re: Anyone else running dogs for the last time this weekend?

Unfortunately this is why it's about to be a thing of the past. There are some responsible hunters out there but unless you have a huge lease there is no way to keep the dogs on your property. I quit running dogs for deer a few years back and started rabbit hunting with beagles. My dogs stay on my property but due to this bs rule I'll have to wait later in the season to start hunting with my dogs or at least that's the way it's been explained to us.