im born and raised i Pa. where hunting deer with dogs are outlawed. may have spoke out of turn but the idea of chasing deer with dogs doesnt fit well with me. as i said my son lives in Va. and when he first moved down there he was very close to the NC border. lot of swamps around that part of the state. i guess using dogs to move the deer out of the swamps is a common thing. between getting stuck in the muck and dealing with snakes the dogs might be a lot of help. as oldtimer said id rather have a deer moving slowly and presenting a good shot rather then running through the brush and woods. another thing that can happen is deer or the dogs can run onto a road and get hit by a car or truck. deer can be killed along with the dogs and the car or truck is damaged. ill stick with the way we hunt deer up here.