DEER FOR HUNTING 



THERE are only two species of deer which, as a rule, are hunted on 

 the Continent, namely, the red deer and the roe-deer ; the fallow 

 deer is, indeed, occasionally hunted in England, although I do not 

 know any Continental packs which hunt these deer. 



In Ceylon and a few other places the axis deer is hunted with 

 hounds, but followed on foot, not on horseback. 



Roe-hunting is not practised in England, but in France there 

 are many packs kept for this purpose. A roe gives a glorified 

 hare's run, but only wild roe can be hunted, as a carted roe would 

 be sure to be killed, even if it did not kill itself while being taken 

 to the meet. 



Fallow deer are unsuitable for use as carted deer, as they do not 

 go into a pond or building when done up, but run on till they are 

 pulled down, and die of exhaustion if they can be saved from the 

 hounds. 



I have hunted fallow deer which have escaped from my park 

 and taken to the woods in the neighbourhood. 



As stated elsewhere in this book, these deer generally, after 

 ringing round for a short time, make straight for the park when 

 they find they are being hunted in earnest, and jump the wall ; when 

 the hounds are, of course, stopped, and the deer do not die. 



A few bucks have given good runs away from the park, but in 

 those cases it was impossible to save them, as they continued 

 running till pulled down by the hounds. 



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