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drag hunt

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drag hunt
n
1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) a hunt in which hounds follow an artificial trail of scent
2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) a club that organizes such hunts
vb drag-hunt
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) to follow draghounds, esp on horseback, or cause (draghounds) to follow an artificial trail of scent
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ONBH is a drag hunt, which means that the hounds are trained to follow an artificial scent rather than hunting live game.
Thrill of the hunt; Sport steeped in tradition by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
Hunts now take the form of drag hunts, in which the hounds follow a pre-laid trail and, no, there is no fox to kill at the end of it, just a reward for the pack for a job well done.
Hunt law suffices by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
It is still legal to drag hunt, where foxes are flushed out of a wood and shot dead, before their scent is left as a trail for the hounds.
Hunt looking to the future by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
 
 
 
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