Comments on: Deer Dog Hunting Dispute Goes To Florida Supreme Court

By: charles h reid

charles h reid — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 21:26:36 +0000

One solution for responsible dog hunters is to require licenses for all hunting dogs. The funds generate could be used to help hunters locate dogs. It would also give game wardens skin in the game. Licensing of dogs would discourage unsavory dog hunters but it would aide responsible dog hunters. Some dog hunters throw dogs out on property lines without any consideration for land owners.

By: Tessy Gunderson

Tessy Gunderson — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 22:20:47 +0000

I live in Blackwater, on private land, and on occasion dogs sometimes run across my property. Sometimes they even hang around for a little while. The dogs have never deprived me of my property or using my property anyway I choose. The other wildlife visit a lot more frequently, but that’s why I live here. I also have the right to FENCE any part of my property I don’t wish to share with my four legged neighbors. I would much rather the four legged visitors or the two legged ones anyday.

By: BOBBY

BOBBY — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 20:15:43 +0000

These people that are doing the complaining once said they did not want dog hunting stopped , now that we have spent thousands on fences and GPS Correction collars and all but completely stopped any dogs from getting on private land these same people have changed their minds , tells me they wanted it stopped to begain with , we have documented proof of the bogus complaints about homeowners telling FWC dogs crossed their land . Our GPS Maps shows the trails of the dogs and private land is marked on these units , as for ….Who needs dogs comments , we as a family dog hunt, still hunt , bow hunt , The sport of running hounds is world wide and been around for decades , Yes i agree land owners should have looked closer at their purchase of land , you move close to a sewer plant your going to smell ….:” Not sure what we can do anymore to satisfy some of these people , as for other comments above it’s crazy to think any dog hunter wants to risk a 400 dol fine and get anywhere near private property , we all watch our gps units and the dogs are trained to stop the race and return to the truck with a collar tone or some with a vibrate , Maybe we need to investigate more why some continue not wanting any hunters near their property including still hunters .

By: LibbyLA

LibbyLA — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 17:53:35 +0000

This isn’t about dogs running on public land, where they absolutely have a right to run. This is about dogs trespassing on private property. Railroads, airports, race tracks, hog farms, and sewage plants are right there for a potential buyer to see, hear, and/or smell 24/7/365. Trespassing deer dogs are only there during dog-deer season. To compare trespassing dogs to those other things is ridiculous.

People who bought property surrounded by public land did so thinking that there would be hunting going on around them, but not on their own land unless they were the ones hunting. The fact that some hunters think it’s no big deal if their dogs trespass on private property is an alien concept to landowners who expect to be able to use their property for their own purposes without interference from trespassing deer dogs.

The deer belong to the public but that doesn’t mean the public (and their dogs) are entitled to go onto someone’s private land to get to the deer. Landowners and leaseholders have private property rights. They shouldn’t have to “suck it up” just because dog-deer hunters have hunted this way (or on this property) all their lives. If they wanted to hunt a piece of private property, they should have bought it when it was available.

Fences don’t keep the dogs out.

By: Grand Locust

Grand Locust — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 17:08:32 +0000

I have lived in rural agricultural areas most of my life. I have seen twenty sheep slaughtered by packs of dogs which run together. Farmers do not even think about shooting dogs which are running in a pack. The sad thing is a lot of family pets run with these feral packs and then after a couple of days return home with the owners not even aware of the dogs destructive behavior. I bird hunt with dogs and saw a grown man cry for an hour after a pellet from his shotgun caught his oldest dog. Owners have strict liability for animals they own. This means you control your animals. This is not about being anti hunting, it is about responsible hunting. In regard to Native Americans discussion being way out there, so is talking about dog hunting on the frontier and the Mayflower. I am tired of this socialist attitude that people can just disregard private property and that the mob will take away these folks property rights……move to Venezuela and dog hunt all you want on other people’s property.

By: Tabby

Tabby — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 16:30:27 +0000

@John–Oh my gosh, I’m a woman and consider your comment sissified. That’s what’s wrong with this area. Yuppies and Yankee’s like you trying to take over. My husband and I very rarely go to a grocery store because we raise our own animals, vegetables, and hunt the rest. We don’t want to depend on society or the government for our survival.

By: Nitty Gritty

Nitty Gritty — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:10:28 +0000

Grand Locust,
Comparing me buying property and native Americans to this situation is stupid and reaching way out there!!!!!!!! The hunters have tried to be civil and come up with answers to the problem, hell they even offer to put up fences for the owners. I live close to a railroad track and don’t really care for the noise but I’m not on a mission to shut the railroad down. I have what is very rare theses days and that’s common sense, I knew when buying my home I’d have to deal with the noise. And as far as shooting dogs go, only you can make that decision but be prepared for the consequences that goes along with it.

By: Dog hunter

Dog hunter — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 12:49:42 +0000

If they get there way I’m taking my dog a turning them out at the state capital and they can feed them

By: elmerpsuggins

elmerpsuggins — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 12:23:26 +0000

Hunters should have to take there chances just like the deer Hunters should get off there lazy butts and get in the woods and hunt dog hunting should banned state wide

By: john

john — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 11:49:04 +0000

I have family that own land in Alabama 500 acres and all they do is still hunt, they pile up the deer every season. It seems to me that dog hunting was more justifiable back in a time when there were fewer people per square mile and you needed to do it for your very survival….in a time you didn’t have publix and Winn dixie or the corner General store. I hunt occasionally but don’t consider myself a hunter, I can’t think of one single reason why it should go on.