A Medieval deer hunt for a hart, the adult male of the red deer. The hart was classified by the number of tines, or points, on its antlers and needed at least ten tines to be considered worthy of hunting under par force de chiens ("by force of dogs" ). In this process the hart was run down and exhausted by the dogs before the kill. English Par force hunting consisted of eight parts: the quest, the assembly, the relays, the moving or un-harboring, the chase, the baying, the unmaking and the curée.

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