hound hunting

[tight lines]

just wondering if anybody on the site hunts with hounds. maybe raccoons or etc?. would love to go with somebody one night or a day hunt. i grew up running hounds for bear,cougar,and raccoons. with my grandfather down in oregon.

[spindog]

I thought hunting with hounds was banned in Washington? Or does it depend on what your hunting for?

[BentRod]

spindog, hound hunting for cougar and blackbear was banned in 1996, but has made a bit of a restricted comeback. I'm not sure about using hounds to hunt small game though (i.e. racoon). However, we use dogs to hunt ducks and upland game. While pheasant hunting, I've had a good bird dog come out of the cover with a pheasant in it's mouth. No gun needed. Unfortunately one time it was a hen, but the dog was a very good bird dog with a soft mouth and no damage was done to the bird. Let her go and off she flew.

This is from the 2009 hunting regs:

[spindog]

He thanks BentRod for clearing that up fore me.