Standing Against Deer Hunting
What is deer hunting?
Deer hunting involves hunt hounds being used to track stags or hinds for long distances before the hunt members, following on horseback and quad bikes, kill the exhausted animal.
The hunts use absurd exemptions in the hunting ban which allow them to pretend to be ‘rescuing’ animals from suffering or conducting ‘scientific research’.
What happens during a hunt?
Hunts can take up to six hours and can cover more than ten miles with the stag fleeing from the hounds in intermittent desperate bursts of speed before the exhausted animal stops, ’stands at bay’ to face its tormentors and the hunt shoot it with a shotgun.
The poor animals have been forgotten by lawmakers and failed by weak legislation.
When is the deer hunting season?
The barbaric red deer hunting season takes place from August to April in both Devon and Somerset where three hunts still chase and kill deer, targeting stags and hinds at different times of the year.
Join us in calling on the government to remove the exemptions in the Hunting Act being exploited by hunts and to introduce prison sentences to act as a deterrent and to protect the forgotten victims of hunting with dogs.
How can I help end deer hunting?
- Contact your MP and ask them to urge their party to help strengthen the Hunting Act and remove the exemptions being exploited by hunts
- Join one of our supporter groups to help us raise awareness of deer hunting
- Share this page on your social media