Drag / Trail hunting
A number of hunts are drag or trail hunting. This normally involves a quad bike with a drag (normally a sock) tied to the back being pulled along the ground. Drag / trails can also be laid by a rider or a person on foot pulling the drag (sock)

The sock ideally needs to be put into liquid (for example, boiled foxes or artificial scent) a number of times during a hunting day to be any use as a drag, this is because the scent will fade after a short while.

Flushing to Gun
Some hunts are using a piece of the legislation that allows no more than two dogs to flush a deer, fox or hare to guns.

The dogs cannot chase or kill the animal. The animal must be shot by a competent marksman.

Using a bird of prey
A number of hunts have adopted the loophole of using a bird of prey.

This means if a hunt were to take a bird of prey out hunting with them, they can use as many dogs as they wish to flush out a deer, fox or hare to the waiting bird of prey.

The bird of prey can legally kill the animal but if the hounds were to do so it could be illegal hunting.

Birds of prey 'loophole' breaks law, claims QC

A barrister yesterday claimed hunts using birds of prey to circumvent the ban on hunting with dogs are breaking the law. Dozens of hunts have bought hawks and even owls to use an exemption under which dogs may be used to flush animals out to a bird of prey. In a legal opinion for the League Against Cruel Sports and the International Fund for Animal Welfare Anthony Scrivener QC said this would be against the law as - with the possible exception of golden eagles - birds of prey do not hunt foxes. His legal opinion has been sent to police forces and the Crown Prosecution Service

(taken from: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2016111,00.html)

Hunting Rabbits
Some hunts had indicated they were to hunt rabbits, as they are exempt from the hunting act. To date we aren’t aware of any hunts doing this, but it cannot be ruled out as it is perfectly legal.