Hog Dogging Illegal in Texas

I'm 47 now and I remember going to Diboll, Tx every Thanksgiving week to camp in the Piney woods. We all had some dogs and some of those guys would stay down there and camp on the land owned by the paper companies for the whole season. We had a lot of fun and a lot of good memories. Met some pretty colorful characters too. I remember them dogs running the deer toward us on a drive and us standing on a logging road waiting for a shot at what was sure to be a blur of hide,hair. and hopefully horns. I don't remember seeing a lot of deer killed. But it was a SPORT that was fun. I don't believe it was the tree huggers or anti-hunting crowd that shut the sport down in Texas. I believe the problem was the dogs couldn't read the "No Tresspassing"signs. The private landowners did not like dogs running deer on their property. They ignorantly thought if the deer were run by dogs they would leave out and they would have no deer. If that is true ,why would the deer lead the dogs in a continuous circle? Since the landowners of big acreages usually have a lot of clout in the capitol, they got what they wanted. Personally I think it was (and is still today) about control . Lease dollars, and the general money trail will lead us to the real culprits. Look at the history of hunting with dogs and you will find the lords over the land were against the good ole boys hunting on their land with dogs or any other means. Ithink if we don't put forth our utmost effort to have a good relationship with the big landowners (all landowners for that matter) we will ultimately lose the battle and the war against all hunting.