it doesnt say you will get charged if your collecting your dogs it says you will be charged if your hunting with them so im sure if you go on to get your dogs without a gun youll be fine. thats the way theyve handled it already since dogs cant read. but this is a hard one for me cause i cant stand people crossing onto my posted land but i hate to see more laws banning kinds of hunting. this is a tricky sticky situation id say what we have here is a big conundrum.