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Originally Posted by LKILR
I guess it would have been nice to try and track them animals down. I regret losing them but in doing so I taught myself that I would rather pass a marginal shot than go through the guilt of having an animal suffer. There will always be another oppurtunity down the trail. If dogs are used to find expired game then it may be ok with me but if they are used to chase wounded animals then we might just as well open the season for all hunting with dogs and I personally will retire as a hunter. Its just not fair chase .
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You do realize that hounds have been used to run deer, boar, moose, coyotes, foxes and many other animals in Canada and other parts of the World for centuries.
There are dogs bred for just that.
Just because fair chase does not fall into some of our beliefs does not mean that it should be gospel.
At one time we could run coyotes with dogs in Alberta as well.
I have legally hunted behind hounds and it is not a given that animals are going to run amuck, be shot every time and scattered to the four winds.
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