re: It's time to ban dog deer hunting

Im back.... I disagree with them being in the minority... i dont even check game cams once season starts. We walk to all our stands. Very rarely ride bikes except to pick up deer after the shot.

The dogs arent time to time on my place either...Its 6-8 hrs a day every weekend and holiday.

Majority of the time I see does or yearling being run to death.

I think what upsets me the most about it is this. My dad has parkinson's... Has a few years left to hunt. My nephew (his grandson) has just turned old enough to hunt and loves going with his grandpa to see the deer. When the dogs arent running we consistently see deer around 430 in our plots. After the dogs start running regular, its 520pm if you are lucky to see them at all. It's hard for my dad to go spend quality time with his 5 yr old grandson in a stand when you dont see shite for deer and all you hear is dogs howling.

As I said last night. Its all about respect. I believe dpark and downshift are respectable and manage their dogs on a large tract of land. I think I could come to a good compromise with these type hunters and a ban would not be necessary.
But these arent the types of dog hunters most people here are complaining about.