L3,
Don't most laws say what you cannot do as opposed to what you can do? Hogs are allowed to be hunted by "Any Legal Means" per the State of Texas...Additionally the federal government specifically allows hog dogging in the state of Texas, I take that to mean that it is perfectly legal to do so. Precedent has been set that it is legal. At least to this lay person.
This world is not what it use to be and the people in it have changed so we have to live with the change and change ourselfs are else we suffer from the anti's pure igroance of the hunting world .
Jim,
This is where I am torn. I agree that the world is changing, but that does not mean we must be in constant fear of the anti's. The problem with hunters is this, we are real quick to jump a fellow hunter, and to be divisive. Yet, most hunters will not take the time to show the general non-hunting public that there is a reason we do what we do. It does not all have to be blood and gore, it can be explained that the dogs are "working dogs" and they are used as a tool. Explained that they wear kevlar vests similar to what a LEO uses, and yes there are risks involved, but that "working dogs" are the most effective manner in controlling the spread of feral hogs. I believe that the absolute worst thing we can do is to keep to ourselves, and not INFORM the public.
Go to a Trailblazer's event sometime and see the positive reaction that kids and adults alike experience when being properly educated about hunting with dogs.
Seems to me the article in question pretty well presented a hog hunt with dogs. I don't think the reporter dwelled on the negative myself.
