Geno:
The deer can easily outrun the dogs. The deer is usually far ahead.
The dogs are very safe as well as the men. In all my years of living in both places, I never heard of either a dog or a stander being shot.
We areas we hunted were not as they are in most areas. The land was either owned or leased by a club. My club had over 6000 acres of pineland, hardwoods or rice fields. It is against the law in South Carolina to hunt on land that you do not own or have not leased. Matter of fact--if the law caught you there without permission, your gun, your vehicle and lots of fine money was taken from you. It was illegal to have a loaded gun on a road that bisected club lands.
Here in the Northeast, one can simply get out of a vehicle and go hunting, unless the land is posted. Not so where I grew up. A man's land was his and his alone. As was the game.
Hope this clears up a point or two.
Best,
John
PS---One had better not shoot one of the dogs. A good deer dog is worth several hundred dollars. We had about 50 in the club kennels. Red Bone, Blue Tick and Walker crosses were our choices.
Hounds all.
