Time to step up.....

Yea Mike I pointed that out to him and he really did not have an answer other than hog dogs were causing a problem during deer season and were either running in from neighboring property or being hunted there when they should not have been. So I asked how was this rule change going to help that problem....well no answer. I told him I was sure the biggest impact on the deer herd was poachers, and he agreed so I said using the same logic you should cancel the deer gun season, he kinda got a kick at that because he knew, there was no answer to that. I also told him that if I was going to use some dogs to move some deer around during deer season that I would be sure they were wearing cut collars, he said he had not thought of that. They did not really think this thing out, they (who ever that includes) really just wanted the dog hunters out and are just making up some excuses. The man that I talked with was a reasonable man and I hope I gave him something to think about, until our next conversation.

If there is no baiting allowed in the forest then the gun hunters are not really going to kill any hogs. The deer/hog shooters seam to be the ones that they have used as an excuse. Dog hunters are the problem because they don't kill enough hogs, in a 30 day season. The state and fed biologist are my bet as the culprits in this mess, betting they are anti dog hunters and got this pushed through.