Here in North Florida we run deer, fox , coons and coyotes with hounds. It's the toughest form of hunting I've ever seen and the average dog hunter works way harder at hunting than any other type of hunter I've ever seen.
They also feed and care for the dogs year round and burn oceans full of gas training, hunting and following their dogs.
Condemning dog hunting is just another form of hunter snobbery that I have absolutely no use for.
If it's legal and done with all the possible respect for property rights and safety I see absolutely nothing wrong with it and I intend to do it whether or not it offends tender sensibilities.
Most of this hunter snobbery is fueled by the antis trying to get us fighting amoung ourselves and it often works.
I support all forms of legal hunting and have found that the laws quickly ban hunting methods that give hunters a truly unfair advantage. As an example like they've banned catching wild hogs with dogs in north Florida because they nearly decimated the population and it still hasn't recovered very well after several years of the ban.
When they make it legal again and regulate it more closely I'll support it again.
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