Dog killed in trap Check out some of the comments, some people sure are ass backwards! And I ain't talking about trappers either.
Actually Bowtech you cant use Conibears for bobcats after Dec. 31. Doesnt say anything about dry land. Still use them for Beaver, Otter, Muskrats, Mink. It didnt say it was a 330 either. Couldve been a 220. Might have been a stream right there also. Mink sets can be on the ground within 3 meters from waters edge. 220 is overkill for mink but might be used like a universal trap for otter running the banks also.Shouldn't be any "Big" conibears out one dry land after Deceber 31st. Both parties seem to be breaking the law and each can take some blame.
Agreed!!I think you would have a hard time justifying a #220 or bigger to DNR if it was set any great distance away from the waters edge.
Winchey not singlin you out or anything...There is no law that your dog has to be on a leash on public land when you are present, you just can't let your dog out the back door and say have at it.
According to THE LAW your dog would then be AT LARGE.My point is, running your dog off leash on crown land is not running at large.
Wouldnt not knowing where your dog is for 15 minutes be negligent?? UGH againMy dogs are either contained to my property or I am in their control and company when we are not on my property, however there have been times when I have lost that control for 15 minutes or so, I accept responsibility for anything they do in that 15 minutes, I accept that I am taking a risk when we do go off my property and that things can happen and am fine with that as long as those things are not intentional or a result of negligence (unless it was private property).
Can a man be charged/summonsed by his own admission??Companion dogs out for a walk with their owner are going to have less effect then hounds that are encouraged, bread and trained to run deer. Never did I say it was a good thing to do. The evidence in the article suggests that dogs have an effect over and above everything else, and she is right, the article also suggests that the impact is not great. I am defending my right to hunt birds with dogs without having yahoos thinking they are aloud to shoot my dog. Everyone in the woods has an impact on wildlife, my rights to hunt with dogs out weighs the disturbances caused. My dogs have chased deer on occasion, I run bells and generally deer are long gone before my dogs and I get there, I know what my dog is doing because I can hear him. We don't run in woods I know to be frequented by deer during certain times of the year. You don't trash break a dog until he can handle the volts. The author sees dogs in the woods off leash as being unneccesary, I disagree, bird hunting is my favourite sport and I do not believe the small effect bird dogs have on deer is worth banning them from the woods. I am not trying to say people should let their dogs chase deer but I do not think you can allow crown land to be used for all kinds of detrimental activities to wildlife and then say it is off limits to dogs in the company of their owners because it could have negative effect.