Deer Pen in Ontario?

[bigr]

I know they have Yote pens to get pups started but do they have any Deer Pens in Ontario?

[werner.reiche]

Not that I am aware of.
And it is illegal to off-season train your dogs on wild deer.
Which makes training deer dogs a bit difficult.

Why did this get moved from hunting dogs to off topic?

[TroutSlayer]

My mistake, I'll put it back.

[Cass]

I know they have Yote pens to get pups started but do they have any Deer Pens in Ontario?

Allowing dogs to "chase" deer outside of deer season is illegal. It is considered hunting, whether you have a gun or not. I'm sure the definition is in the regs somewhere, something along the lines of "chasing, stalking, pursuing whether or not you have a means to harvest the animal are all considered hunting". I'm sure they have a nicer definition but you get the jist of it.

[werner.reiche]

Allowing dogs to "chase" deer outside of deer season is illegal. It is considered hunting, whether you have a gun or not. I'm sure the definition is in the regs somewhere, something along the lines of "chasing, stalking, pursuing whether or not you have a means to harvest the animal are all considered hunting". I'm sure they have a nicer definition but you get the jist of it.

It comes under the "dogs running at large harassing wildlife" and gives a CO the authority to shoot your dog on the spot...although I really doubt a CO would go to that length. IIRC, the fine is about $500 though - they handed out a few of those to farm dog owners west of Ottawa a few years back.

[Cass]

It comes under the "dogs running at large harassing wildlife" and gives a CO the authority to shoot your dog on the spot...although I really doubt a CO would go to that length. IIRC, the fine is about $500 though - they handed out a few of those to farm dog owners west of Ottawa a few years back.

Thanks Werner, I was hoping someone would have a better explanation than mine

[C.A. in TO]

However you can train recovery tracking in the off season.