Feral dogs

[Tradbowhunter]

I'm over at potholes this weekend and have been hearing about packs of feral dogs out at night, apparently they're killing livestock and attacked a child a little while ago too. Someone told me there's a bounty and open bag limit on them but I haven't been able to find any information confirming this. Anyone know if ita legal to hunt these?

[KFhunter]

hell yes it's legal to kill - wack em and stack em!


No dog would be safe if I were there,  the responsible dog owners will know there is packs of feral dogs running around and will keep their dogs leashed or indoors.



I been down this road, they gotta die.


OH and for the bounty I'd skip that unless it's a lot of money or something?   Who's doing the bounty?   I'd make sure that you stay anonymous....last thing you want is some irresponsible POS dog owner down there threatening you for shooting his at large dog.

[HawkCreek]

I'm not sure about a bounty but if it chases livestock it rates a bullet.

[Tradbowhunter]

Drive around some back roads ny the Hampton lake area yesterday, heard a bunch howling around early evening and saw a small pack of em a little ways down a ravine, they look like dog/yote hybrids or something. I never did find out anything about a bounty, but I'm always up for puttin the hunt on invasive/nuisance species, so might just have to make another trip out here soon. As for dog owners, they can criticize all they want, hunters and local law enforcement killing off the herds of these things are what keeps their livestock and pets a little safer.

[Heredoggydoggy]

Coyotes and dogs will interbreed.  That's why the Eastern "Coydogs" are so much bigger and more aggressive than our little coyotes.  I agree with the "just shoot'em and be quiet" people. 

[Bofire]

  How does one know a 'feral' dog from a 'ranch' dog? If chasing stock OK, did you see that? There have been coydogs found, interbred. In the East the coyotes and gray wolves interbred, thus the 90 pound  coyote/wolves, proven by DNA.
I also hate stock chasing wild dogs, you better be certain what you are shooting.
Carl

[Heredoggydoggy]

I wouldn't shoot a dog unless I saw it chasing a deer or other game animal.  That would be the only qualifier to kill a domestic animal!

[Bill W]

Read the regs carefully before shooting a coyote on the Columbia Wildlife Refuge.   I believe coyotes are not shootable on the refuge.

[BiggLuke]

All Feral animals are legal to kill or capture.
Unless it's in a posted "Open Range" area.
Besides, even if it were in a range area, you'd be doing the cows a favor.
And if anybody ever gives you $hit for killing a "pet" just say it attacked you, so you had no choice but to put it down.

[jackelope]

All Feral animals are legal to kill or capture.

Source?

[h20hunter]

Remember big luke....kill it you gotta eat it!!!

[BiggLuke]

Don't rememeber all my sources.... but unless it's marked, I.E. collared or Tagged, it is considered a danger to wildlife, as in how pigs have destroyed countless millions of acres of land. Feral animals are treated as terrorists now by all forms of animal control.
In fact, I think you can still wrangle up unbranded cattle that are on state land.

I was qietly told about cats, by a Humane Society rep, that unless it has a collar, it's better to just dispatch on site. We used to get a lot of cats in our traps when we were younger.

[BiggLuke]

LOL...   exactly, which is why I would love to go chase some feral hogs....  not dogs so much.

[floatinghat]

All Feral animals are legal to kill or capture.
Unless it's in a posted "Open Range" area.
Besides, even if it were in a range area, you'd be doing the cows a favor.
And if anybody ever gives you $hit for killing a "pet" just say it attacked you, so you had no choice but to put it down.

How do you gauge feral?  Every year we have HW members who "lose" there dogs hunting.  Do you call them feral, would you shoot one in "open range"  a few have been founds weeks later.   

Have to ask the questions

[Houndhunter]

Don't shoot a hound