I agree 100%..But I believe he messed up by saying he would shoot it if he saw it agian.He should have just SSS..Shoot,shovel,and shut up..I belive if a person really cares about their dog,then they would tie it up during deer season,MZ and Gun season expecially.

I agree 100%..But I believe he messed up by saying he would shoot it if he saw it agian.He should have just SSS..Shoot,shovel,and shut up..I belive if a person really cares about their dog,then they would tie it up during deer season,MZ and Gun season expecially.

I don't care how many times a dog runs a deer off I would never shoot a dog. It is not the dogs fault. I have stopped hunting areas because of dogs. But never shot them. If you shoot the dog the owner is just going to get another one. I have spent a lot of time and money on a fence to keep my dogs in my yard (5acres) but if they get out by some chance I wouldn't want anyone shooting them. I do agree that the owner should have done something after being notified though.

Get out of the neighbors yard and do a real hunt in the mountains or WMA !!!!!!
Sorry I forgot you cant ride your atv to the stand there or have to walk more than 5 minutes.

All you have to do is report them to the cops, there is a state leash law, she pays enough in fines and she will tie it up

"Ignorante people really have no clue that the world is bigger than the little bubble they live in! Thoughts?"

This works both ways. Deer hunters sometimes think all the adjacent land owners should walk on egg shells while deer season is underway so as to not disturb the deer. That's a bit unrealistic in my opinion. Yeah, I keep my dog penned during deer season because she would ruin my hunting by following me everywhere but I certainly don't expect every neighbor to go to the trouble to keep their dogs tied for months just because I want to chase a deer. And there is no way I would even consider shooting a dog for running through the woods chasing a deer.

After a warning, dog gets shot. That dog may decide to chase a kid. Then what? I guess it's just instinct. Or maybe every hunter in tn that has dogs in their woods should go to a wma or the mountains with jarhead, cause its not the dogs fault if they bite somebody or chase deer. To hell with the leash law huh?

After a warning, dog gets shot. That dog may decide to chase a kid. Then what? I guess it's just instinct. Or maybe every hunter in tn that has dogs in their woods should go to a wma or the mountains with jarhead, cause its not the dogs fault if they bite somebody or chase deer. To hell with the leash law huh?

WOW! I guess I shouldn't let kids rabbit hunt with us then. My big bad mean beagles might chase one of them next.

If the "Beagles" are on YOUR property, then you shouldn't have a problem. But if the "Beagles" are on someone elses property, without permission from that landowner, then YOU are breaking the law.
It doesn't matter what type of dog it is. The law is the law, and you have no consideration for other landowners around you.

Please link me the law that they are violating if hunting dogs stray off of somebody's property so I can make note of it and be better educated.

I don't think you are correct, so I will let you better educate me.

Last I checked we have leash laws in TN, and if the owner allows their dog to run around off their property it's negligent. We also have a "Dangerous" dogs list here in TN.

You have the right to defend yourself from a viscous dog by means of deadly force. But only after it bites you "One" time due to our "One Bite Law". But if you kill a dog just because it's "Trying" to attack you, you will be at fault.

Get pictures, and video of the dog(s), and do what was done here. They cannot ignore that evidence. Animal Control cannot do anything unless they have that evidence, or catch the dog(s) away from the owners property.

TN actually has very strict dog laws. You just have to find the right person that actually cares to uphold those laws!

http://www.animallaw.info/statutes/stustnst44_17_101_505.htm

Bottom line if your dog goes onto someone elses land without permission. You are breaking the law.

http://www.mcgtn.org/sites/default/files/animal-control/Animal_Control_Regulations.pdf

This link is Montgomery Co. Animal Control's site. But it cites TN code. Scroll down to confinement, and at large.
http://www.mcgtn.org/animal-control/regulations

State law supercedes any county ordinance. When it specifically says that dogs on a hunt are exempt from the leash laws, etc., it is pretty doubtful that those ordinances will hold up in court.

Please link me to a state statute that supports your position.

(b) The owner of a dog commits an offense if that dog goes uncontrolled by the owner upon the premises of another without the consent of the owner of the premises or other person authorized to give consent, or goes uncontrolled by the owner upon a highway, public road, street or any other place open to the public generally.

(c) It is an exception to the application of this section that:

(1) The dog was on a hunt or chase;

(2) The dog was on the way to or from a hunt or chase;

(3) The dog was guarding or driving stock or on the way to guard or drive stock;

(4) The dog was being moved from one place to another by the owner of the dog;

(5) The dog is a police or military dog, the injury occurred during the course of the dog's official duties and the person injured was a party to, a participant in or suspected of being a party to or participant in the act or conduct that prompted the police or military to utilize the services of the dog;

(6) The violation of subsection (b) occurred while the injured person was on the private property of the dog's owner with the intent to engage in unlawful activity while on the property;

(7) The violation of subsection (b) occurred while the dog was protecting the dog's owner or other innocent party from attack by the injured person or an animal owned by the injured person;

(8) The violation of subsection (b) occurred while the dog was securely confined in a kennel, crate or other enclosure; or

(9) The violation of subsection (b) occurred as a result of the injured person disturbing, harassing, assaulting or otherwise provoking the dog.

http://statutes.laws.com/tennessee/title-44/chapter-8/part-4/44-8-408



If the dog is specifically on a hunt or chase. It seems that is legal. But it is very unreasonable for that owner to allow that dog to hunt or chase 3 or 4 property lines away. In which case, the dog is "At Large".

For those of us that don't want other folks dogs on our land. We need to ban together and get this changed. That's if we can even change it.

Or, as hunters, we can realize that hunting with dogs is a very storied part of the TN hunting tradition, and we can ban together to fight any erosion of the rights to hunt such dogs.