Re: Hunters' rights encountering hikers with off leash dogs
Originally Posted by
zippermouth
no wonder dana hardly visits this site anymore lol. just youth bashing threads and threads like these
reading these threads annoy the hell out of me, i feel the need to vent but i know it will do nothing so i keep my mouth shut.
FYI, the reason Dana was absent was due to getting punted, banned for similar diatribe such as his posts here on this thread. You have to understand that Dana's ego runs large. He implies the persona of Jermemiah Johnson and truthfully, he does spend more time outdoors than most by the nature of his job. A legend in his mind and it grows larger with each stroke he gets from his followers.
Fear of dogs. Certain dogs must be feared. If you happen upon a dog that shows aggression, chances are you might be getting bit. A dog that is afraid may show teeth, but it will most always turn sideways and have its tail in the lowered, tightly tucked position and do a sidestep retreat.
A number of years ago, I had a feral dog encounter. Actually, three dogs, a male, a bitch and I presume their nearly adult pup. I was returning to my truck nearby when these dogs happened along. I thought it was unusual for the location since there was no human habitation in the locale. I quickly came to the conclusion that they had no fear and did not like my presence. The male started to advance and I was now at my truck so I just hopped in. I rolled the window down a bit and started to talk to him, but his response was a very menacing rumbling growl. I started the truck and he rejoined his entourage and all three trotted off up the road a ways before entering into the forest. It was then I thought I should have stroked him when there was a chance. I related the story to a fellow a few weeks later that I met in the same area. He too had seen them but only while he was driving toward them. As he neared, they jumped off road. He slowed at that spot only to discover that they came back onto the road a couple of hundred feet behind him. Now when I encounter a dog in the bush, if there is not a human close by and he sports no "gear", I consider him feral and I will shoot him if he is not in retreat. Wolves and coyotes have a fear of man, feral dogs do not.
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