Originally Posted by shooter50

I would have loved to have shot that bear and it had came down and attacked their dogs! If you unable to control your dogs and keep them off of posted property than so be it.....your loss. Maybe I would have got the pleasure of finishing a few of them off And I will do it tomorrow if a bear is tree'd in front of me. I am not a bear hunter. I have shot a bear and have a 1/2 mount hanging on my wall. I have no desire to ever kill another, but I would if one was tree'd up in front of me with a bunch of barking mutts ruining my day afield. I have no sympathy for dog hunters or there dogs. Also I don't use a treestand I like being ground level with the deer or turkey's I am pursuing. It adds more to the hunt for me knowing I am ground level in the same line of sight and not to mention trying to beat a deer's nose. I also don't shoot 500 yards. I hunt thickets on rock slate ridden ridges where I am lucky to get a 50 yard shot, generally lucky to get a 30 yard shot. And as far as hiring a guide......I am the guide......hell if any of you dog hunters want to learn how to hunt come on up to Va and I will guide ya lol. And to finish off my rant I am no anti either. I love the sport of deer hunting.....it is my life. There is no law or legestlation that would ever stop me from doing it. As I said before and nothing will sway my opinion....outside of bird, coon, hell even rabbit hunting dogs are not needed unless you don't have the drive and ability to get out and hunt....not just to kill. You have hunters and killers....if you use dogs to "hunt" bear or deer you are a killer....Plain and simple. But hey....to each his own.