Shooting Times & Country

LETTERS

STALKING DOGS

I cannot believe you continue to publish articles about stalking dogs. The first involved the alleged expert being called out to a wounded deer and then, having found evidence of teeth, bone and so on, proceeded to run the poor animal for miles with the hound off the leash. It was found dead by others some days later.

In the second article was a similar occurrence, a shot taken near to darkness, trail followed and pursued by a loose hound over considerable distance and time, then somehow announcing that the animal only had a wound to its abdomen. Do the trackers think it’s Bruce Willis and is going to pitch up to Eagles Rock to have

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