I have been hunting in VA for close to 30 years. You name it (bow, black powder, rifle shotgun, dogs, still hunitng etc.), I've done it. The dog thing has become quite theHOT topic due to urban sprawl and angry landowners (i.e. instanceslike Virginia Mike has posted)who despise hunters dropping dogs or just letting them runon their property. I think it is very unfortunate for the doggers who do abide by the rules (such as myself and many others) that the bad apples who don't give a **** about property boundaries. After enough real estate gets developed, I'm sure the dogs will go away. Maybe not this year or even 5 years from now, but, it will eventually happen through no fault of our own hunting as a whole won't though. I 'm just one of the fortunate ones who belongs to club in Central Virginia who owns their own land and leases some additonal land to add on to what we already own. I'm a bow, BP, Dog, Still, whatever. When dogs go away I can't say that I'll be happy but maybe people will learn to actually hunt with out the crutch of a Canine.Finally...... people always wonder why they stop seeing deer after oh say about the 3rd week of gun season. That's because all the deer that made it have migrated to where the dogs don't run. I'm just glad I'm one of the only bow hunters in my club and once the dogs get put out I'm usually a driver so I just scout (WhenI'm driving)and still hunt on the weekdays(on my own). I can almost guarantee you'll see more deer as I do in Bow and BP season than you will during dog/gun season because their still on their natural patterns. Dogs.......... I'm not for getting rid of them but it sure would make hunting more challenging to the ones who just show up, get on the "ol logging road" and wait for the dogs to come by. People may actually learn some skill sets they thought they had, but really didn't.

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P.S. If anybody wants to hunt this season you have an open invitation to come and hunt this year. Hell we need a few more good members. PM me.