licensing, report to a hotline, testing, tethers???????/
For what? a problem that doesn't exist? We have dogs in the field now in areas that hold big game and yet the advocates of these things on this thread can not show ONE case where someone has been charged with wildlife harassment even though it is currently a law.
We have hikers and bird hunters with dogs out in areas that have big game. No problem but because someone suggests a dog ACCOMPANY them while hunting big game, now the sky is falling???? Gimme a break.
It is already LEGAL to use a dog as a packer. That explains all the sheep carcasses strewn hither and yon in the mountains.
Common sense is really dead.
There is a law against harassing wildlife.
There are bird dogs in the field now.
There are companion dogs in the field now all year round, including breeding and birthing season.
And yet we do not have dogs running amok after wildlife. Not one case shown.
Add a big game hunter to the mix and all wildlife lives under constant threat of harassment. Even though the same big game hunter was hiking last week with the same dog or bird hunting with the same dog the week before.
How bloody ridiculous.!!!!!
