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When you are doing your recovery, will you be alone or will you be taking the hunter with you? Will the hunter be armed if coming along?
Lots of guys use dachshunds, they make great blood trailing dogs. Full Cry a magazine, which is dedicated to hounds and curs always has a section each month just on the little weiner dogs and their skills at tracking. But lots of breeds are good blood trailers. The Wirehaired Pointing Griffons is another good breed.
kinda tired of seeing some snappy posts by one member, good this is cleared and LEGAL.
The Legal Services Office provided a written position statement which agrees with enforcement officers. The intent of the statutes mentioned above was to define the use of dogs as an aid to actively hunting or seeking to kill game.
Most of my German friends hunted the various breeds of terriers. I used to refer to them as the tiny tooth pack dogs. Nothing is more fun than watching Jack Russells and Dachshunds launch on the trail of a boar. Within 5 minutes those little buggers would be hanging off of every available appendage of a big tusker. They always got to the pigs before the hounds did.
Most recent update: I have an appointment to sit down with the WDFW legal counsel at the State Office regarding a request that they produce a department opinion regarding the definition of the terms hunt and pursue. This is an official statement from the WDFW legal counsel and would therefore be binding to all WDFW enforcement personnel. As requested this action will relieve law enforcement officer from the need to interpret meaning in regulation. This is not a request made by civilians unless through a court order, but with the assistance of enforcement officers I have managed to get on the schedule of the department’s legal counsel. If all goes as intended the legal counsel’s further description of the terms hunt and pursue will be defined for enforcement officers. The formal opinion will hopefully match the informal opinion, which they have already provided. If the opinion is issued as requested and it reflects the same meaning as the informal opinion already issued it will serve as a “legal” basis to track game as I have described for all individuals.
Mac B: with all due respect you posted the following earlier:"I have spoken with WDFW and been provided with written documentation from the wildlife enforcement division clearly stating that the use of dogs for following up wounded/lost game is legal in the state of Washington. Once I could sit down with the WDFW and explain what I wanted to do it was understood and determined to be absolutely legal. "Since then you've indicated that you have received conflicting opinions about the legality of it. You've indicated that you have a meeting scheduled to discuss this with a legal representative from WDFW. It does not appear to me as if the legality of this has been fully resolved yet with WDFW.If you have written documentation from someone representing WDFW, it can be obtained by anyone through a Freedom of Information Act request so there's really no valid reason to withhold it.My suggestion is to either provide the documentation, or withhold stating to others that it is completely legal until you can do so. I'm sure many on here would appreciate having it confirmed in writing.Thank you.
Quote from: Macs B on March 15, 2012, 01:50:32 PMMost recent update: I have an appointment to sit down with the WDFW legal counsel at the State Office regarding a request that they produce a department opinion regarding the definition of the terms hunt and pursue. This is an official statement from the WDFW legal counsel and would therefore be binding to all WDFW enforcement personnel. As requested this action will relieve law enforcement officer from the need to interpret meaning in regulation. This is not a request made by civilians unless through a court order, but with the assistance of enforcement officers I have managed to get on the schedule of the department’s legal counsel. If all goes as intended the legal counsel’s further description of the terms hunt and pursue will be defined for enforcement officers. The formal opinion will hopefully match the informal opinion, which they have already provided. If the opinion is issued as requested and it reflects the same meaning as the informal opinion already issued it will serve as a “legal” basis to track game as I have described for all individuals. Are you meeting with Ms. Lori Pruess? If so I don't have high regards for the outcome, she's consistently been wrong on several issues.I'm sure you already will but please stress these two points: not armed, can't be hunting and dog on a leash cannot be pursuit. Thanks and I really look forward to the outcome of your meeting.
