Originally Posted By: tntelkhntrI stand by my previous post. We understand the law and the usage of the GPS and radios. You're the one attacking the entire hound hunting community as if every single hunter that uses one is breaking the law.
As far as the hounds on private property, you're making up your own laws now. The PGC doesn't enforce tresspass violations, the state police do. Anytime I run into a situation with a landowner who is irate and doesn't want to believe what I try to explain to them, rather than argue, I invite them to call the state police. A couple have made the call and the results are always the same. Hounds in pursuit of game do not constitute tresspassing, only if a hunter enters the property can there be tresspass charges filed.
Nobody starts a hunt with the intentions of running game on private land, but until my dogs learn to read we deal with it and still respect the landowners.
That SUNSHINE, is from the Pa. State Police.
Since I like to call game from time to time, I'm not attacking the calling community, but let's look at the electronics used to pursue and harvest game in this style of hunting. First we have the electronic call with a remote and hundreds of animal calls with the push of a button.. next we have the gun or scope mounted kill light with its own remote switch, not to mention the hand held or head mounted scan light. Also many use a nasty GPS to mark their spots or a shot where they couldn't find the animal. And some even maintain baitpiles with trail cameras so they can see if anything is coming to it so they know when to go call at it. Forgot one,battery powered illuminated reticles in the scopes.
And they even drive vehicles to these spots!
As far as I know all this is legal, but I don't go on the forums accusing hunters of abusing the way its done.
The same for the dog GPS system they are legal...
So your to say you never look at your radio to see where the dogs are heading to head them off when they are on a track? Your on foot 100% of the time and never have your buddys pick you up at a crossing or call them on a device and tell them to head there? BS
Who said anything about the pgc enforcing the tresspassing law? Might wanna go read that again? And yes,that dog is part of you and you should be in charge and control of that dog at all times. That animal that tresspasses is your resposibility. Again a dog owner shall have control of his dog at all times.
I would call the police then call a lawyer and prove that BS wrong in a court of law.
Waite your a SP, I dont give a rats arse.
All those things you mentioned about Ecallers and mounted lights to CALL animals in are legal. As far as I know, FOXPRO hasnt came up with a mechanical dog to chase the animal down.
Now,call the HQ and tell them you have a GPS on your dog and your useing it to track your hounds while it is in pursuit of game animals. Then you will know if it is legal or not. You dont want that doubt hanging in your mind being a SP officer now do ya? Call them and clear that matter up once and for all for us all. If your that sure that its legal.Call them. I invite you to call, HQ. just because your a SP doesnt mean you know all the laws.
One more thing, Alot of people buy property now so they can have some land to hunt, and have say so over it. Again as being a SP officer your dog not being able to read has anything to do with it. If you know the laws in PA. A person does not have to have signs up for it to be illegal to tresspass on. That again is anothers resposbility and not the landowners when it comes to boundry line.
Also I believe you know the law that requires all dog owners to be in control of their dogs at all times. And these are not made up laws.