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<blockquote data-quote="Spurhunter" data-source="post: 5832823" data-attributes="member: 5695"><p>Exactly. People that have never done it envision the hounds nipping at the heels of a running buck on a high speed chase. That's not how it happens in my experience. I've stood on a high ridge and watched the dogs run a doe on a low speed chase where the doe stays just barely ahead of the dogs many times, however bucks are different. When they hear the dogs they slip out of the area and get gone long before the dogs get close. The guys that are successful at killing bucks on dog hunts know the land, find out where the dogs are being turned out, know where the bedding areas and evacuation routes are, and set up accordingly. </p><p></p><p>My cousin had been hunting with this club for decades when I started hunting with them. They would announce where they were turning the dogs out and he had a knack for putting us in a good spot. Many times I'd hear the dogs way off and see a buck slipping through the woods leaving the area. I wouldn't want to do it all the time, but a couple weekends a year it was a lot of fun. Like a lot of the old ways, I think running deer with dogs is dying. There aren't many houndsmen anymore. Even though some say it's lazy, taking care of dogs and running them all year so they are in shape for a couple weekends is a lot of work. Not to mention huge tracts of land to run on are not as readily available anymore.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spurhunter, post: 5832823, member: 5695"] Exactly. People that have never done it envision the hounds nipping at the heels of a running buck on a high speed chase. That's not how it happens in my experience. I've stood on a high ridge and watched the dogs run a doe on a low speed chase where the doe stays just barely ahead of the dogs many times, however bucks are different. When they hear the dogs they slip out of the area and get gone long before the dogs get close. The guys that are successful at killing bucks on dog hunts know the land, find out where the dogs are being turned out, know where the bedding areas and evacuation routes are, and set up accordingly. My cousin had been hunting with this club for decades when I started hunting with them. They would announce where they were turning the dogs out and he had a knack for putting us in a good spot. Many times I'd hear the dogs way off and see a buck slipping through the woods leaving the area. I wouldn't want to do it all the time, but a couple weekends a year it was a lot of fun. Like a lot of the old ways, I think running deer with dogs is dying. There aren't many houndsmen anymore. Even though some say it's lazy, taking care of dogs and running them all year so they are in shape for a couple weekends is a lot of work. Not to mention huge tracts of land to run on are not as readily available anymore. [/QUOTE]
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