Hunting

For fuller details see relevant publications. It would need another book to tell you more.
Some Hunts have websites and some have very useful advice and tips.
Hunting on Dartmoor is one of the best ways to get to know the moor, however it is not for the faint hearted and really needs a lot of preparation and training before you should consider it.
If you are new to it then best to go out with friends who know the score, stay with them and don?t go out too long and do what they tell you to do.
Always ring hunt secretaries beforehand for advice.
Do ask your friends for advice beforehand and never go out on a horse that is not used to the moor.
Some hunts have special children?s/novices meets. Best to go on the meets that have the easiest country or are off the moor to begin with. And go early in the season to less formal and cheaper days before the opening meets
The moor is hunted by 5 hunts whose territories are known as their "Country"
Daily fees are known as "Caps" typically ?40 a day for visitors, half this for members of adjacent hunts and only ?1 to ?5 for children if they are pony club members.
SE Quarter - Dartmoor Hunt, perhaps the best ?country? but not for novices.
SE Quarter - South Devon Hunt, easier riding on softer "country", better for novices and children perhaps.
Part of NW Quarter - Lamerton Hunt, around Lydford.
NE Quarter - Mid Devon Hunt
SW Quarter Spooners & West Devon Hunt - They have an excellent website,type in "Spooners Hunt"
To hire a horse for hunting:
Nr Ivybridge - Gill Norrish 01364 631210 from ?140
Nr Tavistock Jenny Boon - 01822 613120 from ?120