Most deer hunters go on about coondogs running their precious deer hunting, but do most deer hunters realize that nowadays most strains of hounds are so much more tree minded & so much straighter in what most coonhunters consider running junk(which in this case is deer, fox & coyote) The last 20 years there is no comparison to the previos years breeding wise. You literally can turn most started coondog pups( I'm talking about pups mind you & not even good hounds with lots of experience) straight into deer herds accidently & them go on & strike & tree coon & not run deer ??? There are many born naturally straight that never run anything other than coon except for the occasional possum. Like I said too tree minded to even think about running junk. Most think they ruin their deer hunting, but I literally have saw deer many, many times lying within 50 feet of dogs treed & never even pay them any mind whatsoever. They also will not spook & run when coonhunting on mule & you can literally get within 50 or so feet of deer & them hardly ever run .Some deer hunters are even bad about killing coonhounds around their deer hunting grounds if they bark thinking they're running their precious deer. I personally know for a fact mine has never ran a deer & can literally turn them loose with deer standing & looking & they will go on & tree coon not run deer. Deer, coyote & fox races are what is considered junk races to coonhunters & I wish in our area they would allow way more liberal bag limits on them & turkey too as they eat so many acorns that they can hurt populations of other animals including deer ,coon, squirrel & any other mast eating animals. Don't get me wrong there are some that will occasionally run junk, but the vast majority do not & they sure don't hurt deerhunting as I deer hunted for years & have killed deer where I hunted the night before a bunch of times. Could it be that most deer hunters don't have coon hunting experience & are simply misinformed ??? Funny thing coonhunters don't have a problem with deer hunters & lots give deer hunters permission to hunt myself included, but most deer hunters do have a problem with coon hunters. Why ???