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'''Hunting the Clean Boot''' is a term that has been used in [[United Kingdom|Britain]] to refer to the use of [[bloodhound]]s to follow natural human scent.
'''Hunting the Clean Boot''' is a term that has been used in [[United Kingdom|Britain]] to refer to the use of [[bloodhound]]s to follow natural human scent.


The 'clean boot' refers to the fact that there is no artificial scent such as [[aniseed]] or fox scent, used in [[Drag_hunting|drag-hunting]] and more recently trail hunting adopted by some established [[foxhound]] packs in England and Wales.
The 'clean boot' refers to the fact that there is neither an artificial scent such as [[aniseed]],used in [[Drag_hunting|drag-hunting]] (and more recently trail hunting adopted by some established [[foxhound]] packs in England and Wales)or the scent of a live quarry.

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Revision as of 18:20, 15 March 2013

Hunting the Clean Boot is a term that has been used in Britain to refer to the use of bloodhounds to follow natural human scent.

The 'clean boot' refers to the fact that there is neither an artificial scent such as aniseed,used in drag-hunting (and more recently trail hunting adopted by some established foxhound packs in England and Wales)or the scent of a live quarry.

References

  • Lowe, Brian (1981). Hunting the Clean Boot: The Working Bloodhound. Blandford Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7137-0950-2.