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Beagling is the hunting
Hunting

Hunting is the practice of pursuing living animals for food, recreation, or trade. In present-day use, the term refers to lawful hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of the hunted species contrary to law....
 of hare
Hare

Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Very young hares, less than one year old, are called leverets....
s, rabbit
Rabbit

Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world. There are seven different genus in the family taxonomy as rabbits, including the European rabbit , Cottontail rabbit , and the Amami rabbit ....
s, and occasionally fox
Fox

A fox is an animal belonging to any one of about 27 species of small to medium-sized Canidae, characterized by possessing a long, narrow snout, and a bushy tail, or brush....
es with beagle
Beagle

The Beagle is a dog breed of small to medium-sized dog. A member of the Hound Group, it is similar in appearance to the Foxhound but smaller, with shorter legs and longer, softer ears....
s. A beagle
Beagle

The Beagle is a dog breed of small to medium-sized dog. A member of the Hound Group, it is similar in appearance to the Foxhound but smaller, with shorter legs and longer, softer ears....
 pack (20-40 hound
Hound

A hound is a Dog type of dog that assists hunters by tracking or chasing the prey. It can be contrasted with the gun dog, which assists hunters by identifying the location of prey, and with the retriever, which recovers shot quarry....
s) is usually followed on foot. However, there is one pack of beagles in the U.S. which are distinguished as being the only hunting pack to hunt fox and be followed on horseback. Beagling is often enjoyed by 'retired' fox hunters who have either sustained too many injuries or lost the agility to ride horseback, or who enjoy the outdoors and the camaraderie of the hunt.






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Beagling is the hunting
Hunting

Hunting is the practice of pursuing living animals for food, recreation, or trade. In present-day use, the term refers to lawful hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of the hunted species contrary to law....
 of hare
Hare

Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Very young hares, less than one year old, are called leverets....
s, rabbit
Rabbit

Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world. There are seven different genus in the family taxonomy as rabbits, including the European rabbit , Cottontail rabbit , and the Amami rabbit ....
s, and occasionally fox
Fox

A fox is an animal belonging to any one of about 27 species of small to medium-sized Canidae, characterized by possessing a long, narrow snout, and a bushy tail, or brush....
es with beagle
Beagle

The Beagle is a dog breed of small to medium-sized dog. A member of the Hound Group, it is similar in appearance to the Foxhound but smaller, with shorter legs and longer, softer ears....
s. A beagle
Beagle

The Beagle is a dog breed of small to medium-sized dog. A member of the Hound Group, it is similar in appearance to the Foxhound but smaller, with shorter legs and longer, softer ears....
 pack (20-40 hound
Hound

A hound is a Dog type of dog that assists hunters by tracking or chasing the prey. It can be contrasted with the gun dog, which assists hunters by identifying the location of prey, and with the retriever, which recovers shot quarry....
s) is usually followed on foot. However, there is one pack of beagles in the U.S. which are distinguished as being the only hunting pack to hunt fox and be followed on horseback. Beagling is often enjoyed by 'retired' fox hunters who have either sustained too many injuries or lost the agility to ride horseback, or who enjoy the outdoors and the camaraderie of the hunt. It was also traditionally a way for young men to learn how to handle hounds on a smaller scale before they went on to hunt with foxhounds, and many famous public schools and universities had a pack of beagles. Now, however, only four schools (Ampleforth, Eton, Radley and Stowe) have a pack, whilst only three university packs remain (the Christ Church and Farley Hill Beagles, which are no longer officially affiliated with Christ Church, Oxford, and the Trinity Foot and South Herts Beagles, which are no longer officially affiliated with Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as the Royal Agricultural College
Royal Agricultural College

The Royal Agricultural College is a university college based at Cirencester in the Cotswolds in the county of Gloucestershire, England....
 Beagles).

When beagling on foot, the traditional quarry is the hare
Hare

Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Very young hares, less than one year old, are called leverets....
. Beagles are admired by some for their "music" which they emit when in full pursuit. Beagling, like fox hunting, was banned in England
England

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 and Wales
Wales

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 by the Hunting Act 2004
Hunting Act 2004

The Hunting Act 2004 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The effect of the Act is to outlaw hunting with dogs in England and Wales from 18 February 2005....
. The Act bans the hunting of wild mammals with certain strictly limited exemptions, none of which permit the chasing of hares with beagle packs.

Hunts are managed very similarly to fox hunting
Fox hunting

Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase, and sometimes killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds, and a group of followers led by a master of foxhounds, who follow the hounds on foot or on horseback....
 packs - generally governed by one or more Masters, who typically take much of the financial responsibility for the overall management of the hunt. Hunts typically employ a huntsman who is responsible (in conjunction with assistants, known as "whippers-in" or "whips") for directing the hounds in the course of a hunt. However, more beagle packs than foxhound packs are 'amateur' hunts, where the master hunts hounds himself.

Beagle packs that hunt fox offer educational opportunities to young riders who may not be ready for the regular hunt field. As such, children and young people learn the rules and traditions of fox hunting, but in a more relaxed atmosphere. They enjoy special privileges such as being allowed to follow directly behind the huntsman, and are often recruited to 'whip in' for the day.

The attire for traditional beagling on foot consists of a green coat and stockings, white breeches and a cap (similar in style to those worn when riding a horse). For following on horseback, the usual attire is 'ratcatcher' (tweed jacket, light breeches) for the formal season, and polo shirts and breeches for the cubbing season.

See also

  • Rabbit hunting
    Rabbit hunting

    Rabbit hunting or cottontail hunting is a kind of small game hunting, an activity involving the tracking, chase, and sometimes killing of a rabbit....
  • Hare coursing
    Hare coursing

    Hare coursing is the pursuit of hares with Greyhounds and other sighthounds, which chase the hare by sight and not by scent. It is a competitive sport, in which dogs are tested on their ability to run, overtake and turn a hare, rather than a form of hunting aiming at the capture of game....