Thread: How did you get interested in hunting?

Grew up around hunting of a different kind and before the UK government banned hunting with dogs. We used to follow the East Kent fox hunt when it was in our area by bicycle as we were far too poor to have horses, we also used to follow by bicycle the Wye college beagles when they were out chasing hares. Moved on to being a beater for the pheasant drives as this paid real money. Also did a lot of sea fishing in the English channel.

Moved to NZ 4 months before 9-11 and got seriously into rock climbing and caving being based in Nelson and a ton of tramping. Step son introduced me to deer hunting once we moved South although I have yet to shoot one but do cull the rabbits, magpies etc on our land and the neighbours.