Hunt Saboteurs Association - Tactics

Tactics

The HSA uses tactics as varied as using hunting horns and whistles to misdirect hounds, scent dullers, laying false trails and locking gates to disrupt a hunt. In the mid 90s sabs used a "gizmo" (a portable cassette tape player linked up to a megaphone or other portable amplification equipment) to play the sound of hounds in cry, causing the dogs to break off the chase. The HSA has expanded into countries such as the United States and Canada, so tactics have shifted depending on the type of hunting being disrupted. The HSA now routinely disrupt deer, waterfowl, turkey, mink and hare hunts, as well as angling and other types of fishing. This type of action has been deemed illegal in numerous states with those states passing laws against the disruption of legal hunting activities.