Posted by Srgnt Billko on March 11, 2008, 6:50 pm
This afternoon I was far back in my 6 acre woodlot and stopped work to
answer natures call. As I stood there taking care of business I see
movement - two small beagles coming towards me thru the woods. My first
thought was I hope there isn't a human behind them watching me with my fly
open. Then I thought - give em hell for trespassing. Then I hope those
little suckers aren't chasing any of the herd of 6 or 7 deer that regularly
pass thru. A half hour later I'm halfway back down the hill and I stop the
tractor to collect maple sap. A nice big whitetail buck leaps and bounds
past me and I think I hear something behind him. I shut the tractor off and
sure enough the howl of the beagles. Now the problem is - what should I do
to prevent these dogs from doing this again ? I don't live on this property
so I don't know the neighbors - it's country so we are spread out - and I've
never seen these dogs before - and I don't want to shoot them or harm them
in any way. Any ideas ?
Posted by Oren on March 11, 2008, 7:15 pm
wrote:
>This afternoon I was far back in my 6 acre woodlot and stopped work to
>answer natures call. As I stood there taking care of business I see
>movement - two small beagles coming towards me thru the woods. My first
>thought was I hope there isn't a human behind them watching me with my fly
>open. Then I thought - give em hell for trespassing. Then I hope those
>little suckers aren't chasing any of the herd of 6 or 7 deer that regularly
>pass thru. A half hour later I'm halfway back down the hill and I stop the
>tractor to collect maple sap. A nice big whitetail buck leaps and bounds
>past me and I think I hear something behind him. I shut the tractor off and
>sure enough the howl of the beagles. Now the problem is - what should I do
>to prevent these dogs from doing this again ? I don't live on this property
>so I don't know the neighbors - it's country so we are spread out - and I've
>never seen these dogs before - and I don't want to shoot them or harm them
>in any way. Any ideas ?
Maybe they were hunting rabbits and happened upon the deer. I've never
seen a Beagle chase a deer. (sure they would for the run)
Try nothing, and watch for the poacher to hunt again?
Posted by Srgnt Billko on March 11, 2008, 8:16 pm
> wrote:
>>This afternoon I was far back in my 6 acre woodlot and stopped work to
>>answer natures call. As I stood there taking care of business I see
>>movement - two small beagles coming towards me thru the woods. My first
>>thought was I hope there isn't a human behind them watching me with my fly
>>open. Then I thought - give em hell for trespassing. Then I hope those
>>little suckers aren't chasing any of the herd of 6 or 7 deer that
>>regularly
>>pass thru. A half hour later I'm halfway back down the hill and I stop the
>>tractor to collect maple sap. A nice big whitetail buck leaps and bounds
>>past me and I think I hear something behind him. I shut the tractor off
>>and
>>sure enough the howl of the beagles. Now the problem is - what should I do
>>to prevent these dogs from doing this again ? I don't live on this
>>property
>>so I don't know the neighbors - it's country so we are spread out - and
>>I've
>>never seen these dogs before - and I don't want to shoot them or harm them
>>in any way. Any ideas ?
>>
> Maybe they were hunting rabbits and happened upon the deer. I've never
> seen a Beagle chase a deer. (sure they would for the run)
> Try nothing, and watch for the poacher to hunt again?
It's only 6 acres so I walked my property and didn't see anyone - and the
guy next to me has 4 that are cleared. After that I see the rear yards of a
few houses on a country road. I think the dogs were running loose.
