The end of hunt terrier work

[Halfhound 663]

I understand there’s a big class gap in the UK with hunting but do the Irish lads genuinely feel the same? I’ve lived a life on the extreme opposite side of the tracks to most lads in my local hunt but have always been made feel welcome even though I hunt a lot of the same land with my own pack and to be honest a lot of the same faces come to follow mine on foot. You’ll get snobs in whatever you do I’ve always found the best way to deal with them is give them a little fright

[green lurchers 17,570]

On 19/12/2025 at 06:36, ands said:

Every time a right is taken away its a step in the wrong direction.I believe one day even the fishermen will look back and wish we'd all done a better job of standing up for our sports together.

Absolutely 

[green lurchers 17,570]

1 hour ago, Halfhound said:

I understand there’s a big class gap in the UK with hunting but do the Irish lads genuinely feel the same? I’ve lived a life on the extreme opposite side of the tracks to most lads in my local hunt but have always been made feel welcome even though I hunt a lot of the same land with my own pack and to be honest a lot of the same faces come to follow mine on foot. You’ll get snobs in whatever you do I’ve always found the best way to deal with them is give them a little fright

Without the rich you get no land the rich provide they love to have the working class lads on ther side and around them  it’s a leveller if you hunt you hunt whichever you may be you have common ground  folk should get over the class divide I love the packs they provide I love the land owners they can provide the best land  , our lot will be out   Boxing Day local Essex pack they’ll be thousands attending  it’s like the only way is Essex lol range rovers everywhere most.never seen a fox only flattened road kills  but they attend  and the local lads attend for the Crimbo sab slap best action around 

[harryshounds 1,607]

4 hours ago, Halfhound said:

I understand there’s a big class gap in the UK with hunting but do the Irish lads genuinely feel the same? I’ve lived a life on the extreme opposite side of the tracks to most lads in my local hunt but have always been made feel welcome even though I hunt a lot of the same land with my own pack and to be honest a lot of the same faces come to follow mine on foot. You’ll get snobs in whatever you do I’ve always found the best way to deal with them is give them a little fright

Hunting in Ireland not seen as such a class issue, that's why it can get cross party support. Id go as far as to say most hound hunting in Ireland is on foot by working clas rural types. It's the working class v the toffs that's allowed labour to pursue a ban in England. The strength of hunting in Ireland is that we don't have that divide.