Originally Posted by
wihunter1388
For years people were saying coon hunters are not allowed on there land to help out the local farmers. And people still wont because they say the dogs chase deer off there land and on the neighbors. In south carolina they did a study that shows the impact on deer in 2 areas one area dogs could run and one area they werent allowed. I cant even count the different times i walked within 10 yards of a bedded deer and it just stayed there. Deer are goofy at night it seems like. They dont get scared like they do in the day where any other hunting activity is taking place. But just look at the website maybe i can make some of you guys realize us coonhunters are harmless when it comes to deer and to help out a farmer to get coons off his land. Thanks for looking
http://www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/publi...coonimpact.pdf
It's pretty common for an unsuccessful hunter to pass the blame.
Folks with little experience with hounds & hunting make that claim.
Fact is, unless you are training dogs to run deer, any hound that will
run deer isn't going to tree cat/coon/bear regular. Most houndsmen I know will kill the dog if he can't break him of it. If the pack runs past and jump deer, it seems the deer (Blacktail anyway) just stand aside and watch the race. Elk will leave the area though.