m_g, thanks for responding. my brother in law told me last night that someone he knows caught a hound and the tattoo was JBH, then let it go again-daft!! having looked through umpteen papers and bailys i'm sure there's no such hunt unless it's someone with a few hounds, unregistered?
Where was it found - could be a trail hound - or from a fox control pack. MFHA would be the place to ask - but not much point if hound isn't 'in custody'. (The odd pack uses initials that aren't the hunt initials - either because there are two hunts with the same initials - or initials contain letters that don't show up well on a tattoo.)