Daragoi

I didn't forget about Alaska. In Alaska it is illegal to hunt wolves and other furbearers with dogs, though you can trap and hunt with firearms. I think the only game you can hunt with dogs there is bear. Mainly I named off those specific states since they are the ones with the worst problems with wolves killing off large amounts of livestock, and game officers are finding illegally shot, poisoned and trapped wolves there. A friend of mine has a sister in Alaska who did have an Irish wolfhound, he is a pretty famous dog among wolfhound people. She never coursed him, but a grizzly bear did come

Here in the states wolves are protected, but it wouldn't surprise me if some of the ranchers losing stock in Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Colorado are allowing folks to go after them with hounds. There's a handful of open field coursers who use borzoi on coyotes, just little wolves in my opinion. My dog's sire is really keen on coyotes, he's got some gnarly battle scars from taking them on by himself.

Thanks everybody!

When we lived in Tucson there was a really great boxer/greyhound cross. We almost got her, but she doesn't do so well with other dogs (gets possessive of her master). Really neat dog. I met her brother too, they combined the athleticism of both breeds with the energy level of a boxer...probably why she's still up for adoption. I never saw her run game as she was kenneled by the rescue, but her adoption page says no cats or small dogs.

Just joined here obviously. I'm interested in learning more about hunting with longdogs/sighthounds. We've got one borzoi who thinks raccoons and coyotes are a fine lunch. Looking forward to browsing around and learning from everybody here.