I'm all for having a dog for tracking wounded game. I've taked to Jeanneny who was prof at New York State who started the whole thing in the US. He uses standard dachsunds. (they are hardly fast enough to chase anything) It can work very well if regulated properly.
But I have had two indicents that are very disturbing. I shot a buck and while dressing it a truck pulls up and two guys and a dog get out. The dog rushes over to the buck sniffs around then pees on it. I got after the dog and in turn the two guys got after me. I think the only thing that prevented them from kicking my butt was I had the gun.
I hunt for sheep in an area where every year the outfitter hires someone with 3-4 dogs to go up a day or two before the season opens for the residents and chase the sheep into the park. Happens regularily for the past 3 years. In this case you live with it and work around it because if stopped the outfitter will come up with another way to thwart the resident hunter.
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