Vulture, I agree with you. Alot of dog hunters are great hunters and great sportsman,..., but it seems that VDGIF has left these guys to police their own ranks for a long time, and now it's killing us all. The many bad hunters who use hounds to chase deer are killing the sport for the few who are decent great hunters. It's gonna come down to the game dept. doing their job.

I think we need a minimum acres deal as well. Start the dogs in the center of 1,000 acres and surround the area with hunters. We'vegot to get the dogs/hunters out of the main roadways -n- posted property, and back in the woods where they belong. When you have to run a gauntlet of hunters to go to the grocery store the situation is out of hand. I'm tired of seeing 15-25 hunters in blaze orange standingin the main roads all overEssex county. Is these any reason for a hunter safety course if we are going to teach our kids to use a highway as a shooting lane? It's only a matter of time before an innocent person is killed and a 10 page story hits Time magazine.

The game dept. has got to recognize that the preservation of hunting depends on the preservation of good hunting ethics and safe and rational behavior. I'm so tired of having dogs dumped on my farm without my permission I could scream. They never ask, they simply do as they please. These jackass hunters stand on the state highway that runs alongside my farm and bang away at the deer,(an act that is totally illegal, yet very difficult to prove. They use walkie-talkies to warn each other when the game warden is in the area.) These clubs use sophisticated methods to locate and track game wardens as well as the deer. I've started taking pictures of them and sending the pics to my legislators. They can't believe the pics, and have finally started to push the game wardens to do something. I hate to be a dick, but what else can I do? OOOHHHH well. Thanks for hearing me whine, I guess we all need to lookout for each other and do whatever is necessary to stop the idiots before they kill all hunting for everyone.