Finally, there were the hunters. No red-jacketed horse-riders here. Instead, we met pest controllers Lee and Tim, who were the most sanguine of the lot. And I’m not just saying that because they were carrying guns. “City people doing country things, like keeping chickens, isn’t natural,” murmured Lee, who has killed over 2,000 foxes, as he lined up another in his laser sights. “Neither is feeding foxes. It makes them tame, brings them closer, then you get them coming into houses.” His latest target’s eyes shone brightly in the infra-red light, like little car headlamps, before the bullet rang out.