Report #026: Dunston Harriers @ Manor Farm, Brandon Parva, 07/10/23

The Dunston Harriers left Manor Farm just after 8.30am and spent just over two hours once again hacking the perimeters of fields. This scene has become quite a familiar one over the last few weeks and is a very sharp contrast to previous seasons. Has the change been brought about by a new huntsman, or…

Report #025: Dunston Harriers @ Redhouse Farm, South Green, 23/9/23

The Dunston Harriers left Redhouse Farm at around 7.20am and spent the next hour hacking the perimeter of fields around the meet. It must have been a pretty dull day for the field riders. Hounds remained in check the entire time except for one moment at the back of Redhouse Farm. As the hunt and…

Report #024: Waveney and Norfolk Harriers @ Windle Hill Farm, Gillingham, 19/9/23

Alongside Norfolk and Suffolk Against Live Quarry Hunting and Norfolk/Suffolk Hunt Saboteurs, we found the Waveney and Norfolk Harriers at Windle Hill Farm, Gillingham. This is owned by David Mascarenhas and Lucy Edge. As we arrived at around 7.30am, three quads including a terrier quad were on the north-western corner of Gillingham Thicks. Horn blowing…

Report #023: Essex and Suffolk Hunt @ Dengewell Hall, Wix, 28/08/23

At Dengewell Wood, the Essex and Suffolk Hunt initially looked unphased at our arrival alongside South Cambs Hunt Saboteurs, SES – Suffolk And Essex Hunt Sabs, Norwich Hunt Saboteurs, North London Hunt Saboteurs and South Suffolk Hunt Sabs Group as huntsman Jack Henty continued to encourage hounds through the wood while 7+ riders remained on…

Report #022: Waveney and Norfolk Harriers @ The Poplars, St Michael South Elham, 22/8/23

We caught the Waveney and Norfolk Harriers holding up a wood – a far cry from their ‘straight’ train hunting image.

𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 #𝟬𝟮𝟭: 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘅 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁 @ 𝗧𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗹’𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗺, 𝗦𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗺, 𝟭𝟭/𝟬𝟯/𝟮𝟯

Yesterday, we joined: North London Hunt SaboteursSES – Suffolk And Essex Hunt SabsNorthants Hunt SaboteursNorfolk/Suffolk Hunt SaboteursNorwich Hunt SaboteursSouth Cambs Hunt Saboteurs And swamped Gary Thorpe and the East Essex Hunt’s final meet of the season. Good work across all the teams meant that, apart from a brief period in the middle of the day,…

𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 #𝟬𝟮𝟬: 𝗪𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 @ 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝘄 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝘄, 𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟮/𝟮𝟯

Leaving Scottow Hall at 11:20, Waveney Harriers huntsman Chris McDaniels led the (North Norfolk Harrier) hounds and field down and across Scottow Rd towards Stake Bridge Beck, where they milled about and practised training 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 hounds to follow a scent laid by Luke Newton on his quad. This was quite contrary to their midweek hunts…

𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 #𝟬𝟭𝟵: 𝗗𝘂𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 @ 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗺 / 𝗦𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗸 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁 @ 𝗘𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗘𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻, 𝟭𝟴/𝟬𝟮/𝟮𝟯

We headed to Hardingham with Norfolk/Suffolk Hunt Saboteurs (NSHS) to take a look at the soon-to-be-in-court Dunston Harriers. The hunt was dressed to distress in ratcatchers, a stark contrast to the normal scarlet jackets and green helmets. The hunt headed from the meet northwards, and hounds almost immediately started speaking in woods near the Gravel…

𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 #𝟬𝟭𝟴: ‘𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆’ @ 𝗦𝗮𝘅𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 / 𝗪𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 @ 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗽𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗽𝘀, 𝟭𝟭/𝟬𝟮/𝟮𝟯

Alongside Norwich Hunt Saboteurs, South Cambs Hunt Saboteurs and Norfolk/Suffolk Hunt Saboteurs our first point of call was dealing with a tip-off for the Saxlingham Green ‘Vermin Day’ shoot. A handful of shots were fired but once they saw us approaching, immediately headed back to Hall Farm. Some sabs kept an eye on them as…

𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 #𝟬𝟭𝟳: 𝗪𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 @ 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗺, 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗺, 𝟬𝟰/𝟬𝟮/𝟮𝟯

Day of surprises, this one. We turned up to the Waveney Harriers alongside a person from Norfolk/Suffolk Hunt Saboteurs and riders met us outside the farm to explain they’d be trail hunting that day. Obviously we’ve heard it all before, so imagine our surprise when they appeared to do just that. Usual huntsman Luke Newton…