Hunting Etiquette and
Recommended Safety Standards

If you have any questions on the safety and etiquette points below

please feel free to contact George Brewer.

You should always wear a hard hat, which conforms to current safety standards, and which is properly fitted and secured.

Without our landowners we cannot hunt, so we do our best to be well turned out for them:

Horses should be clean & clipped & also plaited from Opening Meet onwards.
Tails should be plaited or pulled and hooves should be oiled.
For meets prior to the Opening Meet (which are called “Training Meets”) the correct dress for riders is a Ratcatcher (a tweed jacket), a shirt and tie or a coloured stock, buff breeches, black or brown boots or short boots and tidy gaiters, and gloves.

For Opening Meet and beyond, the proper dress is as follows:

A black hunt coat for gentlemen and a black or blue coat for ladies, with buff breeches and a white/cream hunting stock. Black dress boots should be worn (spurs are considered correct dress).
Junior riders may ride in tweed all season round.
Raincoats are acceptable if the weather necessitates it.
Visitors from other packs, or military visitors, may wear their own hunting livery or uniform.

Getting to the meet and planning in advance:

Please familiarise yourself in advance with where the meet is, where you should park and how to get there.

Please note that the advertised postcode will not always coincide precisely with where the parking is, particularly in remote areas.
We will advertise as early as we can on Facebook the What-3-Words location for the parking. It is usually more accurate to navigate to this.
Please remember that we are permitted to hunt only by the kindness of the landowner or farmer, and do not drive over or park on any areas other than those advertised.
Allow yourself plenty of time to get to the meet, get your horse ready, and to get on.
Often there are refreshments available prior to moving off. We recommend that you aim to be at the meet 30 minutes beforehand, which will provide an opportunity to chat to others, pay your cap and settle yourself and your horse.
Please note that the advertised meet time is the time the huntsman and hounds will move off, so please make sure you are ready by then.
We meet at 12 noon to move off at 12.30 prompt.
At the meet if you are new to hunting or to the Langley Bloodhounds you are very strongly advised not to come to the Meet alone but to bring a friend or relative who can be on hand to help, and in the event of an injury be with you and take you and your horse home.
If it is your first time out,vthen if possible, please identify yourself to our Master George Brewer.
If you are attending on your own please ensure that you advise someone of your emergency details.

The Langley are a fun pack, the field will take care of you so please make sure you introduce yourself and your friends before we set off.

We often have stops after each line for more socialising.

We look forward to welcoming you. George