray fox pelt was worth $50.00 and a red was worth $75.00.
We didn't do it on horseback and the dogs didn't "tear the fox to bits" either. The dogs would kick up the fox and keep it running until somebody shot it. The dogs were always far enough behind the fox that after it was shot, the hunter would have the fox in their game bag before the dogs got to where it had been shot. So there were no dogs tearing the fox up as I understand the English version of fox hunting goes.
Very few people actively hunt fox now that fur prices are down. I still hear once or twice a year of somebody that got one while hunting something else, but that's about it.
2007-01-12 07:13:09 · answer #1 · answered by bferg 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suppose that depends on what kind of fox hunting you are talking about. If you are talking about the kind where a bunch of guys dress up in red jackets, ride around on horses, following after dogs that are chasing a fox, that doesn't sound like too much fun. If you are talking about fox hunting where you go sit, and try to call a fox withing shooting range, that's fun.
2007-01-12 11:53:18 · answer #2 · answered by esugrad97 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We have Walker running hounds that are bred and trained to chase coyotes and fox. The dogs do the killing, but I have yet in 6 years to see a coyote or fox "torn to pieces". When they are skinned, it looks like they had been shot with a shotgun because of the holes from the canine teeth. Much of the time we would not be able to shoot at the coyote or fox due to the dogs running too close behind them. I guess we just need to get slower dogs here in Indiana.
2007-01-12 09:55:38 · answer #3 · answered by .40 Glock 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do! I hunt at night using a wounded rabbit call. I have a varmint light mounted on my rifle which has a red filter that won't startle the fox when turned on.
2007-01-13 12:57:15 · answer #4 · answered by cannondalerick 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i have never fox hunted but more power to you since it is legal and you pay your taxes and buy your permits and its good people like you that keep our God given and government protected heritage alive. P on the anti's i am off to as many of the liberal sites that i can find to answer all of their questions with rhetoric and with beligerence to see how they like it COntrol predation by being the Alpha predator
2007-01-12 07:08:27 · answer #5 · answered by brokerman74067 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Don't really agree with using dogs in hunting for anything other than pointing and retrieving. If you eat the meat and/or wear/sell the skin then fine, otherwise it's not hunting.
2007-01-12 07:07:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
NO - poor fox.!!!
If you could still eat the animal but fox hunting is wrong in my opinion.!!!
Hunting for food is one thing but that is murder - sorry.!!!
2007-01-12 06:44:12 · answer #7 · answered by JAM123 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
I do not hunt them only trap them
2007-01-12 07:16:04 · answer #8 · answered by Todd V 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hate it, the fox was way to fast for me, was out of breath withi mins.
2007-01-12 07:18:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
no.... no fox hunting for me but i do shoot coyotes and let them lay because they are scavenging morons that need to be killed. hope this helps with your problem.
2007-01-12 07:22:58 · answer #10 · answered by jeremy b 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