Running deer with dogs

about as ethical as getting drunk and beating your pregnant girlfriends arse

I think so. The only time I have done it is when we were trying to cull a bunch of does from the herd.

Honestly though, I see no difference between running dogs for deer and rabbit/tree rats/coons/quail/pheasants etc.

Don't stir shite. I know you we're here for last thread about this!

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Is it ethical?

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Yes.

As fare as I'm concerned, they can do whatever they want, so long as they keep the dogs completely on their own property...no exceptions, no excuses, 100% of the time.

Of course it's ethical and it's a great tradition. I don't own dogs and usually stillhunt on or near my place. But I love to hear the hounds chasing and my blood starts pumping when the race come close-by. The two groups that hunt with dogs in my area are friendly as can be, call me when they hunt the nearby blocks of timber and invite me to be a stander anytime. I think I made a few friends just by catching their dogs.

There are potential problems with it sometimes (road hunting, trespassing, brown is down attitude, etc.) but I hope it stays around and I hope my son gets to shoot one in front of dogs one of these days.

If you run deer with dogs, all deer within 10 square miles leave the area.
It makes bucks smaller, does won't drop fawns, ghost trucks full of drunk hunters will roam the roads.
You will not be allowed to hunt with anything but 742 30-06's with see through mounts.
You will be required to shoot ALL deer you see, no matter if they are on your land or not.
You will probably kill 30-40 deer a yearper hunter.
The deer population in the surrounding area will drop faster than the Dow Jones.
The deer have absolutly no chance to live.
If a dog picks up their scent they are as good as dead.


BTW I am a dog hunter.