I was taken on a "coon hunt" when I was about 10, by our Sunday School teachers. We got to watch the dogs find the racoons, chase them down a hole (this was West Texas, not many trees), and then the adults twisted barbed wire down the hole, dragged the racoon out and turned the dogs loose on the poor creature who was able to eviscerate two dogs before they tore him up, leaving pretty much only the skin and tail, which the adults tied to the radio antenna of the lead car, showing that these big brave men had subdued, then conquered this vicious beast. What a wonderful lesson for several 8-10 year olds. Since that day I have detested hunting and hunters, who hunt only to kill. They should be taken out and have dogs set upon them.