Is this type of press bad for most hog doggers?

I personally like the idea that there are one out hunters. It adds another option for folks to hunt their own style. That said, I personally take issue with this article for the simple reason that it puts a negative slant on hog doggers in general. This person is welcomed to have his own opinion and his own way of doing things, but if I were to publish an article stating how hunting with a pack is more humane, this guy would get way bent out of shape for my insinuating that my style is better or more ethical than his.

Again, my issue would be the same if it were a pack hunter bashing one out in a publication. Promote one out, promote hunting with a pack, promote hunting with poodles, but do not go on record in saying that one way is more ethical or humane than another.That article provides a foot hold for anti dog hunters. They can lobby to get a limit as to how many dogs you can have on the ground (like they did with blood tracking dogs), and it is not a far jump to ban hog hunting with dogs completely.

Here you have someone who is actually a participant in the sport stating in a published article that some forms of hunting with dogs is inhumane. IF it was a promotion for his kennel or his business, it was promotion at the cost of the sport of hog dogging.

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M