At this time I dont condone or condemn hunting with hounds. I think that it is something that would have to be seperated from the general hunting season...either add on a week at the end of the season or take the last week and allow hound hunting. If done right (dont know how to do that), there may be a benefit for all hunters.

Now the question I have for the folks that have hunted w/ hounds.
What usually happens when I am sitting in my deer stand and hounds run a deer in front of me and I shoot it? the hounds are not mine? Is that acceptable in the community or does it create allot of bad blood?

most of the states that still allow it have some thick terrain,i would like to try it in a state where its legal but wouldn't like to see us start it,also the trespass issue would cause more problems now that farms have been cut up into small segments,dogs & deer will run for miles in a big circle,too many folks impacted to keep it ethical/legal here imo,mike243

It may be exciting to hear the dogs running your way and waiting to get sight of the deer they're running but I'd opt out. For one, what good does it do to scout sign and set up if dogs are pushing the deer around and out of their normal patterns? Secondly, and most importantly, when I hunted states that allowed dogs most leases were 1000's of acres and they didn't want you hunting there even if you were a deer sign/stand hunter. They wanted it all. There were also quite a few deer crippled with buckshot.