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Moderns that look at hunting as just another dick-measuring contest and gauge their success solely by the weight of their game bag will never understand the nuances of dog hunting. Aim for the exit hole | |||
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We hunt with dogs at out club in southern Arkansas. We use beagles & a couple of blue tics. They just disturb the deer enough to make them move around. I don't care to hunt with deer but its not my call. Thats the way it has always been done for generations. I guess when that older generaton dies off we will cease useing them. When a club has to care year around for 25 hounds their expences add up.  Doug Humbarger NRA Life member Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club 72'73. Yankee Station Try to look unimportant. Your enemy might be low on ammo. | |||
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Here is a classic tale of a Southern Deer Camp. Uncle Wesley's Last Deer Hunt http://www.dixieslugs.com/technotes.html After reading it the first time, I wrote the following in reply: ------------------------------------------ I can almost see the deer camp, the road dragging, and the military like planning. I find myself listening for the Rebel Yells, the hound music, and the thunder of horses running full stride through the pines. Most of all, your words open a window in time to an old hunter's pride and a young hunter's patient understanding! -------------------------------------------- | |||
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Apparently deer with dogs is a Southern tradition. We have a need to make more of the deer hunt than just sitting in a tree. We've been known to do the same with quail. We turn it into a "plantation quail hunt" with wagons and mules and a big spread of food and drink. And we can turn a dove hunt into an "opening day party shoot" with carefully prepared fields, a planned invitation list that's a coveted invite, a get together afterwards usually featuring a BBQ, sometimes catered, and sometimes live entertainment, and generally a significant social event. We even have clubs for that. And what we do with opening day (and night before) of duck season, especially in Arkansas and the Delta, is something you look forward to all year. You never forget your first real club hunt. The closest I can compare to other parts of the country is opening day of pheasant season in Kansas, Iowa and South Dakota. But usually we take the "party" with us when we go to those places. I remember my first trip to Kansas. We rented a motorhome with ten guys along and it was non-stop high stakes poker all the way out and back. And the JD flowed freely. For us down here, we're all about old school with hunting and being close to the land and having fun doing it. Deer with dogs is another take on it. | |||
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Well said. | |||
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And those of you that insist on allowing your dogs to disrupt the hunt of someone else will never understand why some are not appreciative. If you want to run your dogs on private land, have at it and I wish you success in your hunt. However, in my opinion, dogs do not belong on public land where they can impact others. To me and many others, that is the biggest issue. Look back to my earlier post when I noted that hunters from NC were releasing dogs into a management area in VA that does not allow dog hunting. Do you favor such actions? | |||
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Thanks. Deer hunting with dogs has just got a quality of hard core Southern-ness about it. Btw, I would not do it on a public wildlife management area either unless a time was reserved for it. You also obviously can't do it on small tracts. It takes a lot of real estate, which is the way I remember it in Arkansas on a major piece of property on the Mississippi River. | |||
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Pirate's Life, you're talking about people that break the law. I think even you will agree that that sort of thing isn't confined to dog hunters. I'd also like ot point out that when you nunt public land, it isn't yours anymore than anyone else's. If ATV's are allowed, then you have to learn to deal with it or find another place to hunt.While most will use the ATV to get back in the woods or recover game, there will be some that try to play mocross thru the woods. As much as I hate to say it, when you're on a lake, the water skiers have as much right to be there as the fishermen. If you choose to hunt where dog hunting is permitted, then you have two choices, live with it or leave. Concocting a tale about the supposed lawlessness of dog hunters doesn't change that. Aim for the exit hole | |||
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