poluke ...this post is about dogs, not wolves or yotes. i grew up out west and have shot many yotes and can't wait for tags to be issued for wolves. if i'm not mistaken it's wyoming's wolf management plan that is holding up the federal delisting of the wolf as an endangered species.

i don't dispute that there are some areas of the country that have problems with wild dogs nor that there is anything wrong with shooting a dog that is aggressive and attacks.

my point is that in all my years of hunting i have never met anyone who has been attacked by a wild dog while hunting and don't believe that they have a noticable impact on deer numbers.

living out east as i do now and hunting on smaller parcels of land i have regular encounters with dogs/cats while hunting and have never considered shooting them for interfearing with my hunt or general tresspassing due to the fact that there is no way to tell for sure if they are wild and not just someones pet that got away (which happens periodically to the best pet owners).