ORIGINAL: jessejmc1979
Ok now you're being logical. Leave your dogs on a leash while hunting. Great idea. You must be pretty fast if you can run with your dogs on a leash and keep up with the game (not just deer but coon, pheasants, anything hunted with a dog). The dog was doing what it was trained to do, running deer is legal where this took place so I can't believe that people are that ignorant to blame the dog. The owner wasn't breaking any laws also so how is he to blame. If the game a dog is chasing runs off of the big piece of land you are on how is that the owners fault. Come on guys be logical, use facts to base claims not emotions!!!
Here is some logic for you:
A dog can easily run10 miles during a hunt. Lets half that for arguments sake, a5 mile radius equals about80 square miles equals about 50,000 acres. If you have less than 10,000 acres, it is a virtual certainty that your dog will be on someone else's property. If you have less than 3,000 acres,you can bet your dogwill likely be on someone's else's property for the majority ofthe hunt.
Do you think that you have a right to the use of someone else's land? At the very, very least, people should be extremely apologetic and take every precaution against their animal entering someone else's land. To the contrary, the thread starter here not only asserts entitlement to the use of land that isn't his, but his downright condescending and unconcerned with the landowner's use of their land, all while demanding pity for the negative consequences of his nuisance behavior.