Originally Posted by
Bloodsaw
"it has its place, but it usually leaves an area worthless for years to come for any still hunter ( unless you like sitting all year and watching 3 or 4 deer tops "
If you are going to quote me, do it right, u failed to add the USUALLY part. and yes in my experience the area is usually not worth hunting after dogs have run the place. and this statement is not meant if u run dogs once or twice a year, but more pushed towards if you run dogs in the area often every year.
I know one thing, i wouldnt hunt an area the evning after dogs had been through( or even a few days after ), but thats just me.
this was not an attempt to blast dog hunters, because i sometimes enjoy it myself.
I agree with the others. While you may not do it I don't think you are exactly right. Guys I hunt with run dogs all morning and will also go sit in a stand in the afternoon and don't seem to have any issues killing deer out of the stand either. I've never done but it quite a few guys I hunt with do it often. I've also seen deer in fields where dogs had run in the afternoons while we were trying to catch the dogs so I don't think it bothers them too much.