Originally Posted by
shooter50
Coon hunting because they only (for the most part) come out at night. So you gotta tree them and hit them with the light to see them. And it's small game.....who gives a flip how you hunt them. Dog hunters can shoot them all for all I care they don't peoples freezers in the fall who depend on it. Hell I will throw in squirrels too.
Really? So you approve of hunting at night with a light.
Next time you think about shooting someones dogs, you might want to concider this.
This is off a link you ought to read about hound hunting.
http://www.responsivemanagement.com/...ech_Report.pdf
"Economic Values Unique to Hound-Hunting
Quantifying economic impact of hound-hunting is complicated due to a lack of specific data on
financial investments and expenses incurred by hunters. Hound-hunters purchase special
equipment, in addition to purchasing and maintaining hunting hounds. The purchase, sale,
training, and maintenance of hounds require large investments of time and money (Elowe 1990).
In Vermont, bear dogs were valued as high as $3,000 to $5,000 each 30 years ago (Willey 1980)."
And you wander why those guys wanted to take turns kicking your butt? I think I would have done the same. Hound hunters invest more in there time, equipment and dogs than most people do in 10-15 years of hunting. They encounter people like you and then people wander why hound hunters have a bad attitude towards others. Go figure!!!