From a reader:

I’m not quite sure how to tell you this, and I always enjoy Cosmo stories, but running deer is not really considered, um, “proper”. In fact, in some jurisdictions (certainly where I used to live in upstate NY) it is against the law, and game wardens, or Environmental police, whatever they are called these days, will shoot any dogs seen chasing deer. The point is that sooner or later dogs can outlast the deer, especially, as at this time of year, does with child so to speak, and when they catch up to the exhausted deer, well it’s not pretty. I would probably want to get rid of this post, if possible.

I won’t get rid of the post, obviously. But just in case more of you have similar concerns, let me say, not to worry. Coz starts from about 200 yards away (he spots them from an adjacent ridge) and loses the deer before he comes even close to closing that gap. Moreover, as some of you will remember, Cosmo had surgery on his leg a while back and simply cannot run like that for too long. And last, my wife, a native Alaskan, cannot be dissuaded in this regard since she has more contempt for deer than Coz does for squirrels.