Peter, I'm a hound man...have had them all my life. Beagles....bunny hounds. I can start running them September 15 here in Michigan, but I never did. I don't run them till the first of the year when achery, rifle and ML seasons are over. then I have 3 months to run them on snow. It is common courtesy, and I don't have to worry about an angry hunter shooting my dogs. My hounds usually stay within my property, but once in a while they'll jump a "cross country" bunny and will get off it.
I was invited once to a southern hound hunt for deer, and it wasn't my cup of tea. I thought it was really tough on deer and dogs, and who wants to eat a deer after all that adrenilin (sp) has pumped through it.
Pete
This is a small but growing group I and other property owners have trouble with.
They have a couple of 30 acre leases and treat them like they are 30000.
I've locked up enough of them that they know I mean business but they still try to run the hounds thjrough and shoot deer on the other I've trapped the dogs and let them loose fifty miles out and had other dealings with the group I don't want to talk about...
This year, they have a new group that from what I understand, couldn't afford to lease land, so just run dogs where they can.
From my stand
The new bunch
This kept on all morning and afternoon.
Soon, the General Asembly will give in and ban hound hunting or worse, make it so expensive only the rich can do it. Duck hunting is getting that way.
All because the sport won't police itself.
