I have heard a lot of people talk about "running dogs" while deer hunting in Virginia. I have a ligitimate gripe....

THEY FOULED UP MY BOW HUNT THIS PAST SATURDAY! [:@][:@]

I was in my tree, and hearing deer moving around and (so I assume) coming to my doe bleats and scent bombs. I was hopefully working that big 8 pointer that I missed the shot on too.

Everything was working great and I was quiet, still, and enjoying the sunrise and early morning hunt when out of nowhere, I hear the loud baying sound, "Bowoooowwwooww" of coon hounds or some kind of deer hunting hound dogs! They were up over on the other big trail and probably scaring everything away for miles! [:@] I was hoping they'd bump a deer over to me, but it didn't happen that way.

Afterwards, the woods became dead silent. And I didn't see anything or hear anything except tree rats for the rest of the morning!!! [:@]

Butch A.