the law

[Guest lady hunter]

im still a bit green to the hunting ban and what you can and cant do , so where would i stand if i was genreally out just taking my lurcher for a walk and he was to catch a fox which in the past he has done while just taking him to strech his legs, im not prepared to keep him on the lead as i think this would be unfair to him, but what would happen if someone was to see and report it ???? i know asking has probly made me sound a bit thick

[Rabbithunter 456]

claim it was accidental (which it would be anyway)

 

OR

 

you could tell them you had suspicion to believe the fox was injured so youi decided to "put it out its misery" so to speak. this you can do.

 

If you suspect a wild mammal is suffering then you can use upto 2 dogs to track & kill the mammal

[lampinglurcher 36]

im still a bit green to the hunting ban and what you can and cant do , so where would i stand if i was genreally out just taking my lurcher for a walk and he was to catch a fox which in the past he has done while just taking him to strech his legs, im not prepared to keep him on the lead as i think this would be unfair to him, but what would happen if someone was to see and report it ???? i know asking has probly made me sound a bit thick

 

unfortunately ignorance is no defence of the law, so its a good job you asked really! as long as you are seen to be trying to stop the dog chasing the fox it is very unlikely that an legal action will be taken against you. just make a big display of "oh you're a naughty naughty dog come here at once" type thing and you should be pretty safe

[Guest lady hunter]

thanks for that lads