I believe the minimum acreage could be less and still be effective. Legislators names and numbers on dog collars could be real effective to defeating other parts of this bill.
I would rather not see a minimum acreage regulation. That said I could see where having a minimum of 200-300 acres, could possibly stop the rouges that are causing most of the problems. I would rather see minimum acreage before those other laws. The laws, that encourage people to catch dogs and say they were on their land.
I don't see that bill going anywhere. Maybe a 100 acres but not a 1000 acres. Yes I agree every dog club should have at least one tract , a 100 acres contiguous and that would keep more of the rogues onto the gamelands.
Them folks in Georgia aren't as liberal as us Carolina boys.In Georgia the minimum acreage is 1000 acres so never say never.
Duck hunting be limited to ocean mostly
CRC, can you confirm this ?
That's what I figuredThey haven't gotten it through yet and have tried three years in a row.
Common sense ain't so common no more. I think 1000 is a little high I'd settle well with 500 acres. But yes something has gotta be done or deer dogging will just be a memory when my kids get old enough to pass the torch to.I think a continuous and minimum acrage requirement may not be the most popular idea amongst the dog hunters but I personally feel like such legislation could protect our sport moving forward and would hopefully help us get rid of the groups of 6-8 guys turning out truck load of dogs on grandma’s 20 acres. That’s just not acceptable. It’s putting the dogs in harms way, asking for a pissing contest with neighbors and it’s dangerous. Now you give me a good organized dog hunt on a tract of land big enough for it and I’ll hunt with you all day. I think the size of the tract being hunted should dictate how many dogs a club turns out. You can responsibly hunt 100 acres with 3-5 dogs that will handle. You cannot responsibly hunt that same 100 acre tract with 25 dogs. You’ll actually kill more deer with just a few dogs on the smaller tracts. If you’ve got a block big enough, sure turn out a couple packs but on those smaller tracts when you turn that many head out it causes more problems than it does good. You have dogs running other dogs, covering tracks and babbling when just a couple hounds can settle down and hunt like you need them to.
We were talking Sunday when I was down at the club. One guy said pre Garmin he would burn a tank of gas a day and seldom be caught up before midnight. Post Garmin same truck he can hunt 4-6 days on a tank of gas and most days he is caught up before dark.
Duck hunting be limited to ocean mostly