Dogs hunting deer in Ont.

Take the trespassing fine to court it should be tossed as you are named not the dog, no intent - no conviction. In Ontario it is the Dog Owners Liability Act that applies and there are no trespass provisions. Here is SECTION 4 of that Act and the commencement of proceedings under said Act
Proceedings against owner of dog

4. (1) A proceeding may be commenced in the Ontario Court of Justice against an owner of a dog if it is alleged that,

(a) the dog has bitten or attacked a person or domestic animal;

(b) the dog has behaved in a manner that poses a menace to the safety of persons or domestic animals; or

(c) the owner did not exercise reasonable precautions to prevent the dog from,

(i) biting or attacking a person or domestic animal, or

(ii) behaving in a manner that poses a menace to the safety of persons or domestic animals. 2005, c. 2, s. 1 (6).

Look into the laws of your province. On that note Dad ran hounds for deer for years and it is a way of life in that area. I have owned beagles for 30 years and will be the first one to say of the 20 dogs i have owned in that time only one would not chase deer. Bugger would chase turkeys all over the county but never a deer.

If it is not a blatant attempt to push game through your property it is just a hunting dog doing what hunting dogs do. If you have never had the experience of hunting over hounds you should try it once. Nothing compares.
 
Whoa, whoa, whoa...
I never said I was against it folks. I made an observation about regional differences is all.
Remember I said my family did it with hunting furbearing animals. It'd be really hypocritical to say it's right for coyotes, but not for deer.
I live in the middle of semi-arid desert, that sort of dog / scent hunting doesn't work well here.
My family used to house the hounds in a shell in the back of a big V-8 truck, with a rope release on the gate. Close the distance with the truck, and turn 'em loose. And they were chasing the coyotes, kill dog would stay in the front til the hounds ran it to ground. Turn loose the kill dog and it's over.
So I don't know about it, and asked. Chill.
My PETA sticker stands for 'People Eating Tasty Animals'
 
Running dogs for coyotes in the populated area's of SW Ontario may have been fine 50 years ago, but I would say it's far too populated with too many small private parcels of land these days to do it without making people angry. It's a sad and unacceptable excuse to say that the dog doesn't know where it's going or you try your best to control it. This isn't 1935, use a tracking and/or electronic training collar to keep your animal(s) under control if you don't want people frowning upon your method of hunting.

I fully support running hounds in much less populated area's of northern Ontario and would love to try it one day, but I cannot wrap my head around the idea of doing it around here.
 
I'm an Sask / AB boy myself. They used to run coyotes south of Armed Forces base Suffield.
And it wasn't for fun, that's how they made the winter's wages.
 
I have always wanted to try coyotes with dogs, even just to tag along.
Deer, not so much. I hunt deer like I do coyotes, alone, and quiet.
I find a lot of the people I try to get hunting permission on think that is what they are allowing you to do. The see the guys in trucks all over, dogs running and men behind them on their property. A little different then sneaking in at dawn and sneaking back out. Too many city people with a new house with a chunk of land that think every hunt is what they witness during a drive.
No deer with dogs where I live, but I will wait to try coyotes once before I decide if I like it or not.
I have always said that if it is legal, then enjoy it. However, I would not put up with a dog running animals where I am hunting.
 
My clan used to use Greyhounds (3-4)to run them to ground, and get up close 1st with a pickup truck...miles and miles of prairie to play in.
I'm not too sure about Greyhounds suitability for much else. Interweb would likely help you out.
 
Hounds on coyotes in Ontario is fast moving and fun but it usually annoys landowners too. The yotes move fast and cross many properties, roads, woodlots and fields while being chased, hunters are usually groups of local farmers and hunters with permission on large tracks of land composed of numerous properties and know the roads and trails very well and move to intercept. Properties change hands over the years leaving a patchwork of consensual landowners and those opposed for a various reasons.
 
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