Staghunting on Exmoor 1940 to 1998 is the first comprehensive account describing hunting with the Devon & Somerset Staghounds during and since the Second World War. It gives an informed account of the technique ofstag-hunting before the ban imposed by the Hunting Act 2004, and emphasises the vital part played by the Hunt in the management of a thriving and healthy herd of wild red deer on the moor. There are vignettes of the leading characters of the Hunt - Masters, Huntsmen, Harbourers and Secretaries - as well as descriptions of some of the outstanding hunts over a period of nearly sixty years. The book also deals with the relations between the Hunt and the National Trust, culminating in the ban on stag-hunting in 1997 contrary to the express wishes of the donor of the land Sir Richard Acland, as well as the long political battle which led to the Hunting Act.
Published by Rare Books and Berry: Hardback.
Publication date 1st October 2008.
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ISBN: 978 0 9539951 9 6
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Staghunting on Exmoor 1940 to 1998 is the first comprehensive account describing hunting with the Devon & Somerset Staghounds during and since the Second World War. It gives an informed account of the technique ofstag-hunting before the ban imposed by the Hunting Act 2004, and emphasises the vital part played by the Hunt in the management of a thriving and healthy herd of wild red deer on the moor. There are vignettes of the leading characters of the Hunt - Masters, Huntsmen, Harbourers and Secretaries - as well as descriptions of some of the outstanding hunts over a period of nearly sixty years. The book also deals with the relations between the Hunt and the National Trust, culminating in the ban on stag-hunting in 1997 contrary to the express wishes of the donor of the land Sir Richard Acland, as well as the long political battle which led to the Hunting Act.