RE: dogs running the woods.
I remember a thread from one of the other hunting forums about three years ago that got into this issue . . . . I think a guy and his wife were fishing in a National Park and let their lab run around off the leash. He got down around the bend where they couldn't see him. Then they heard a rifle shot. Park Rangers saw the dog harassing wildlife and put him down. Then they gave the owners a ticket for dog off leash. This thread got quite a bit of mileage . . . .