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I dont know about where your from but here, someone comes in and tries to hunt on someones land without being told they can, and get caught. LOL I guess its different in other places. Here I garentee you it wont be a friendly encounter to say the least. LOL Come and ask me, respect my wishes, take care of my property, dont pop a top till you leave, no problems. Dont you will have a problem.
A dog on my property is a stray. I have every right to put it down and will. I would expect the same if it were my own dog. I am responcible for that animal and its my fault if I do not make sure its under my controle. If you hunt this way part of your responcibility is to secure the right to be on the place you hunt, even if it means letting the land owners around you know that your running dogs just in case one does get away from you. If they say no then make sure you and your dog dont go there.
Isn't your job? Why not? I guess that makes you just a part of the problem. Too many people just dont want to get involved. "Not my job man, you do it!" Its every hunters job and responcibility to weed out the bad apples.
I'm just saying how am I supposed to police the rest of the dog hunters in the country? If I road around finding them and the things they were doing wrong and trying to fix it I wouldn't have any time to hunt myself.
The town I hunt in most everyone knows everyone and all of the dogs have a collar with a name and phone number on it. Usually when someone new moves in the guys with the dogs will go talk to them and see how they feel. If for some reason the dogs get away they usually leave their cell and home numbers and ask to please call them if they see it and they will come get it. Works out fine most of the time. There are only a few people that seem to hate dog hunters and have a problem with this.
We own some land in the mountain that we have several times found trucks parked on our land where you can clearly tell someone is hunting on our land however, I've never really gone to confront them as I don't want to get shot walking through the woods during hunting season. However, we have let several guys know that we do not want them hunting on our land along with having posted signs up. There are only 2 people that have permission to hunt up there. Well, a few more could come if they asked me but only 2 have written permission. I'd write the rest permission if they decide to make the trip up.
My uncle has also had a problem with this on his land. He bought some land where the last owner supposedly let most of them hunt. There was a nice stand built there. The people don't seem to understand since he bought the land it's his stand now not theirs. He has give one person permission to hunt there. He put on the posted signs to call for permission and this guy is the only one that has ever called or come by to ask him for permission yet he has caught a few others on that land. He wouldn't care if you called and asked or came and talked to him it just when you do it without asking. I've run into quite a few guys like this that just don't seem to care. Yet the guys that hunt in stands act like dog hunters are the only ones that tresspass and talk like they do it all the time.
It's just a lot more obvious when your dogs are running across someones land or you go on their land after dogs than it is if you get back in the woods in a stand somewhere and don't move. Unless your stand is in a obvious spot chances are you will never be seen nor caught.