Two more big black eyes. What a shame!

[fishy steve]

How about under control??

could live with that one...

not all dogs are running at large, and not all dogs are used for hunting... my lab has never bin on a hunting trip... gun shy... she barely knows what a leash looks like, but she knows not to go far from me, she will actually run ahead stop and wait for me to catch up to her, never more than 25 yards from me...

[Sharon]

"How about under control?? " quote CL

That's it! Dogs should always be under control.

[Waftrudnir]

jeez if i didnt know better id swear you werre from toronta

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yeah, you cannot judge a guy by its residence to tell if he's a city guy by heart or not ;-)

[chris lavoie]

I was a city boy till moved to Ontario. But now bush boy!!!

[Sharon]

That would be a great place to live - Vermilion Bay.

[fishy steve]

That would be a great place to live - Vermilion Bay.

8 months of the year yes lol

[fishy steve]

maybe 4 forgot about blackflies lol

[revrnd]

I sent a link to this pamphlet:

http://media.wix.com/ugd/eedf40_36fa...265f877114.pdf

to the writer of another article in the Peterborough Examiner. The writer's email address is: [email protected] should you feel like sending an opposing view.

I had picked up a copy of it @ the local gas station.

Trappermatt, your posts are quite informative in this thread, maybe you could fire off a note to the guy.

[Bigboss]

Killing "traps" are quite common on the ground in the north. I dont know the laws down there, but its a good idea for the public to obey the rules of keeping their pets on a leash. If they choose not too, and believe that they have the right to allow their pets to run wild and free, well this is the outcome. Again, I dont know if it was a legal set in that area, but there certainly isnt anything illegal about that in the North.

You are a trapper Dave are you not? How do you trap coyotes? Wolves? Lynx? Fox? I know how I do it.

We need not to point the finger at trappers here, but the general public who feel that they don't need to follow the rules while expecting us to go above and beyond in our line of work to avoid the possible scenario of a pet owner who decides to break the law and let their dogs run wild and into a trap. No trapper wants to kill a pet, thats not what Im saying. Alot of trappers have dogs.

Would a normal person let their child play on the 401 while you fished in a creek on the side of the road? Probably not. But they shouldn't blame the drivers if their child were to get hit. There is a danger on the roads towards people and children, just like there is danger in the fall/winter in the bush towards various pets.

Thats my opinion.

[revrnd]

Bro & I tagged along w/ the father of 2 of our friends back in the 70s & 80s. His trap line was in the area that is now in the eastern part of KHPP (west of Hwy 28). I'm pretty sure the regs here are the same as anywhere else on the Crown.

I had heard about the beagle getting caught in the trap near Stirling last year as well. The owner was walking on the old railbed when the beagle got caught in a trap set legally on private property. At the time the owner felt no ill will towards the trapper. The trapper removed the trap. I didn't know reading the links that a petition had been started in that case.

Parents caught hell from the CO back in the 60s when our beagle got away from their cottage & apparently was chasing deer. This was during the summer. So the loose dog reg has been around for quite awhile.