I am at work and do not have time to read through all 11 pages of post but I have to weigh in with my opinions. First off I am not going to say dog hunting is lazy because chasing dogs through the mountains I am sure is very hard work, but your taking the "hunt" out of hunting letting the dogs do the work for you. If I had a piece of hunting property that was my own land and I had dogs running on my property I would make sure those dogs left the property in a different manner than when they came on it (take that however you want). My dislike for dog hunters started when I was a teenager. I was hunting and had a bear come running through the woods and it tree'd twice but not allowing me shots. A little later the dogs come through (they were not allowed on this property) and the "hunters" soon followed. I talked with them and told them about the bear and how I tried getting a shot but was unsuccessful. Then they informed me that if I had shot the bear they would have taking turns kicking my a$$!!! I was a 16 year old kid!!! Now also being a 16 year old and seeing red they let out of there damn near as fast as the dogs (rifle season you put it together). I have had several arguements with dog hunters over the years and they all ended up running off behind there dogs because they were #1 trespassing #2 didn't want to face the consequences of a highly irrate 300 lb man with a loaded rifle. Now to get a little more serious and down to how I really feel if you ain't figured it out yet. I know all dog hunters aren't bad people but I have yet to ever meet one who cared about property boundries! I don't like dog hunters (outside of bird or coon hunting) I never will like dog hunting whether it be deer or bear hunting. If you wanna kill a deer or bear then get off your a$$, stop letting the dogs do the work for you, and learn to hunt like a real hunter! My opinions only, I just had to let em out
Forgot to add....I don't want dog hunting banned because I feel it would allow other bans to take place and I am sure there are decent dog hunters out there I just haven't met any. It just isn't my cup of tea.....