jroot

i don't believe that dogs chasing deer results in death of the deer 99.999999999% of the time ...it's possible but very unlikely. deer are tough wild critters, they know how to survive.

in short what i'm trying to say is who gives a crap if a dog is chasing some deer. and i wouldn't be surprised if it got out that a conservation officer is not only shooting dogs but promoting others to do the same he probally wouldn't be a conservation officer much longer.

the conservation officers generally don't even shoot trouble bears ...they trap them and move them to new areas.

bigcountry

Stubble dogs have been around well before roman times and its their nature to run deer. Same as wolves. Its nature. I think even the stupid anti's understand that. How do I feel about a dog running a deer. Not bad at all. Its quite natural. I feel the same about a wolf running a elk. For a hunter to shoot one cause it ruined his hunt. Not very natural in my opinion.

sure you can say, owners being negligent and all that, but accidents do happen. Dogs are quite resourceful. And again, you got to ask yourself is it worth it? Is it worth a distraut dog owner loosing it and firebombing your house, or hurting you?

bigcountry

Have to disagree with you there jroot. If a pack starts running one, the deer will probably die from exhaustion. Seen it many times in Ky growing up.

stubblejumper

Actually we shoot wolves on sight where I live and it is legal to do so for a resident of the province.As for irresponsible dog owners taking out their frustration,where I hunt, farms are quite large in size with a very sparse human population.If a dog failed to come home(if it even has one)the owner would in all likelyhood never know why let alone know who shot it.Therefore there would be no media coverage either.I suppose the situation would be different in the more populated small acreage areas that many people live in but here where we have real farms of several hundred acres or more,that is the situation.