Mark,

Sure hate to hear about your troubles. I commend you on trying to do things the right way. Most clubs around here that have tried to handle things thier selves by taking the law in thier own hands aren't around anymore. If you have a problem with dogs constantly getting on someones property, that can't be ignored and needs to be addressed. Taking no action is one of things that caused International Paper to shut down dog hunting on leases here in South Carolina. I cast 7 walkers loose every saturday morning, so I am well aware it is pretty much impossible to keep all of them from staying on our lease without getting 1 or 2 out of pocket.....even though we try our best.

Unfortunately, there are some places that deer just go and those places get loaded up with dogs by mid-day. These places usually belong to some well-to-do still hunter. I know of several clubs that have actually put up a 4ft. fence along the property lines of adjacent problem areas to greatly reduce dog infiltration. A club across the river from us was about to lose everything and decided to run a fence along that particular property line. It saved them, to say the least. I know a guy that hunts on the still hunting club that borders the fence, and he stated that they went from having 20 or more dogs on thier property every saturday to 1 or 2 a month. They are content with that and have no problems with the dog club anymore.

Now, this still hunting club wasn't shooting their dogs that I'm aware of.......but there was a problem and it was handled to everyone's benefit. Just something I thought I would throw out there. Good luck, man.

Jason

Thanks Jason for the input. Our hunt club has mostly families in it from the area and we are trying to do what is right and teach our kids right from wrong.This guy we are dealing with is very arrogant and wealthy. I hope we have him soon when the results are back!! Thanks Mark