Well...After 20 pages I guess I'll weigh in...My family owns 3 farms in eastern NC...We have had problems with the local dog hunters over 30 years...We have called the game warden numerous times, he can not get there in time...There are 5 dog hunting clubs that I know of in the county, of the 5, we have had problems with 3 of them...We have gone to each club president and never gotten results...Our policy now is to shoot any deer that is run by dogs on our land...If possible we then catch the dogs and tie them to the front gate of the farm...But, we will not shoot the dogs...It is a FELONY in NC to shoot someone elses dog...

What is sad...My family has been in this area since the early 1700s...I went to school with most of the local dog hunters, they know we don't want them tresspassing and we have caught them on our land many times...Not once have these guys approached us and asked permission to retrieve their dogs, not once have they had the decency to say..."We are hunting in your area next XXXX would you and your brothers like to hunt with us?" They have knowingly and willingly let their dogs out on the roads beside our farms trying to run deer off our property and onto land they have permission to be on, even when we were already on the property stand hunting...They have driven over crops, through ditches, torn up farm paths when it was too muddy to be on them with a pickup and even chewed us out because we were on the land and killing deer in front of their dogs...

They are digging their own grave, as the South is more heavily populated with "outsiders" this type of hunting will pass by the wayside...

And before you ask...Yes, I have hunted deer, quail, squirrels, rabbits and ducks with dogs, it can be a very enjoyable activity...I used to hunt in VA with a gentleman that had 2 beagles, we would drive and area, shoot the deer and pickup the beagles....

These guys use the long-legged black and tans, if the first dozen dogs don't run the deer far enough the 2nd will...They shoot from the highway, use either semi auto rifles or 12 gauges with buckshot...I'd rather have one good standing shot at a deer at 250 yards with my .243 than 2-3 at a deer running through the woods at 50 yards with buckshot...