The last Huntsman

A word about the work

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The Last Huntsman was photographed on Exmoor, Devon at a meet of the Devon and Somerset Staghounds in 1989. The deer of Exmoor have been hunted since Norman times, when Exmoor was declared a Royal Forest. In 1803 the “North Devon Staghounds” became a subscription pack. In 1824/5 30 couples of hounds, the last of the true staghounds, were sold to a baron in Germany. Today, the Devon and Somerset is one of three staghounds packs in the UK, the others being the Quantock Staghounds and the Tiverton Staghounds.

” The stag’s hunting is still a tradition in this park of Exmoor. I was looking for pictures of this beautiful and thick nature and one horserider appeared in front of my camera.”