i don't think a estate owner would run fox hounds though a wood full of pheasants. running an estate is the same as a business , work first pleasure after .
if the owner is into his or her hounds they will get there chance before the poults go in and after the shooting season is over.
i can see why a keeper would get worked up. it's there job on the line if someone keeps pushing birds out of a wood before a drive how can he give the guns what they want.
NO BIRDS
NO JOB
and in todays climate any job is worth fighting for