TGM
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From the Coakham Bloodhounds Facebook page:
"It is with the most profound regret and sadness that, on behalf of the Masters and Committee of the Coakham Bloodhounds, I let you know that our Huntsman, Nic Wheeler, passed away peacefully today doing what he loved - hunting with his wonderful hounds. Please bear with us and respect the family at this difficult time."
Whilst it was tragic that he was taken so soon, he went the way he had always said he wanted to go. As people are bound to speculate, his passing was not due to a hunting accident or fall but apparently due to natural causes and was very quick. Less than an hour earlier at the meet he had been in very good spirits and cracking jokes.
Nic had hunted the Coakham hounds for over 30 years and anyone privileged enough to watch him at work on the hunting field knows what a skilled huntsman he was and how the hounds loved and respected him. Nic was a great character and knew so much about horses, hunting, hounds and particularly bloodhounds and bloodhounding. He was always keen to share this knowledge and was skilled at doing so. He had embraced modern technology and was good at promoting the Coakham on social media and even became something of a TikTok star in recent years! He will be greatly missed by so many and the hunting world is poorer for his passing.
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