Just last weekend a coyote caller hollered on the radio and asked where we were running.We told him,it was a fairly big block (for around here anyway)and he came over and called in the same block we had dogs in.
He got back on the radio later and told us he'd called one in and killed it.It was the very same section as what we had dogs in.
After he killed that one I saw his truck parked in the next section north of where we were running,and tried it again. I don't think he had any luck on that stand,or if he did,he didn't say anything on the radio that I heard.But that caller obviously wasn't worried about dogs,he just went hunting.
So,do I believe that dogs running hurts calling,absolutely not.
As far as the same old complaints about dogs are let loose to run abandon,is another issue.
Theirs only one land owner in that whole section,that might own 2% or less in that block and the other 98% of the landowners tell us to kill every coyote we see.
So, should we stay out of that block,even though all the landowners,except one doesn't want us to hunt?
If thats the case,can I even turn the dogs loose on my own property,if someone lives in the same section that doesn't like houndsmen?
If not,it kinda seems to me like that particular land owner has more say over my land than I do.Doesn't it?
Sometimes I think more people state things out of pure jealousy,than really using the facts,and are going to look for something to complain about.
Kind of like preschoolers complaining,"His cookie is bigger than my cookie,Mrs.Beasley"
Just my .02