Here's my 2 cents. I mostly still hunt, but on occasion I join go with a buddy to a hunting club that dog hunts on Saturdays. I am like FirstBow. I hate seeing dogs that look sick and skinny. At thes club the dogs are very well cared for. The hunt itself is very exciting. They gather at sun-upo and discuss the drive. They all go to their standing locations and radio in when then are set-up. Then other's will turn the dogs loose. When the dogs get to the standers the standers do their best to catch the dogs, and they go set-up another drive. Dog hunting is a tradition here in the south, and I really enjoy the 2-3 times a year that I go. For all those that say it's not fair try shooting a running deer that is weaving in and out of a hardwoods bottom. I think he has the advantage.