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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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While the ban is challenged, hunts continue to operate by using the drag hunting method, using the scent of a fox to lay a trail for the hounds to overcome the outlawing of the traditional chase and kill.
Time fails to close big divide over hunt ban by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
The ban is being challenged in the courts, and until that is resolved hunts can continue to operate by using the drag hunting method.
Hunts rapped by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Hunts can also use techniques such as drag hunting, where dogs follow a trail laid in advance by a runner or rider dragging a lure.
Hunt is on in the Midlands by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
 
 
 
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