The government is determined to
ban trail hunting
Coarse fishing will be next
The same pressure groups pushing the trail hunting ban
are lining up a ban on Coarse fishing
They want to destroy our way of life
Urban pressure groups don't understand the countryside. If they manage to ban trail hunting, they'll target the next rural activity, and the next after that. They don't care how their bans affect the people whose lives they displace.
We need to unite as a countryside community to stop them from chipping away at our way of life, one ban at a time.
Coarse fishers in England
More people fish than play football, cricket and rugby combined. From kids on a canal to mates round a commercial lake, coarse fishing is how huge parts of Britain spend their weekends.
Source: Environment Agency rod licence data, 2024.
Horses for hunting
Over 6,000 horses kept solely for hunting, plus more owned directly by hunts. Riders of every age and background, in every county, every winter.
Source: BHSA / Future For Hunting Facts & Figures, 2025.
Into the rural economy each year
Tackle shops, day-ticket fisheries, bait suppliers, motorway services, country pubs. Coarse fishing helps to keep small businesses going.
Source: Substance, Social and Economic Benefits of Angling, 2023.
Into rural economies each year
Direct hunt spending on building repairs, transport, feed, tack, farriers, vets, fallen stock. £86m more spent maintaining hunting horses alone. The same small businesses will feel the pressure if the ban goes ahead.
Source: BHSA / Future For Hunting Facts & Figures, 2025.
Commercial fisheries in the UK
Farmers and landowners who dug lakes, built parking and put up shelters so people can come and fish. Take fishing away and that land loses its purpose.
Source: Angling Trust commercial fishery directory, 2024.
Direct jobs with hunts
Huntsmen, kennel staff, terrier men, hunt secretaries. Full-time rural workers whose skills aren't taught anywhere else. Take the work away and the trade goes with it.
Source: BHSA / Future For Hunting Facts & Figures, 2025.
A full year on the water
A year-long coarse rod licence costs less than a tank of petrol. Coarse fishing is an outdoor sport that's accessible for all.
Source: Environment Agency, 2025 licence pricing.
A rural workforce, a rural lifeline
More than £400,000 raised for 120 local charities in a single year, and a social calendar that keeps village halls and pubs alive through winter. Trail hunting is rural community in motion.
Source: BHSA / Future For Hunting Facts & Figures, 2025.
If trail hunting falls
Coarse fishing will be put at risk
