Thread: Sunday hunting

Originally Posted by undertheradar

the big folks that own massive amounts of land way out in the country are most likely church going, god fearing people that wont allow hunting on sundays anyhow. All this did is open up a can of worms.

Just one scenario, and not too far fetched either... I hunt saturday all day with hounds. My hound gets on another large piece of property that afternoon and I cant get to him. Hes full of energy because I did not hunt him saturday morning and he ends up running deer darn near all night. I choose to leave the hound si I can get some sleep. I go back sunday morning to find my dog, I track the dog with my electronics/gps system, get close enough to him to holler and call him back to the truck. He starts coming but falls right on a deer as he was coming back to me. He runs the deer across the dirt road that I am on....

Here is where it WILL get tricky, I have my gun in the truck, I CANT shoot this deer because my dog is running it.
I CAN get a ticket for dog hunting deer on sunday, BUT the hunter who is sitting in his/her tree stand "still hunting" Sunday morning CAN SHOOT THIS DEER. This will be a HUGE problem as it happens often. OR the still hunter will be MAD at the dog and dog owner for (in my most wussy whiny voice) "ruining my hunt and chasing all the deer away" and shoot the dog.

Not trying to stir the pot too much here. But in the scenario you just gave, if the stand hunter (still hunting is actually walking very, very slowly while hunting) is on stand and owns or has permission to hunt that land and does shoot the deer, should he be ridiculed for shooting a deer in front of a dog who's owner couldn't maintain proper custody or control of his dog by being unable to retrieve him the night before?

I see both sides of the argument, but in this scenario I don't see how the stand hunter can be at fault for anything. Except of course if he were to shoot the dog. I don't agree with that under any circumstances ... dogs do what dogs do ... ain't their fault!

YB