My brain hurts... nice read Ali, thought provoking stuff.
About the pack splitting when a fresh fox is lifted, seen it many times, surely both scent trails being just as attractive..?. but would some foxes seem more attractive to them than others? Would certain individual hounds prefer to stay on the original fox or do hounds just follow their nose as best they can, taking the line that happens to lead them away from the other line, being stronger, or maybe just luck as to which scent particles hit their sensors first? As the pack follow the scent in a wide pattern it makes sense that as