>
Posted by Frank on March 12, 2008, 8:24 am
Oren wrote:
> wrote:
>
>> This afternoon I was far back in my 6 acre woodlot and stopped work to
>> answer natures call. As I stood there taking care of business I see
>> movement - two small beagles coming towards me thru the woods. My first
>> thought was I hope there isn't a human behind them watching me with my fly
>> open. Then I thought - give em hell for trespassing. Then I hope those
>> little suckers aren't chasing any of the herd of 6 or 7 deer that regularly
>> pass thru. A half hour later I'm halfway back down the hill and I stop the
>> tractor to collect maple sap. A nice big whitetail buck leaps and bounds
>> past me and I think I hear something behind him. I shut the tractor off and
>> sure enough the howl of the beagles. Now the problem is - what should I do
>> to prevent these dogs from doing this again ? I don't live on this property
>> so I don't know the neighbors - it's country so we are spread out - and I've
>> never seen these dogs before - and I don't want to shoot them or harm them
>> in any way. Any ideas ?
>>
>
> Maybe they were hunting rabbits and happened upon the deer. I've never
> seen a Beagle chase a deer. (sure they would for the run)
>
> Try nothing, and watch for the poacher to hunt again?
>
I have personally seen a beagle chasing a big buck. Packs of dogs can
easily chase down and kill a deer. I suspect that it would take more
than one or two beagles. Depending where you live, some states allow
killing dogs seen in pursuit of deer. If you do anything along these
lines, I would keep it quiet. I had a friend shoot a dog chasing him
and his sheep on his property. Even though the dog owner got fined for
letting the dog run loose, he brought a civil suit against my friend.
The judge threw it out but it was aggravating to my friend.
Posted by Srgnt Billko on March 12, 2008, 3:15 pm
> Oren wrote:
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This afternoon I was far back in my 6 acre woodlot and stopped work to
>>> answer natures call. As I stood there taking care of business I see
>>> movement - two small beagles coming towards me thru the woods. My first
>>> thought was I hope there isn't a human behind them watching me with my
>>> fly open. Then I thought - give em hell for trespassing. Then I hope
>>> those little suckers aren't chasing any of the herd of 6 or 7 deer that
>>> regularly pass thru. A half hour later I'm halfway back down the hill
>>> and I stop the tractor to collect maple sap. A nice big whitetail buck
>>> leaps and bounds past me and I think I hear something behind him. I shut
>>> the tractor off and sure enough the howl of the beagles. Now the problem
>>> is - what should I do to prevent these dogs from doing this again ? I
>>> don't live on this property so I don't know the neighbors - it's country
>>> so we are spread out - and I've never seen these dogs before - and I
>>> don't want to shoot them or harm them in any way. Any ideas ?
>>>
>>
>> Maybe they were hunting rabbits and happened upon the deer. I've never
>> seen a Beagle chase a deer. (sure they would for the run)
>>
>> Try nothing, and watch for the poacher to hunt again?
>>
> I have personally seen a beagle chasing a big buck. Packs of dogs can
> easily chase down and kill a deer. I suspect that it would take more than
> one or two beagles. Depending where you live, some states allow killing
> dogs seen in pursuit of deer. If you do anything along these lines, I
> would keep it quiet. I had a friend shoot a dog chasing him and his sheep
> on his property. Even though the dog owner got fined for letting the dog
> run loose, he brought a civil suit against my friend. The judge threw it
> out but it was aggravating to my friend.
Nah - I'm a dog lover and these 2 were nice looking pups - so I don't want
to hurt them. But I will stop them from chasing deer on my property one way
or another.
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>answer natures call. As I stood there taking care of business I see
>movement - two small beagles coming towards me thru the woods. My first
>thought was I hope there isn't a human behind them watching me with my fly
>open. Then I thought - give em hell for trespassing. Then I hope those
>little suckers aren't chasing any of the herd of 6 or 7 deer that regularly
>pass thru. A half hour later I'm halfway back down the hill and I stop the
>tractor to collect maple sap. A nice big whitetail buck leaps and bounds
>past me and I think I hear something behind him. I shut the tractor off and
>sure enough the howl of the beagles. Now the problem is - what should I do
>to prevent these dogs from doing this again ? I don't live on this property
>so I don't know the neighbors - it's country so we are spread out - and I've
>never seen these dogs before - and I don't want to shoot them or harm them
>in any way. Any ideas ?