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Many of those hounds are stolen just for their tracking collars.

I watch several of the hound sites and it is almost a fact that stolen hounds have tracking collars.

So the thief sells the dog...

J. Swan:

Excuse me, but I am trying at this moment to decide whether to contribute to USSA and I would like to hear the answer.

I am sure that there are other lurkers with the same problem.
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J. Swan:

Is the ride to hunt community aware that there is a big push on the part of bow hunters and black powder hunters to stop hound hunting during their season?

I know the turkey hunters...

I agree with what you say.

However, I am convinced that the present VDGIF is what we must work with.

Putting all of your bets on doing away with the present board and have a new one nominated...

J. Swan:

It is apparent from your posts that you are pretty sharp, so I am sure you have grasped the significance of the bee story.

The bees should be welcome on the concrete kid's property. ...

Please excuse that last post.

My mouse has gone nuts and I get unintended results.

The post should have been thus:

t has been pointed out to me that I was too hasty is using the SAOVA VA...

t has been pointed out to me that I was too hasty is using the SAOVA VA legislators in my last post, as they are the persons who serve in congress, not the General Assembly.

So I wish to correct...

Derick:

I say again that this strategy needs rethinking.

If you go to the SAOVA site and look under the Virginia politicians //saova.org/Virginia6.html

You can count 14 politicians who...

I have thrown no stone nor slung no mud.

I am simply trying to learn who on VDGIF made such a remark, if any did, because who and whether does make a difference in how we petition them.

Asking...

I have no interest in seeing anyone who is doing his job getting fired.

Its just that it is frustrating not knowing who made the remark.

Even if the warden' name can not be made public, surely...

Mountain lions?

I don't know why we are talking about mountain lions. I missed the point.

I do understand that there are wild hogs in VA.

In the parks even. I wonder if that is an...

Well yes.

That confirms exactly what the problem is.

We have here a statement by Mr. Burch.

We do not have a statement by any member of the VDGIF or any game warden.

Nor any legislator.

By the way, I had another thought about the attempt to replace the VDGIF board with persons selected by the legislature.

We know who is on the board now. We have no idea who the legislature...

I think that since so many here have seen the statement that the VDGIF or someone associated with them made the remark that the people on this forum should be allowed to judge for themselves how...

There have been several references to the effect that someone on the VDGIF board or one of their representatives has said that it is their intention to end hound hunting in VA in 5 years.

I have...

I am not an appeaser.

I am a person who thinks it foolish to take a knife to a gunfight.

And a dull knife is even worse.

So I ask the question:

Do you think a sitting governor is going to...

The Accu-Weather man, Joe Bastardi (spelling?) has a neat saying that I believe fits here.

He ends his forecast with "Enjoy your weather, it is the only weather you've got.

I say that you had...

I have done both for many years; riding to hounds, hunting on foot, day/night and pens in the summer to start young hounds and to exercise the rest.

A pen is a lot more fun that boring boring...

I would suggest that there is no advantage to making the present board members angry by continually demanding they be replaced.

So far, the board has done well with the exception that they got...