Did any of these hunts actually and openly break the law today?

On the TV news - I saw one huntsman holding up a dead fox that they had flushed with the dogs and shot. This is not only supposed to be legal - he was proudly claiming that this method (he was forced into) was more efficient than tearing them apart with hounds - in the number of foxes that could be killed.

If the claim is made that controlling fox numbers was the object of hunting with dogs and this was the reason why the practice was supported by so many angry people - was it done inefficiently by these people - for so many years - on purpose?