hope you dont think that was the only 30 round mags they sold.

I used to keep squirrel dogs, and like treemydog, I went to great lengths to keep them from getting off the property I was hunting. My dogs hunted pretty close, and I found that if I didn't walk within 200 yards of the property line they would usually not cross it. Occasionally they did and I would have to stand at the property line and call them off a tree, but that would be after deer season was over.

I didn't wanna bother anyone's deer hunt, but more than that, I didn't wanna put my dogs at risk. If you care about your dogs, you won't put them in risky situations. In my experience, squirrel hunters try really hard to look after their dogs and keep them from trouble. I'm sure some deer hunters do; I just haven't met them.

Agree with palehorse.

While I'm sure that there are good dog hunters that respect other hunters, farmers, and property owners...I've never met any personally.

BUT y'all as a group dodged a bullet when that outlaw PCP quit dog hunting!

I'm thinking about getting back in, but I'm gonna go all out if I do and get a deer pack too. You reckon Walkers or Black and Tans would fit my style better?

Ask Palehorse. He who grew up dog hunting.

Lol

Lol, either will work. The trick is you have to be ruthless in culling the ones that won't hunt. If a pup didn't leave the truck to go hunt on its first day, Dad pulled the collar off and it didn't make it home.

aint no sense in wasting time or dog food. We usually give 2 - 3 tries though.

No I dont and Thats the thing I KNOW they have a fire arm Ive been shot at 4 times this year alone..I Shoot back now!! And Believe this Im shooting FIRST next time and I have 70 rounds within 3 steps at all times now.. and thers,alot more like me.. so when someone gets all huffy thinking yall can go boo someone up because its a group of you ( A Gang) just remember just because lease some land to run on does NOT give them permission to hunt and run everyone else's. And the big LOOP HOLE is you cant shoot a hound legal like and dogs can't read. Yep But I Legal like CAN Shoot a dog on my place! Now I don't you know why Because I have Dogs I still Dog hunt sometimes when Im in Florida at my buddy's lease that's at least 25,000 acres and I cant recall them having a dog get off. But it wouldn't matter there because its All Dog hunting. I just haven't seen a place anywhere in Alabama that its just not going to be a problem. There's just too many folks
Now if your in a area where 250,000 acres is all dog then of course have fun but to say I got 5,000 acres with 6 groups with full boxes running around every day. We know whos going to suffer..you can bet if I rode over on anyone of yalls dog clubs all night any old time you wouldn't care for it. But its ok because you just had to pull that gate off because your dogs in there. Thats whats going to kill dog hunting. Not the division between hunters. Its the Hunters not Treating land lines with respect. Still hunters Poaching is no different than dog hunters poaching. And if you have hounds jump off my place and yall kill that buck whats the difference if I come and walk in at night with my light and 22 and shoot him off your place? The deers gone for good and the one raising him sure ain't eating it..

What do you guys do with the cull puppies?

they go to the river

I hear you PaleHorse... and agree. It doesn't do much good to know there are good dog hunters out there, if there's a bad set of them hunting right next to you all the time.

I had a bunch of dogs running on my place last turkey season. Heard them 3 out of the 4 mornings I tried to hear a turkey gobble. There's not a house for a long ways so I figured they were on their own... a few of them got close a couple of times, but I never saw them. I was very interested if any of them had collars.

Goodman's done it now...

So you'd roll up, and whip ass, on somebody for shooting your deer dogs.
But you're okay with drowning puppies?
You voted for Obama, didn't you.

its dispatched before hitting the water. But surely you can understand the difference between a pup that wont hunt and a dog that has made it through all the culling, the time it takes to train, and the price it takes to raise them. I also think some of yall lumping all dog hunters in the same group. A poacher is a poacher whether he use a dog or not. HUNTERS drink, throw trash, spin tires, ride the roads, poach, trespass and everything else. It aint just dog hunters.

poorcountrypreacher:

If there's game on the ground, both of my dogs are usually 200 and in. However, my feist has some wheels under him, and if he doesn't hit squirrel scent pretty quick, he'll go until he finds one. I can (and do) call him back if he's going the wrong way AND not smelling scent, but if he's smelling the good stuff, I don't think I can call him off a tree. He's a 23 pound dog, and I've had him tree better than 400 yards from me numerous times over the years. This is the reason why I wait until deer season is over before I hunt my own land. I can be in the middle of the place, and if he has a mind to, in just a few minutes, he can be a quarter of a mile from me.

I get pretty nervous in big WMA's when he goes long like that. He's no comp dog, but he'll get the job done well enough for a rec hunter. When it's a slow day and he's two hollows over, I don't want a Billy-Bubba beating me to the tree and cutting the collar off and walking away with a decent squirrel dog.

Well by all means the next time you roll up on somebody jump out of the truck and yell "I am pissed about a dog therefore I am impervious to your bullets." "Ha Ha ha your lead will not harm me." Then just to prove it let them bounce a few slugs off your chest before you rip them apart with the super human strength you have gained from being pissed about a dog. LOL!

How old are you? 12?

it wouldnt take super human strength or special abilities to whoop you out now would it.

That's pretty much the definition of liberalism.
You have no problem killing innocent babies.
But must protect the grown up troublemakers at all costs.

So culling the unwanted unqualified is liberism? Better yet. Tell me what ain't liberism with you. That list will probably be shorter LoL

You answered my question. You are 12. LOL! Run along Skippy and do your homework before your mom gets home. Maybe she will let you read another Batman comic before bed to fuel those fantasies of what a bad ass you are.