I actualy have a country heritage in my family. (We still own a fair bit of land too)
And the average country Farmer is at a detriment because of the hunt. There is little impact on the Fox population by the hunt. (Think about it, several hunts a year in an area killing one fox.) And many a Farmer has tales of having to hide any time they had killed a fox to protext live stock, for fear of retaliation by the huntsmen for killing their quarry. And the cost in repairs to fences, walls, hedging and crops caused by the Hunt far out weigh any cost of lost small livestock to foxes.
I actualy have a country heritage in my family. (We still own a fair bit of land too)
And the average country Farmer is at a detriment because of the hunt. There is little impact on the Fox population by the hunt. (Think about it, several hunts a year in an area killing one fox.) And many a Farmer has tales of having to hide any time they had killed a fox to protext live stock, for fear of retaliation by the huntsmen for killing their quarry. And the cost in repairs to fences, walls, hedging and crops caused by the Hunt far out weigh any cost of lost small livestock to foxes.