RE: ***URGENT VIRGINIA HUNTING DOG OWNERS***
Alright,
This has been comming for quite some time, don't make it like they are going to do away with hunting altogether.
First and Foremost: It is up to people thatparticipate in a sport to police their own.
Deer hound hunters have screwed up everything for the rest of the hunters for the past 20 years.
"my dogs can't read no trespassing signs"
" I'm going to get my dogs no matter how many ofyour fields orroads I have to destroy"
"It is part of my heritage running deer dogs"
" I Like to drink beer and hunt out my truck"
Deer Hunting with Dogs Is fine by me or anyone else if you haveenough acres to turn them loose on and catch them as soon as they get close to your property boarder.
However, thatis not what happens.
People turn them loose on 5-50acres and chase them a whole day across morepeoples property that they don't have permision to even be close too. It has become the passtime of trespassers, outlaws, and poor sportsman.
Deer Doggin' has become resposible for land owners to put up "No Trespassing Signs" and gate their roads to the farms.
It has also caused the main problem of "nobody is going to hunt on my farm"
Landowners and farmers can not spend countless hours and diesel fuel to repair their roads and fields from inconsiderate people. (deer dog hunters that don't care)
I challenge you to tell me or anyone else different.
You should have tried to do somethingwith your huntingethics and this would have never become an issue.