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From: thompson@parc.xerox.com (Chris Thompson)
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Subject: Re: Dogs and Deer
Summary: English Staghuntng
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Date: 19 Mar 91 12:47:55 GMT
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From: thompson@parc.xerox.com (Chris Thompson)
I frequently go stag-hunting when I am back home (currently exiled in
LA for at least another month :-( ) and it is rather more humane than
some of you seem to imply.

We (the Quantock Staghounds) always hunt our deer to bay (the deer
turns and holds hounds off with its antlers) when they are then
dispatched with a rifle.  The hounds generally get some of the innards
as a reward for their efforts, the "anti's" frequenty using shots of
the resultant melee to further their "bloodthirsty hunting claims".

I'd be happy to post some more details of staghunting for those who
are interested in the art but am less than keen in entering a debate
on the ethics (having trodden that ground rather too often in the past
rather than from lack of the moral high ground!).

Chris

Chris.lax1b@xerox.com