I learned a long time ago...If it's legal, then a fella better be careful about knocking it.
I've lived in Minnesota, Montana, west Texas, Florida, and different parts of Indiana...and hunted in all those places while I lived there. One thing I found out the hard way...What's considered "sportsmanlike" or "unsportsmanlike" in one place isn't necessarily considered sportsmanlike or unsportsmanlike in another.
In Minnesota (and many other places) many people will shoot a dog if they see it running a deer. In the panhandle of Florida, when most folks go deer hunting...Guess how it's done? With dogs...and trucks and CB radios. (It's legal) And if you bad-mouth that and talk about how lazy and unsportsmanlike it is...LOOK OUT! That's the way they've been doing it for years, and their grand-pappy and his grand-pappy, etc.
It's local culture. It's family heritage. It's the kind of hunting that you know.
So, one guy grows up and his dad shows him how to hunt coyotes by chasing them with a truck. Another guy learns about calling. Some may do both. If both are legal...You just have to adjust and learn how to live with it.
I've never chased coyotes. You can't chase 'em here in Indiana...In fact, by the letter of the law, you can't even lean on your truck for a rest while you take a shot.
So I guess you just have to roll with punches or try to change the law. Actually, after a while, I really started enjoying chasing deer with dogs in Florida... But there was always that little nagging feeling inside that sometimes made me want to drop the hammer on a dog.
Just my .222 worth
