Using dogs to track dead elk

[pianoman9701]

Legal or not I am going to try every route possible If I was to lose a animal. I know of many people who have used dogs and prevailed, and with out the dog it would have been a lost animal. I would find it hard to believe a warden would site you for doing everything in your power to make sure your game was found and didn't go to waste.

Honorable thought. Still call the gamie first and you'll know for sure. When it comes to confiscation of equipment and vehicles, citations, legal representation, the legal process, a lengthy wait for a hearing, then possible longer wait for a trial, it's not true that it's easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission. What do you have to lose by asking your local gamie now, ahead of time? Then, if you think his opinion is wrong, you can do what you want anyway and if cited, then go through that legal process.

It's kind of like that person who crosses the street without looking at the oncoming traffic she knows is there. She has the right of way. So if she gets hit, it's the driver's fault. Of course she may die in the process or become permanently disabled. But she'll prove her point, won't she? Look both ways when crossing a street and ask the gamie when you're not sure about the legality of something, whether you think you're right or not.

[washelkhunter]

Yup, the best thing to do is call and ask someone who would know. I cant imagine using a dog to recover a shot animal would be in violation of any rules.

[Band]

Hunter: "Dang, looks like I lost my elk.  I'm going to go home and give my best friend Fido a hug".
Hunter to Fido: "You're such a good dog that I'm going to take you on a walk.  I'll even show you where I lost my elk".
Later that day..."Here's where I lost the blood trail, Fido.  Dang, I guess there's always next year.  Hey Fido, where are you going?  Fido, come back here, I'm not supposed to let you trail that elk.  Bad dog, Fido, you found my dead elk.  I'm going to take you home and put you in your kennel with a delicious steak to punish you while I go back to my hunting spot to keep looking for that elk".

[YoterHunter]

What dose Big Tex have to say i would like to know my self

[raydog]

I've been using dogs to  retrieve shot game in Washington for the last two years.  Bottom line is that it is technically illegal in accordance with state law.  Does that mean that you can't do it, absolutely not.  I have a thread in the hound hunting section you can read thru and it should answer most of your questions.  Bottom line is I have helped people locate "lost" game animals in western WA. and I will continue to do so with the full knowledge of local law enforcement.

Some Rules are meant to be broken

[lokidog]

Good luck.

[stidsteak]

Thanks guys.

[lokidog]

Thanks guys.

No news?   

[stidsteak]

The news is that I posted this question after losing an animal. It was the evening of the last Friday of early archery that I recovered my arrow. I looked that night under headlamp to see if I could get a reflection off of the animal's eyes. Then I looked until 2pm the following day when I knew I wouldn't be able to get the meat off of the bones soon enough even if I ever did find the animal. It was a hot day and I couldn't get anyone out to help locate it with me. Any dog, even an untrained one would have been better than what I had going on that day. I decided to quit the early season after that, it just wasn't enjoyable at all at that point.

[lokidog]

Too bad, sorry to hear you never found it.