I got started hunting because, after 10 years of showing, my dad decided that I needed to find out where my showing was supposed to have found its roots. I hunted once, as a guest, on a horse with all go and no brakes. We killed a coyote that day and I was blooded (Oh the shame!!! This was back in the early 90’s). I LOVED it!!! I invited myself back the next week and within a month recruited one of my dad’s plantation mounts as my hunt horse.
At the time I was showing in the Junior hunters, Big Equitation and jumpers. Hunting benefited me in so many ways. My hunters were more free flowing as I was finally willing to gallop to the single oxers. My equitation improved and I won huge classes and big shows because I was bold, able to ride on uneven terrain and willing to gallop. My jumpers won more because of that gallop.
A few years later, as an amateur who could no longer ask my dad to foot the bill, I decided to step away from showing and to continue hunting. I took my show horse, my zone champion and nationally ranked large junior hunter, into the hunt field. He was awesome and he loved it. He would jump anything and occasionally got bullied out of the low part of the jump only to end up jumping metal gates and the like. He was ALWAYS there at the end of a hard hunt and one time was there with just the huntsman aside me.
So yes, they can be interchangeable and certainly related but I still consider my experiences out of the ordinary. I also doubt I used th e"praying mantiss pose" I think that came after my time. We were still quite fond of the 3 point position 
or Rhodan Vs. Godzilla …or some kind of gang fight.
Come on ya’ll, admit it! You WANT bridle charms!!!
