As winter relinquishes its grip, Tessa Waugh enjoys a copybook meet, with convivial chat, springy turf and good sport – while the real hunting aficionados demonstrate their teleporting skills

When the weather is so uninspiring, participating in a sport that gets us away from our desks and doing exercise is a blessing, says H&H’s hunting editor Catherine Austen

With 36 years in hunt service behind him, Robert McCarthy is one of the country’s most senior and most respected huntsmen. He talks to Tessa Waugh about Crufts, the current situation and life in Northumberland

H&H’s hunting editor Catherine Austen ponders the lasting impressions that influential hunting people can make on us

The relentlessly positive spirit of the VWH hounds and their huntsman is infectious during a good day’s sport

The Sennybridge Farmers are celebrating their 75th anniversary this season. Stephen Robbins tells us something of the history and glorious country of this Welsh pack