Today we reminded the Stevenstone fox hunt that they are not welcome in Devon. We ruined their opening meet for the new huntswoman Jessica Harrison. It seems “Half-pack Harrison” is only allowed out the house with a much smaller pack than we’re used to, due to her obvious inexperience and lack of hound control.
The meet was at Cloister Hall Farm in Frithelstock, just outside of Great Torrington, where this hunt is kenneled. Last season the hunt trespassed and hunted foxes on the popular Tarka Trail just east of this meet, having being told by the local council numerous times that they weren’t allowed.
The hunt spent a lot of time hacking along the roads and public bridleways, in what must have been a boring and uneventful day for the paying onlookers. Half-pack Harrison did try to cast hounds out and hunt in front of us though on a few occasions. However we were always there to keep an eye on them and keep the hounds heads up.
One fox was seen to safety at the start of the day. This fox was “coincidentally” positioned in the copse immediately north of the meet. It’s unsurprising that the supporters stayed at the meet while huntswoman took the pack around onto the road at the north, and cast hounds back towards the meet. The fox was swift and didn’t hang around. One foot team saw the fox bolting from the area and masked the scent line, as runners made their way into the covert to rate hounds and send them back to the huntswoman. We believe this fox was planted by the hunt, to provide a show for the supporters. Unfortunately this is common practice, especially when training up a new huntsperson. Fortunately they got away.
The one line hounds did pick up on later in the day, sabs were there to rate hounds, deterring them from the scent line and buying the fox time to escape.
A few local scum followed in their vehicles and on quad bikes, including terrier boy Josh Lake, who brought his infant child along on the front of his quadbike to this illegal fox hunt. He proceeded to block public bridleways and even roads with his literal infant on board. Dad of the Year award goes to… Not this pr!ck.
At around 3pm they spent a sad hour crawling on the roads back to the kennels, where they boxed up. But not before stopping traffic in both directions on a national speed limit road, including a bus that had to brake suddenly. It’s no wonder the people of Great Torrington hate this hunt.
Thank you very much for all of the tip offs we received recently. It really does show how many people in Devon detest their local (fox) hunts. Please do keep them coming!
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