Lou goes fox hunting with the North Kent Foxhounds despite pouring rain, leaving Barney behind. Feeling left out, Barney remembers Stig’s spear is in the broom closet, retrieves it, and heads to the chalk pit in rain gear. He finds Stig by a fire in his den and uses charcoal drawings—a fox, hounds, horses, and a rider—to explain hunting. Stig becomes intensely excited at the human figure on horseback and eagerly grabs his bow and arrows.

In the woods, Stig’s hunting instincts conflict with Barney’s goal. He attempts to shoot a squirrel, stalks wood pigeons that Barney accidentally scares away, and kills a pheasant, making Barney uneasy about poaching. Stig is puzzled by Barney’s insistence that they should focus solely on catching the fox. Hiding under a beech tree’s roots, Barney removes stakes blocking a burrow. When a fox approaches, Stig stops Barney from spearing it, pantomiming that foxes taste bad. A foxhound tracks them to their hiding spot; when it growls, Stig growls back and then bite its ear, sending it fleeing.

Stig becomes captivated by the horses and stalks them with an arrow at the ready.