farmboy1 wrote:

As I was out pheasant hunting last week, I saw a group of people huning coyotes with hounds. I do not have a problem with this, except for the fact that they release their dogs on one section, let the dogs chase over posted land, agricultural land, and anywhere they want to go. Then in most situations, set up on sides of a section and fire from roadways (or ditches) at an animal. If they kill it, they then trespass on whoevers land they killed it on to retrieve the animal.

I understand that everything they do falls into the grey area of the laws. You can legally enter land to retrieve game, or to retrieve a dog, and they are not technically hunting areas wihtout permission because they are in public areas (roads/ditches). Now I am not a rocket scientist, but is there any way that this is ethical?

Am I wrong on my feelings for this? I think people allow it to happen because it is simply a stupid “coyote” and they do not garnish much respect, but I just don’t get it.

farmboy1 wrote:

As I was out pheasant hunting last week, I saw a group of people huning coyotes with hounds. I do not have a problem with this, except for the fact that they release their dogs on one section, let the dogs chase over posted land, agricultural land, and anywhere they want to go. Then in most situations, set up on sides of a section and fire from roadways (or ditches) at an animal. If they kill it, they then trespass on whoevers land they killed it on to retrieve the animal.

I understand that everything they do falls into the grey area of the laws. You can legally enter land to retrieve game, or to retrieve a dog, and they are not technically hunting areas wihtout permission because they are in public areas (roads/ditches). Now I am not a rocket scientist, but is there any way that this is ethical?

Am I wrong on my feelings for this? I think people allow it to happen because it is simply a stupid “coyote” and they do not garnish much respect, but I just don’t get it.

Sorry for dragging this out of the archives. I have hounds, the main group I hunt with we run to catch, very rarely use guns. In Iowa, it is not trespassing if you cast your hounds on property you have permission to hunt on and they go onto property that you don’t have permission on. You can legally go in and retrieve your hound without permission, but you have to be unarmed.

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<hr>That doesn’t sound like the guys I’ve ran with. They are more about running the dogs and not out to blast yotes so there is very little shooting. There are other groups in this part of the state and some are more gun happy than others. For me I’m more interested in getting the dogs out and worked then going home with game.

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</font><font class=”post”>I have always thought that running hounds would be very fun. I love to watch good dogs hunt, whether they be pheasant dogs, coon hounds, or coyote dogs. The thing I love most about upland is the dog work. It is very fulfilling to see a dog do what it has been breed for.</font>

You are welcome to ride along with me anytime. I’m in sw Iowa.