i have dog hunted for 16 years an i assure it is easier. maybe not easy, but easIER

example:
take a group of 5 hunters and let them hunt a 200 acre piece of timber. drop them off in the dark and have them walk in and set up their stands, without any time to scout the property. this is not during the rut this is the last day of the season. the chances are HIGHLY unlikely they will bag a trophy animal that day.

now take 5 guys to the same land with dogs. same circumstances.take 4 and let them line along the back edge of the property and let one guy drive dogs through. i promise you if that buck happens to chose that exit route any moron with buckshot has a shot at taking him.

i dog hunt and still hunt, so im not trying to argue. just saying i feel there is far more of a challenge and a real "hunt" if its me and the deer 1 on 1... i like to think of deer hunting like a chess game.