Q: Hunting with hounds allows the prey to use its natural defences - speed, stamina, cunning - to the full against the speed and stamina of the pursuing pack.EQ

Of course there is a certain amount of conjecture re this.
Against the pursuing pack,yes,against the man? Well the modern hound man in Vic is assisted by a slew of 'aids' as in vehicles,radios,gps collars/mapping etc and yes the deer do win many times,but then they eventually succumb especially when hammered week in week out

I have experienced it both ways,one with using some of the above,two on foot with a few of my own dogs. That`s pretty special too.

I must add that a certain Old Boy that has a pioneering name in the hound world lamented to me whilst we were sitting around his table not too long ago with a few words on modern hunting methods V the "way we HAD to do it then.

He wasn't entirely complimentary ha ha.

I do believe that