Don't get me started on dogs. I love dogs--always have had one or more, but I don't like mixing them with my deer hunting! This year, I've been hunting a particular huge 8 point that beds on my property. I set up a stand about 6 weeks in advance of hunting him and left it alone. I finally went out there last week and snuck in very early. I heard him come in and bed right where I thought he did. Right after daylight, my neighbor's dogs came running through my woods barking and chasing squirrels like they do <u>every day!</u> When they got to about 20 yards from the deer's bed, they stopped, looked, and charged the bed which caused the deer to bolt away!<img src=icon_smile_angry.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_angry.gif border=0 align=middle> I've already told them about this with no success, but I can't push the issue because they let me hunt a very thick area where LOTS of deer bed--a hotspot I don't want to give up!

Today's small bucks are tomorrow's trophies.