Dunno what to tell you Rick. All types of hunting with dogs overlap with deer season in Illinois. You say that you haven't seen dogs while deer hunting. Well, I often don't either in Illinois even though they are out and about at the same time as me. No problems. I'll bet that there are lots of folks that can say the same thing about their still deer hunting in Virginia, even in areas where there are hound hunters. Thanks for helping to make my point.

Illinois has rather strict trespass laws, but that doesn't mean that i am gonna tell people to get rid of right of retrieval laws in other statesDifferent places, different laws and traditions.

And again, if folks are on you illegal, then call the dam police.