The Law

[Woppit]

Sorry to be really boring as I'm sure this has been discussed no end on here but..

What am i allowed to do with a pair of longdogs out on our walk when a hare pops up ?

seriously, can they go after it or what? or can only one chase a hare?

 

[mally]

Sorry to be really boring as I'm sure this has been discussed no end on here but..
What am i allowed to do with a pair of longdogs out on our walk when a hare pops up ?

seriously, can they go after it or what? or can only one chase a hare?

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No dog can course a hare at all and thats the law i'm affriad.

 

[Max&Smokey]

To be really sure you are within the law shoot the hare just before your dog grabs it. The fastest retriever in the west! :teehee:

If you really want to be sure you need to get proper legal advice. Follow the links below it really makes sense or nonsense depending on your point of view!

This is defras view

http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/hunting/hunting_qa_e.htm

This is the antis view

http://www.league.uk.com/faqs.htm#faq2

Here are the excemptions

Stalking and flushing out

Use of a dog below ground, in the course of stalking and flushing out, to protect birds being kept or preserved for shooting

Hunting rats and rabbits

Retrieval of hares which have been shot

Falconry

Recapture of wild mammals

Rescue of wild mammals

Research and observation

Some commentators have suggested that there is some confusion about these exemptions, but they are set out very clearly in Schedule 1 to the Act. The intention has always been to make it very simple for people who want to obey the law to know what they can and can’t do. These exemptions are subject to strict conditions (eg on the number of dogs which can be used in stalking and flushing out (two) and on obtaining permission to carry out the activity on the land on which it is to take place). The Schedule also requires that anyone intending to rely on the stalking and flushing out exemption must ensure that animals flushed out are shot as soon as possible afterwards by a competent person. These stringent conditions are intended to prevent abuse of the exemptions.

 

[Woppit]

So, bar for rats and rabbits, a dogs jaws cannot kill anything?