Two men caught hare coursing have been told to pay more than £13,000 in fines and costs.
Darren Lee, 26, and Ronnie Doherty, 21, are the first coursers to be convicted under tougher new laws.
They were arrested in Holbeach, Lincolnshire after reports to the police the men were coursing.
Hare poaching can lead to criminal damage, theft, vandalism, and violence.
The season usually begins after harvest, as poachers take advantage of bare fields.
Tens of thousands of pounds worth of damage is caused to crops and land.
And landowners who try to intervene are often threatened and attacked.
New legislation makes it an offence to go equipped for, search for, or pursue hares with dogs, and an offence to trespass with intent to search for or pursue hares with dogs.
The law, which came into force last August, also allows courts to order a reimbursement of the costs of kennelling which is paid for by the police.
Both men pleaded guilty to two charges of trespass with intent to pursue hares with dogs.
Paul Wood, prosecuting, said a phone seized from Doherty held voice messages and conversations about hare coursing as well as photos of leaflets of Lincolnshire Police’s combative Operation Galileo and the new legislation.
There were also 13 videos of hare coursing activity, with at least one filmed that day.
Mr Wood said: “Mr Doherty was narrating.
“He said this is how me and young Darren goes coursing, boys.”
Jason Patel, mitigating for both men, told the hearing there were no aggravating features of any damage or intimidation and they were at the lower end of offending.
He said: “They are shouted at; they get into a vehicle and drive away.
“There’s no dangerous driving or officers chasing them, or the like that can be associated with this offence.
“They have accepted what they have been caught for.”
“This is an activity which is unfortunately entrenched in their history.
“These young men will have grown up with this activity around them.”
Lee, of Top Lane, Barnacle, Warwickshire, and Doherty, of Gipsy Lane, Irchester, Northamptonshire, pleaded guilty to two charges of trespass with intent to pursue hares with dogs.
Chief Inspector Steve Williamson, the force’s lead for rural crime, said:
“This sentence is welcomed by all.
“Our Rural Crime Action Team, which is committed to bringing rural crime offenders to justice, will continue to patrol rural areas and our officers will continue to attend reports of hare coursing.
“We hope this sends a strong message that we will take robust action to prevent and disrupt those involved in rural crime, which is often linked to other forms of criminality.”
He added the force would continue to work with partner agencies including the CLA and National Farmers Union (NFU) to disrupt and deter hare coursers.
NFU county adviser for south Lincolnshire, Johanna Musson, said:
“On behalf of farmers, some of whom have been terrorised by hare coursing, we offer a huge thank you to Lincolnshire Police and the Crown Prosecution Service for their work on this case.
“This has been the culmination of extensive local and national lobbying from the NFU, working with the police and the PCC, for harsher sentences and increased police powers to tackle this barbaric activity that has plagued the Lincolnshire countryside for too long.
“We now have a genuine deterrent to hare coursers – if you come here, you’ll have your dogs, cars and equipment seized and receive a hefty fine.”
The pair were ordered to pay an equal share of £11,144 kennelling and veterinary costs for four sighthounds which officers seized.
Lee and Doherty were also both fined £416 for each of two offences and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £166 and prosecution costs of £85.
They were also ordered to permanently forfeit the dogs and disqualified from owning or keeping dogs for five years.