In the past few months, some property owners have expressed concerns over safety and property rights when it comes to "dogging deer."

"Northern Orange has become too densely populated to dog deer hunt without (impacting) property rights," one resident told commissioners.

Commissioner Steve Yuhasz said as the county has grown over the years, it's no longer an ideal place to hunt using dogs.

"We've got to a point where the number of people who don't want hunting on their land exceeds the number of people who do," said Yuhasz.

Still, some hunters said it's not fair to ban the practice on the account of a few hunters who they believe are causing all the problems by doing things like firing guns from the roads and arguing with landowners.

Mike Laws, who has been hunting for nearly 40 years, said the method also helps control the deer population in the county.

"If we don't hunt and we don't do something with the deer population, you're going to have deer that are already running into cars, jumping into buildings," said Laws.

The ban will go into effect starting with the 2010 hunting season.