If you can't keep your dog on your property and out of the row how do you keep it off the road?

You guys are hung up on the conibear, the permission bill is just as bad

Of course the state can, they are the state.

Heck the just outlawed fossil fuels for electricity generation by 2040.

Time to wake up. In MN dogs have more rights when it comes to hunting than we have. Hound hunters can go wherever they want to with no repercussions. Now they come on to my land and get hurt and I am responsible? A dead dog trespassing and you lose your lisc. for 5 years. It's only gonna get worse!

There is a lawsuit that will be heard this summer that may end hound retrieval laws, lawsuit is in Virginia but I suspect the result will be applied here as well.

So do you send the same email every week, or do you change the wording?

So do you send the same email every week, or do you change the wording?

Pretty simple people who are against trapping and I’m sure hunting as well are using dogs as an excuse to get trapping banned. The fact that the number of dogs impacted by trapping is minuscule doesn’t matter.

Last April I emailed the DNR in regards to the number of dogs caught in traps and this was their response:

"The DNR has been keeping records of canine trap incidents as reported to conservation officers since 2012. As of February 2021, there were 35 reported incidents of canine mortality (28 in body-grip traps, 7 in snares and none in footholds). Although we record each incident reported, it’s very likely that many incidents go unreported.

The DNR has worked with trapping and hunting groups to reduce canine trap incidents. The agency continues to support a science-based approach that increases trap selectivity while still allowing opportunities to continue to safely use body-grip traps.

Thanks for your question,

Jason Abraham

Minnesota DNR"

One has to wonder how many of these dogs where strays, or hunting dogs that should not have been on that property. Then there is also the question of LO's giving permission for someone to hunt their properties without the consideration that they have already given permission for someone else to trap/snare. I realize there are two sides to every story but it seems the trappers always come out on the short end of the stick.

You would be hard pressed to find a greater proponent of trappers rights than Myself but baited 220s on the ground and accessible to hunting dogs is just plain stupid.