There is no tradition of using dogs for deer where i grew up in Illinois, but i have family in Louisiana that do it. As a rule, they aren't much more successful than someone sitting in a stand. So, I don't know that there is always an unfair advantage. In fact, unless someoneonly goes after deer in a loincloth and with a spear, I think that the whole concept ofunfair advantage is a slippery slope. I am glad, however, that some folk's concerns about dog hunting have been addressed, at least in part. I have come across moresome criticismtoward people who hunt with dogs that i find a bit disturbing. I was told by another poster that people are "dirt bags" if they hunt with dogs under circumstances where they might cross (even unintentionally) on toland where you don't have permission to hunt. If that's true,then I've known few coonhunters and even beagle hunterswho haven't committed some form of tresspass.Hell, if you walk your poodle down the sidewalk with a 5 foot leash, you are likely allowing it to, at least technically, tresspass in people's yards. I think that people have a right to their opinion, its just sad when you see hunters arguing amongst themselves because they don't like a particular style of hunting, often because they don't well understand it. However, threads like this are a good way toclear some things up. On a different note, I don't think that starving a dog will make it a better hunter.It will certainly give it less energy for a sustained run.