Ever notice the color similarity between a classic black&tan GSD and
a whitetail deer? Drink enough Point and you might, just as the many
hunters who will be blasting away soon in an extended Wisconsin deer season
which will last until JANUARY! Be careful about letting your
dogs run around in areas where there may be hunters. I noticed the
similarity this morning as my male GSD bounded around outside and how
the light tan fur on the underside of his tail resembled the
appearance on a whitetail bounding around.
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You are right. This year I'm planning to use an orange vest on my dog. You can get in in a hunting supply store. They are used for bird dogs. I feel it's much saver for my dog out there during hunting season. I hate to loose my dog because of a drunk 'hunter'.
I've been using the orange vests for years. They are great. You can see your dog very easily with them on. I have deer hunters that park in the field next to my house and go back to the woods where I like to walk my dogs. There are three deer stands there. If I see any vehicles parked anywhere near my house the dogs do not get walked back there. I try and stay in the open fields where it's harder to mistake my dogs as deer. BUT my dogs love going back there and eating the guts they have cleaned..YUK....nothing like a fresh raw diet lol <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
i don't think vests are going to really help.
best thing is to not go in the woods where they hunt.
i've got a couple of parks near me that are hunter-free and big enough to get training done.
someone was telling me a couple of days ago that some of the hunters will intentionally shoot your dog because he chases the deer away.
when i rode horses, there were people hunting on the stable property, which was clearly posted no hunting, no trespassing. they don't care.
we put bells on the horses, and we sang. deer don't wear bells and deer don't sing. a friend of mine almost got shot anyway.
be careful...............
A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.
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Actually I think the vests do help. I encountered a deer hunter once and he was glad to see I had orange on my dogs. He said he could see my dogs from far away and could not have mistaken the dogs for deer. Now I do agree there are plenty of jerks out there that will shoot anything that moves because they are so deer happy and or annoyed at the dogs. Any bit helps and where I live the vests are a must.. I live very close to woods. All you Malamute owners watch out too. My moms dog has a great big bushy white tail.. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
I went up last year in the woods and came upon a pile of corn. I thought "what the heck is that?!" until I looked up in the tree and saw the deer stand. Last time I went up in the woods till hunting season was over.
Please be careful. Not only could someone shoot your dog, but if your dog takes off after a deer, a hunter or warden has the RIGHT to shoot it.
Everyone has stated a good point but. I am a hunter as well as a Schutzhund enthusiast. A lot of what has been said could be avoided by simply staying out of the woods during deer season. If you know it's hunting season why not respect these guys enough to allow them to hunt undisturbed. I have 6-8 days to hunt a year, I don't want someones dog running through the woods anymore than those radicals protesting at a trial. In the woods or in the neighborhood I don't want someones dog running loose.
He who has never tasted soap has never bathed a dog
Cuz deer season runs from October to January here. I'm not giving up 1/3 of my year to the hunters. I accidentally ruined a bowhunters day last week, but he had chosen a site close to the road and I was just jogging with the dogs on the road. He wasn't a happy camper, but darn, he had a 1/2 mile of woods that he could have gone into.
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