You cannot compare Virginia to another states concerning deer numbers vs. dog hunting. For example, it would not make sense to hunt deer with dogs on the open plains of Wyoming. I am also sure their whitetail population is very different from VA on number of deer per square mile basis.Kill numbers cannot be compared with ours as there are too many variables. More or less hunters, more or less habitat...etc etc. With the exception of a fewneighboring states, none have the "jungle"land of central virginia. If you live in the western half of the state, you are lacking thatas well. You cannot effectively still hunt a 3,000 acre plot of 10ft tall pines with undergrowth so thick you cannot crawl through it. Believe it or not, deer know this and will remain in that area until nightfall oreven several daysunless they are pushed out. No still hunter will pay somewhere in the vicinity of $600-700 per year for a lease they cannot possibly hunt. There would also have to be many members to these clubs.
That scenario is not an option.

It seems that the most common landowner complaints are:dogs coming on private property, followed by hunters coming on private property to retrieve dogs and/or illegally "dropping" dogs on their property.
Would it be safe to say that dog hunters would be willing not to go on private property for ANY reason without permission AND it would also be unlawful to "drop" dogs from any state maintained road (this will help eliminate the unlawful use of "dropping" dogs on property without landowner permission) if the landowner is willing to accept the fact that some hounds will "tresspass" on their property and are willing to return the dog if it remained on the said property?