It's alot more rewarding if you spot and stalk an animal rather than chase it with a dog.

Bustbigking, different parts of the world have different hunting traditions. It doesn't make it right or wrong.

I've never hunted with a dog for big game, but I'm not going to knock it unless I've tried it. Who knows? We might actually learn something new and enjoy it.

It takes skill to stalk your prey....it also takes skill to train a animal to hunt with you. It can be pretty rewarding when you have worked hard for a year or two, to see the dog respond to you commands and to work as a nother extention of the hunter.

I even heard of folks bow hunting rabbits, using dogs to point them and such.

The Laika is an interesting breed. Seems to be a hard working hunter.

WiskeyJaR, you're absolutely right. Its very rewarding to work with a dog that is responsive and works closely with you. We've had a couple of Brittany Spaniels for pheasant hunting, so I understand hunting with dogs.

The Laika does look like an interesting breed. I don't believe I've ever seen or met one in person.

I just dont agree with dog hunting big game. My brother hunted cougar with dog's on a special hunt and got one the first day. I have been hunting elk and deer in WA for a long time now and mabey seen one cougar. I mean im hunting in prime cougar country and rarley see them. I just think it take's the real pride out of the hunt when a cougar get's chased up a tree by a few dog's and then get's blasted because he is trapped. Try chasing that cougar by yourself with a bow and see what you get.

Your brother trained cat dogs and treed a cougar and told you it was easy? I've never heard someone say that before. Maybe he was just tagging along with someone else's dogs?

Training dogs and then keeping up with them all day is certainly more sporting than blasting a cougar that happens to walk by your deer stand. I don't think it should be disrespected.