smilin,
you stated that you`ve ran behind hounds for years. was it coonhounds or beagles ? i myself have ran hounds for over 30 years on everything from rabbits to bears. now i only have hounds for yotes, coons and bears. i like taking photos of my hounds doing what they are trained for, be it treeing a coon or bear or baying a coyote. if you look close at the pics or even better were at the bay, you will see NO hounds sinking teeth into the yote. they are just holding him at bay.now when your run your beagles or coonhounds what happens when they happen to catch one on the ground ? i`m sure they tear them apart the same as my coonhound does or my beagles did when i owned them.once again the only one that harmed that yote was me.
I HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE.