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Most of y’all are too young to remember. Good times. Morning drive. Lunch. Then an afternoon drive. Cleaning my 1100 this afternoon got me to thinking.

Killed my first on one in 84’. Big doe during ‘doe days’ with a wingmaster 16ga #1 buckshot. Great memories.

37 and I can remember 10x the amount of dog hunt memories than still hunting ones.. been on a few this season and the guys that put it together flawlessly… really good containment, dogs had some handles on em

I wish i had got to experience that.

There are several state hunts throughout the season you can put in for a draw. They ain’t like the “old” days but you can still experience some of it!!

Those were some good times. My first deer was a little 3 point back in 1983. I had an old Stevens pump 12 ga. Probably the best part though is the club members had an old school bus made into a bunk house that was kept at a local farm. I would stay there with my dad all through Christmas break. Meals cooked on an old wood burning stove were just better than the ones at home and the fellowship was priceless.

Yep. Several friens of mine are in a 10k acre club in Choctaw and man they have FUN! I thought about joining for the hell of it, but i'm gonna stay out of Choctaw County (hey Oktappa 🖕🏿🤣🤣)

What I liked about hunting deer dogs, there was no bag limit.
We "harvested" several of them back in the 80s.

I loved dog drives. You could hav good hunt and not see a deer. The dogs running by you always got the adrenaline going and i liked driving too
Sometimes we had a couple drives in morning and couple in evening. Was not always just one drive in morning and one in evening

My son was invited to a youth dog hunt. There wasnt much to it. We appreciated the invite but i think it was more of a social thing than a deer hunt. I would like to have experienced a sure enough good dog hunt.

Heck, nobody even does man drives any more. That used to be a thing too.

Still here doing it. With the tracking systems and tone broke dogs it is not uncommon to do 8-10 drives In a day.

We try do one a year down by the house. Property the father n law lease doesn't ALLOW dogs, we've tried a few times, but some asshole always calls the GW 😄 So just man drives, which can be just as good sometimes

You can learn a lot by sitting and listening to those dogs. Just need some large tracts of land and some good dogs.

We run dogs in chambers county. Absolutely love it.

Been on many of them. Lots of great memories. What an adrenalin rush when the dogs were headed toward YOU!

We set aside a couple weekends per year and get together and do one. pushed several properties in 2 different counties weekend before last with close to 30 people most of which were kids. It was so much fun

I had two jam up dogs and loved it when I was in a club.

Growing up, we would go on two dog drives a year, one in Tallapoosa County and one on the Ridge outside of Greenville. I have great memories of those hunts with all the men standing around a fire between hunts telling stories and lies and the kids listening in awe. Jumping in the trucks to "cut the dogs off", moving stand locations and listening to the chatter on the radio were always filled with promise in a kid's mind. The one in Greenville used to be done with men on horses and a few old black men running teams of beagles. It was a spectacle of the Old South and manners and discipline were expected from the hunters. Always had my 12 GA Wingmaster loaded with double-aught.

I have had issues with guys running dogs through my property before, but if done right it is a great experience. Would like to go on a hunt like that again.

Hate to hear you had bad neighbors