Originally Posted by
Jim Burns
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!!!
What about my valuable vacation time I take from work when I could have used it any time during the year and I wait all year to use it it November and my day is ruined by dog hunters? And if your stupid enough to spend $5k for a dog than you deserve to be shot yourself because those genes don't need to get passed along! And what you still have to train the dog, buy equipment, spend time, and feed the bastard??? for $5K it should beable to do more than chase a bear or deer.....It should be able to pour me a glass of tea and type this message for me! And yes for coon hunting you hunt at night with a light....common practice.....small game animal.....different than bear or deer hunting and don't say it is the same as it is not. I would be willing to bet small game hunters "only" make up less than 15% of the general hunter population in VA. Also that was not the only time a "group" of dog hunters threatened me in the mountains, but I can assure you none of them attempted anything because they knew what they were going to get
of course holding a loaded rifle may have persuaded them as well. I run into hunters all the time in the woods. We shoot the breeze and share stories even if we walk up on one another and even if it makes you mad you just get over it. Dog hunters get all bent out of shape when I attempt to inform them they are hunting private land and they need to get off the property and then I have to hear the same ole stories I have heard plenty of times. Thats when I have to inform them I am calling the game warden (land owners rules-not mine) and then the threats start. And then after my mouth starts running they end up running away with their tails tucked between there legs lol. Kind of like there dogs!