Killdee
Senior Member
This is an old post, but was there a right to retrieve law passed here in Ga I haven’t heard about? For dogs, deer?
This is probably far off what we are talking about but I'm 14 y/o safe with a gun on our property 150 acres i'm following a creek thru our property just walking checking things out after about an hour this guy and his brother come out of no where and are giving me the what for cause I was on there property maybe 500 yards or so up this little creek i di dn't know what to do but go back down the creek to where I started well that was not good enough I recon but to get back to the story a couple of my older brothers came a hollering for me and ran up on us and seen how he was acting because i was kinda lost on his property but had it not been for them coming and finding me(retrieving me)i don't know what I would have done so for him to act like that with a human know telling what they would have done with my hounds.So to make a long sory short I NEVER leave my hounds behind I go straight in and out with as little commotion as possible.And have no problem with anyone else doing the same the problem I have is when they ride there atv's and just make trails where they wnt and that burns me up cause I know they would not like it being done to there property.
Stream of conscience writing!just wondered if you figured out what a period was in the past 9 years?
just wondered if you figured out what a period was in the past 9 years?
SC has no "right to retrieve" law. Private property is private property and if your dogs or intended quarry runs on to that property and dies you must have permission to retrieve. Also, it will do you no good to call the LEO's. LEO's cannot "make" the property owner give you permission nor will they come out to the area! If you go ahead and trespass to retrieve your dog or game the landowner can prosecute!
The best thing is to talk to property owners in advance. It's amazing what a meet and greet can accomplish rather than show once your dogs or deer has crossed over the lines! Property owners do not like to be made to feel like they are being taken advantage of!
Well, that would be great if they did. They should really just outlaw dog hunting all together. Why would anyone enjoy want to hunt anything but a deer anyways?I've had problems with coon hunters for years. I'll prosecute a couple then they'll quit for a while then different coon hunters move in. They're all trying to hunt small acreage knowing their dogs are going to cross property lines. I spoke to a game warden a couple weeks ago and he said there has been a lot of talk about requiring all dog hunting to follow the same acreage requirements as deer dogging.
Well, that would be great if they did. They should really just outlaw dog hunting all together. Why would anyone enjoy want to hunt anything but a deer anyways?
I catch anyone on my property without my permission and I assume they are a threat and I act accordingly.
Although I am against anyone entering private land to retrieve their dog or game without seeking permission;
I am more against this sort of thinking which sounds a lot like threatening the trespasser with violence .
Do this and you will be on the wrong side of the law and justifiably so!
edit: Thread from 2011. Been had again.