Fox hunting with hound 02.11.20

Lucky day fox hunting, shot a male and a wixen after two short chases.

[@jimnowak3960]

I wish I was there with you. The country is so beautuf and I would enjoy your hunt. It has been nice chating with you. Take Care.

[@jimnowak3960]

I understand about the damage they do and you are justified in what you are doing. I live in the country and try to raise chickens. I have many enemies that love chickens such as fox, coyotes, hawks, owls. racoons. opossum, skunk and bobcats. And the common rat snake that loves the eggs when they are just about ready to hatch. They can swallow 12 eggs in one night. Hawks and Owls are off limit in the US it is concidered a felony and a $10,000.00 fine. The other predators you can take if killing you birds. We often have feral dogs that can wipe you out in a flash. They get a hefty load of #2 turkey load. It works quit well. They never come back from the dead. We now have an abundance of feral hogs that can tear things up at night. And they will kill and eat chickens.

[@jimnowak3960]

Yes we are united in our sport. I had never seen it done the way you folks do it. I am not faulting you guys in any way. I am proud you still have the room to run and shot your fox. Texas is growing so in population we have no place to run dogs anymore. We are in a sad state of affairs. Large Ranches selling 5 and10 acres of lots to build homes on. No place for the hound men here in Texas anymore. To many city folks moving to the country. I meant no offense. I did not realize where you where. Keep up the good work and good hunting.

[@vk_6915]

Nice one👍you are doing well on your own, getting in the right place

[@Haldenhoundfoxterrier]

Yeah thx, starting to know where to stand after all these years 😁

[@vk_6915]

@@Haldenhoundfoxterrier yes I thought it all came from experience 👍

[@jimnowak3960]

Thanks for your reply. I live in Texas USA and this kind of hunting would get you in trouble with the fox hunters. They don't take kindly to killing the prey they love to run. We turn out a strike dog and once he has the fox on the run we release more dogs. We have a nice camp fire going and just sit around and listen to the hounds run. At times the fox may run for a few hours and go to ground. The chase is over. If we are lucky to get a coyote up and running he may run all night. No other hound can run all night like a fox hound. They are very durable. I really miss it. I've gotten to old. When you destroy a fox you are demenishing your quarry. If that's the way you folks do it, that's great. You just can't run those two again. Are you a fur hunter.

[@Haldenhoundfoxterrier]

Foxes do great damage on lambs, so sheep farmers love that we take as many as we can. Foxes are also hard on other small game and roe deer, so other hunters appreciate our work ☺️

[@jimnowak3960]

That's not fox hunting. That's preditor hunting. I think you meant vixen. Fox hunting is running fox with hounds for the chase, not to kill. I am a retired fox hunter and have no problems with running fox or coyotes with hounds . Real fox hunters hate this kind of business.

[@Haldenhoundfoxterrier]

Yes this is fox hunting. This is how we do it in scandinavia. You do it you way, we do it our way. Hunters should stay united world wide, not divided.