I am in contact w/ the gent. I will cut and paste in his words why he was banned. It was his ethics of dog handling and a person made a comment Sproul took much offense to and stuck to his guns w/ his response, maybe somewhat harsher than we are used to the old boy doing ..........well here is what he wrote me in Sproul-eeze
i wish i could come back,great bunch you all are, on NORTHEST TOPIC that is started by btb, you could tell the STORY i gave you so they know the reason why.
when someone says they will kill a dog ON PURPOSE,because they accidently went onto someones land while hunting with owner,thats something i could not sit back and let go without response.
i do not regret my comments and will defend any dog that is killed this way.
SPROULMAN