Hunters' rights encountering hikers with off leash dogs

[coplin]

what are our rights as hunters', engaged in hunting in a legal hunting area,during legal hunting season; when we encounter persons in the same area who elect to walk/hike in the area with their dog(s) off leash ? Can't these people give us hunters' our short 3 months of enjoyment....?

Seems only vaguely addressed in the BC Wildlife act.. More specific about using dogs for hunting on leash or off leash for upland or wetland birds, but then these type dogs are with hunters' so that's obvious.


Not looking for debates or rants about "woofie's" need to be free.

[Jordan f.]

Are you on crown land? Are dogs legally able to be off leash in the area?

[coplin]

Crown Land, The law is quite clear that dogs are never allowed to be off leash in a wildlife habitat area unless specific signs are posted stating otherwise but people do it anyways

[Doug Palmer]

Crown Land, The law is quite clear that dogs are never allowed to be off leash in a wildlife habitat area unless specific signs are posted stating otherwise but people do it anyways

This is what I was told on the trapping course. I have failed to find which law prohibits dogs being off leash in the bush. Can you point me in the right direction?

Regards
Doug

[ncurrie]

Crown Land, The law is quite clear that dogs are never allowed to be off leash in a wildlife habitat area unless specific signs are posted stating otherwise but people do it anyways

Searched all through gov.bc and I can’t find anything about where it states dogs are “never allowed to be off leash in a wildlife habitat area” the closest thing I could find is this quote

• Keep your pets quiet and under control at all times” so please free to enlighten me where this law is? Also you can not use the excuse the dog was chasing wildlife to shoot it, only a CO can legally do that. It’s the hunters 100 % responsibility to make sure they know what they are shooting. Ignorance will not hold up in the court of law.

[srupp]

Hmmm 4 days ago on private property. .all off a sudden..crashing ..and a beautiful 6 1/2 foot blavk bear comes crashing through the woods.on his ass were 4 dogs..1 huskey,2 sheltie type, one newfoundland. .I must have moved dogs broke off the chase and came from 100 yards and closed in on 40 yards..was getting ready to shoot someones dog..s as they were not friendly..a couple yells and they turned away from me..away from the bears direction..back tge way they came..screwed up a days hunting and the second pair of underwear in a month..
Yes I would have shot..but been sick doing so as I also own a dog.
Steven

[coplin]

Hmmm srupp since you are a dog owner yourself, maybe you know then . If say you were not a hunter, would you off leash "walk" your dog in the forest ? As I don't own a dog I've never looked into this maybe it is allowed maybe dog owners are allowed to do this , seems like a ridiculous idea to me, but again I don't know ...

[northof49]

Hmmm srupp since you are a dog owner yourself, maybe you know then . If say you were not a hunter, would you off leash "walk" your dog in the forest ? As I don't own a dog I've never looked into this maybe it is allowed maybe dog owners are allowed to do this , seems like a ridiculous idea to me, but again I don't know ...

Are you for real....yeeesh

[coplin]

so we put in all this effort to get set up to be quiet to perhaps build a blind and then "Sally and Billy" can come hiking with "Buster" off leash scaring away any chance at a deer or like what happened to you distressing Black Bears, making that bear a danger now for possible future human interactions. We have no rights. I'm sure you would have been the one "punished" even in self defence if you woulda had to shoot "Buster"

[Foxton Gundogs]

so we put in all this effort to get set up to be quiet to perhaps build a blind and then "Sally and Billy" can come hiking with "Buster" off leash scaring away any chance at a deer or like what happened to you distressing Black Bears, making that bear a danger now for possible future human interactions. We have no rights. I'm sure you would have been the one "punished" even in self defence if you woulda had to shoot "Buster"

The one thing I can not abide is to be out grouse hunting with one of my "fur babies" (as you put it) and have a covey busted by some inept nimrod stomping through the bush TRYING to "stalk" deer. There should be a law against it

LMFatAO