WARNING: May not suit certain tastes.

[snyder]

Read the article again, its true, the UK will put up and accept almost any queer or steer, crazy mullah, militant homos, but fox hunters....oh dear god no!

Oh come now Red, from the looks of the costumes I'd be awfully surprised if there weren't at least a few gay fox hunters

[Antubis]

Oh come now Red, from the looks of the costumes I'd be awfully surprised if there weren't at least a few gay fox hunters

There's plenty of gay anti-hunting people out there

[Chief_1975]

Oh come now Red, from the looks of the costumes I'd be awfully surprised if there weren't at least a few gay fox hunters

There's plenty of gay anti-hunting people out there

So hunting is all about proving your not gay?

[snyder]

So hunting is all about proving your not gay?

Maybe being gay is just a different sort of hunt. Instead of pursing foxes, they're seeking the elusive one-eyed trouser trout. Tally ho!

[Redhand]

Maybe you shouldn't hijack my thread snyder.

I want to see peoples honest opinions on this.

I need not add that this has nothing to do with fags.

[snyder]

Red, you were the one who introduced homosexuality to this thread. When I think of fox hunting, I think of Diana Rigg and a riding crop. Tally ho! p.s.: And I am very much pro-hunting. I cry for no fox.

[Chuckie1970]

Let the fox hunters come to Australia and shoot the Roos...

It will help out the Aussie farmers

But they will have to leave their pussy horses at home and ride wild brumbies.

[MrMitty]

Foxes are very cute looking yes, however they kill for fun, I understand that. Not necessarily for food and will think nothing of slaughtering chicks and the like simply because they are there. Granted, they are dumb animals merely following their natural instincts...but there is better ways to control foxes than with hounds.

Hi KK

Foxes do not kill for fun, they merely kill as much as they can in one go when a suitable food source is available and then go and bury it.

M

[Guest]

I, as a country lad, am all in favour of fox hunting. The anti fox hunting brigade may call themselves animal rights actavists, but think of it like this...Foxes kill to mame. they do not kill to eat. They will bite the neck out of a goose and let it bleed to death, then come back the next night to kill again, for fun. So if you want to save animals, stop the killers (foxes) innocently killing other animals.

Next, think of the dogs. They are not house pets as they are bred to do the job. IF you call yourself an animal rights activist, you will understand that the hundreds of dogs will have to be put down if they are stopped from doing their jobs because it would be so incredibly cruel to keep them alive.

I am not a toff, nor do i go out fox hunting. But, for all the townies who think that the foxes are sweet looking animals, i am afraid you are mistaken. Foxes are dirty, disease carrying killers, and deserve to be disposed of in any way possible. I have to clean my dogs bowl out every morning, because the b*stard fox p*sses and s*its in it every night, but in the city, you dont have to do any of these things.

Lastly, is it anyone elses business? NO! It has nothing to do with the people who live happily in their city flats or the MP's in westminster, it is a country tradition, of which there are not many left, and it is not affecting your lives IN THE SLIGHTEST. SO leave the country folk alone.


Hope this has opened peoples eyes a bit more.


James

[Chappy]

James I think everyone here who is anti hunt, do agree that foxes have to be kept in line due to their nature, but it is the way it is done. There are a multitude of more humane ways.
Like I said earlier..........

Killing, even of animals, should never been fun (or called a sport). The rest of the world manages to control their fox/deer populations without dressing up and having a party while they're at it.

And you shouldnt open up a rural/city divide or we will just stop eating your pigs and cows!

[Boxingmad]

The whole thing's about Blair waging a war on the middle-upper classes.

Let the illegal immigrants by the dozen - fine

Let Abu Hamza and those other f**cking fanatics shout out about death to Britons and actually commit treason - fine

But British people crying out for a continuation of their rights and way of life - NO!!!

Blair is one of the most screwed-up twisted people I've ever seen. Those bloody left-wing soppy bollocks are bringing this fine nation down.

[MrMitty]

Ok,
you lot got me to bite.
I'm going to break this down into three points.
1)
Fox hunting is not a sport.
It is a discipline learned over years.
You start(if your lucky enough to find a hunting stable)
as a stable lad where you get to throw lots of shit around,groom,feed,hoof and get kicked by some very big animals.
then as part of your education you get to clean and polish tack.
This helps you to understand the animals you will eventually ride and trust your life to.
2)
Riding to Hounds is not a sport.
It is a tradition.
Only the best riding members of a hunt(Thats no easy thing on an English Saddle,again discipline,"left leg,right shoulder"HEELS DOWN!) are invited by the"Master of the Hunt"To participate.
This not only saves injury to horses and other members but also can save your own life.
3)
Fox Hounds are beautiful animals,but not known for their intelect.
90%of the the time the wily old fox gets away.
The ones that are caught and"Torn apart" are generally old or injured.
That's just nature.
I'll just round out this little diatribe by saying
that anyone who thinks horsemanship is something any"Joey"can do has never barrelled at an 8ft hedgerow at thirty-odd mph on a Thorughbred hunter-jumper that weighs more than 1400lb's,not knowing what's on the other side.
Now THAT's excitment.
As to Tabs point regarding lamping,
it's been illegal to hunt with a lamp or low-light device in most states in the US for at least 15 years,ie,you don't hunt at night.
I'm afraid that the UK is on a second slippery slope.
First handguns which led to most guns,now hunting to hounds which will lead to a ban on hare hunting with long dogs,then ferreting with nets.
Soon you won't be able to walk your animals in parks,followed by banning
all pets from housing developments.
No field-craft training,no camping-orienteering,no contact with nature and its wonders at all.Unless you get a license of course.
Sorry,bit of a rant
Wholley.

Here f*****g Here Wholley!!

[Chappy]

You cant buy this "Hunting is the most efficient way of controlling foxes" routine. Since the partial ban on hunting in Scotland two years ago, hunts can use dogs to flush foxes out and shoot them. The result? Lots more foxes have been killed.

So why hunt them with hounds and not get a kill 90% of the time? Shows they are doing it for kicks. All this 'we don't enjoy the drinking/riding/hunting/butchering...its just tradition and has to be done' excuse is pure bollocks.


Theres only one person who should be hunted by tally-ho toffs and hounds.......


WHOLLEY!!!


Only joking



DR FOX!!!

[got1]

And before anybody starts, KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF OUR ANGLING.

Does that count as a one liner with a comma?

[snyder]

James I think everyone here who is anti hunt, do agree that foxes have to be kept in line due to their nature, but it is the way it is done. There are a multitude of more humane ways.

God, and I thought liberals could be soft-headed in the United States but this is ridiculous. What do you plan to do, have a gathering with the foxes at the nearest Anglican church? I can see it now: Come, let us reason together