BY JOHN NASH There are moments when, even ignoring the vegan propaganda, one article captures a much wider malaise. Such was the case when I recently read a Psychology Today piece by Dr Marc Bekoff, titled “Keeping Cecil the Poster Lion Alive to End Trophy Hunting.” What troubled me was not just its truth-bending and the familiar disapproval of hunting— particularly trophy hunting—but the … Continue reading In Defence of the Hunter
BY JOHN NASH Robbie Kroger’s webcasts on Blood Origins celebrate world hunting – the very title recognises that hunting “is in the blood” of hunters. His recent “Origins” webcast featured a fascinating interview with Ben Hudson, ex-hunter and born-again vegan with a 100-acre organic farm in South Carolina, 50% of which he has rewilded. Like many vegans, Ben holds several modern philosophical views about hunting, … Continue reading Another World
BY JOHN MUSGRAVE ‘For Frodo,’ the young boy shouted as the three of us pelted down a farm track, hounds baying ahead of us. ‘For Frodo’ – it’s a line from Lord of the Rings. We were out hunting after the ban came in. This Monday, 17th February, marks the 20th anniversary of the infamous Hunting Act cutting in. On this day the Hard Left … Continue reading The Road to Rivendell
BY JOHN MUSGRAVE This Boxing Day morning thousands of folk will gather on cobbled squares to greet their local hunt. Packs of hounds and squadrons of horses will clip-clop down the highway to cheers and applause. Gabled inns will do a roaring trade in mulled wine, cider and ale. Old friends greet one another. Hounds cast about the crowd for titbits delighting children. It’s a … Continue reading Boxing Clever
BY JOHN NASH On June 28th, PLOS One, the extremely popular and important inclusive journal community that “works together to advance science by making all rigorous research accessible without barriers”, published a startling new piece of research by Abigail Anderson, Sophia Chilczuk, Kaylie Nelson, Roxanne Ruther and Cara Wall-Scheffler. Apparently, all five of these authors are fragrant hominids designated biological XX chromosome carriers at birth … Continue reading Yes, Women are Hunters Too
BY GILES BRADSHAW Since the publication of my article The Absurd Law Trumped By Common Sense in Country Squire Magazine, I’ve had some interesting feedback: Devon and Cornwall Police Firstly I have been informally questioned by the police. I actually welcome this development as it allowed me to put my case to them for humane hunt crime. I’ve been through with them in detail how … Continue reading Bad Law, Antis & the Police
BY MARK CRUDGINGTON Lord Goldsmith wants trophy hunting banned because he finds the idea of it, as well as photos of hunters posing with dead animals, repulsive. This is a call echoed and endorsed by celebrities such as Ricky Gervais, Peter Egan, Chris Packham and even the explorer Ranulph Fiennes. Lord Goldsmith claims trophy hunting is helping species extinction as well as damaging some environments … Continue reading Truth Clashes with Ivory Towers
BY SARAH GREENWOOD The Mendip Farmers Hunt have recently had so many new faces out on mounted hound exercise, which has provoked lots of enquiries about how to get into hunting, that they have answered publicly. This means that they are being blatantly transparent about the activity – much, I am sure, to the various anti organisations’ collective horror! Transparent and above board is not … Continue reading The Reality of Hunting for Newbies
BY PAUL STONES Before reading this piece, I ask that you consider that I am not a trained journalist like the one whose article has spurred me into action. As a professional hunter myself, my agenda is clear and open – I wish to see a future in which hunting remains one of the cornerstones of good conservation practice. The moniker that hunters are merely … Continue reading Does Hunting Have Value Beyond the Rhetoric?
