About three more weeks, and the Tailgates are gonna drop. I know about 92.389% hate deer dogging, But I love about every second of it. Especially when my dad is there and I hear them dogs jump and head right towards him, then I hear him shoot, man I get some more excited. Even when my beagles jump a rabbit, they just aint nothing to replace that sense of mind I am in. I about got my dog truck fixed back up, new belts, thermostat, water pump, batteries, fan clutch, and a few more odds and ins. Now yall just go ahead and start your dog hating thread, while I stay over here on my thunder..

You go boy! Rodger that

DW......you still hunt for the 'right' reasons.....fellowship, sharing, tradition and FUN!!!

Very little 'me' in dog hunting. I enjoy it myself. It just got to where the lease prices were so high that the blocks of land got smaller and smaller. Then, the drama starts! Even if the dogs never cross a line....the complaints come from people who don't want to be 'disturbed' by the sound of people 'driving', dogs barking and gunshots. The non-resident yuppies have just about won the war.

DW let me know when to head over that way. I'm looking forward to going deer dogging for the first time.

Me too, me too. Pick me...

You will defiantly be able to hear them coming...

Yea. Just drive on down for the day.

Me three. I'll even bring TC...clothing optional of course.

Roger

I hate you...

If there was a good club that dog hunted I could get into I think I would join. I dog hunted for over 30 years till we couldn't get enough large contiguous tracts of land we could afford to hunt on without infringing on other people. Now we just sit in a dang tree like some kind of bird. I would just like to hear a good race every now and then.

i've been on two deer/dog hunts. killed a nice doe on one of 'em. great tradition, but getting much more difficult to control.
one of the hunts was half a dozen of use with a single black and tan that was one of the smartest dogs i've ever seen. handler told him to slow hunt. never got faster than walking. deer seemed kind of relaxed until a good buck broke. fellow on down the line got him.
very effective. very exciting ...

not my thing but if that is what you like then H$ll go for it DW

I got invited to go to a dog hunting club around Thanksgiving and I am planning on taking my boy and my dad. It is how I grew up hunting and I'm more excited about going there than I am my high $ hunting spots where we "manage" and "harvest"

Heck, he will need ear muffs just to protect those ears!

Dog deer hunting is one of the greatest hunting experiences of my life. Almost every fond hunting story in my life started out from releasing a pack of dogs.

Daniel you need to print out some "Wedowee Life" stickers. Ill bet it would take off.

Killed my first deer dog hunting. I have gotten away from it but still hold a special place for it.

Yea come on DW,my dogs are getting real frisky on these cool mornings,I can't wait to TURN EM LOOSE.Timbercruiser I just happen to know of a dog hunting club in Choctaw county with 12000 acres of land that has been a club for almost 40 years.I have been in this club for 13 years now.We all get along good and our club is VERY family and kid friendly.

I miss dog hunting ain't nothing like the sound of a good race.

Me too got to where you just didn't have anywhere to run a pack of dogs. Now it's squirrel dogs and I like it a lot it just ain't the same

I learned more about deer 'Driving' and following a pack of dogs in one year than most people can learn in a lifetime of sitting in a shooting house watching grass grow........

Yea come on..

Fawty-two

Burnt House Hunting Club in Covington county is a good dog hunting club. They have around 18000 continuos acres. If anybody is interested I can hook you up.

To me there is nothing more exciting than dog drives with a good group of men. I was raised dog hunting as a young boy. My uncle would put me in a cocker sack and throw me over his back...and off we went driving with couple other guys. I guess I was 7-8 yrs old at that time. All those men are dead and gone. Nothing like a sound of hounds moving through the woods. Of course deer hunting back in those days (70's) was different...and not as many hunters and big money as today. Good luck and share some pics. A lot of fun !

Wish Bone you dang Dog RuNMNBer You.....

Your Uncle must have been a hell of a man, if he toted an 8 year old in a croker sack all day.

You know the more I think about it, I might join a dog club next year just to let my son experience a dog hunt. Break out the 12 Gauge Double Alt Buck.....that just brings back too many good memories. I actually saw on two separate drives...bucks that were crawling out of thickets on their bellies. As I reflect back, I can hear the sounds of men whistling, yepping, and hounds doing there thing. I always enjoyed petting the dogs and helping the older men feed them and water them down after a days hunt...then sitting around the fire while the dogs slept talking about where the next drive will be in the morning. Those were some good days !

All brick layers and carpenters

DW, do yall run big dogs or short leggers?

Are welcome at Wishbones......

DeerNutz those trades have changed a bit too over the years

Both, my dogs are longer legged, but the others are basset hounds..

Oh, now that just NuTz....

You Right DW... OW My head hurts...I owe wishbone an apoligy...Wishbone forgive me...ive never shot a dog and I am too old to start now...Its kind of a sore subject with me right now because some ahole dropped a dog off on me that I sure didn't need...and your right those were some good days

I've dog hunted before and it is a lot of fun trying to cut the dogs off, and I'll even agree you probably learn more than sitting in a shooting house. But the people that stalk hunt have probably forgotten more about deer than the dog hunters know.

DW let me know when yall drop the gate, I'll be waiting on our side of the creek. I'll even catch up them hounds after I kill the deer.

Amen to that very few white or black bricklayers left

First time my Dad took me hunting was a dog hunt in Dickert, AL with my Uncle James. Had a doe bought run me over and I was hooked. Nothing like the sound of hounds on a hot trail!

Like dog hunting as long as i am not climbing a tree. Shot my biggest deer years ago in front of dogs. Nothing like that race. Just would like no dogs in wma or surrounding land during deer season.

You can't dog deer hunt on wma land and us small game dog hunters have just as much right as you to hunt public land.

I hear you DeerNutz about having another dog. My daughter brought home a 4 month old black and tan mixed with beatle. I don't know what Im dealing with that, and another mouth to feed..... because yours truly will end up taking care of her before its over with, along with my old 11 yr old grey chin lab.

Amen to that.

Me too. Been atleast 25+ since I heard them but how much fun it was. Seemed at the time I'd be freezing cold unless the dogs were headed our way. Then that cold turned to excitement. Sure was proud of that first 65lb doe my 20ga 870 finally connected with. There had been a coupe missed along the way.