Who they are and where they hunt
The Tiverton Staghounds hunt red deer in Devon, south of the Taunton to Barnstable railway. It combines with the fox hunt countries of Tiverton, Eggeford, Dulverton (East), Dulverton (West), Torrington Farmers and South Tetcott.
This hunt has a history of violence towards monitors.
When they aren’t being observed it is believed that it uses a full pack of hounds claiming they are “trail hunting”. If anyone is watching, they use two hounds and pretend to be “exempt hunting”.
On Wednesday 19th April 2023, monitors saw the TSH chase and kill two (possibly three) red deer. For the most part, this hunt is only observed by hunt followers and no one else. If they kill several deer even when they are being watched, we can only imagine what they get up to when no one is looking.