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If you are hunting a wildlife management area and your dog strikes a coon on the wma and trees on private land at 3am what do you do?

Ive always wondered what everyone else does in this case. It probably isnt the right thing to do but I dont wake anyone up that time of morning I usually rush in snap my dogs and get the heck back on the wma I dont take the coon or shine the light around much. Luckily I havent had this happen often but it has happened a few times. I would just like to know what everyone thinks is the "right" thing to do.

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We have a right to retrieve law. So I got get my dog, and get out. LIke you said, I try not to shine my light around , and just get the dogs and get out. And as long as I dont have a firearm on me, Im fine.

But, if it's 7-8 pm... or I can tell someone is awake or is watching, I will go confront them, and explain what's going on. Might even earn permission to hunt some places.

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depends on the scenario i guess. i got permission to hunt most of the surrounding land where i hunt plus i don't hunt near houses to begin with. if i end up treed close to a house its a freak accident for sure. if I'm familiar with the people and area i shoot it out if not i snap dog and leave.

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I go in and get my dog, did it several times this year, but once I headed back to the truck and found a land owner that was truly upset, I introduced myself and explained what I was doing, his reply was "I'm not stupid young man I know what you were doing,but the next time your dog trees a coon on my property and you don't shoot it out I will take your dog and hunt him the way coon hunting is suppose to be done with a snap of a 22 at the end of the run," I hunted his property several times this fall and he was at every tree we treed, that old boy is a dead eye with that old single shot 22, Just opened a Christmas Card from him today and a note inside that said thanks a he is looking forward to next year, Never would of thought I would make a friend by tresspassing.

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it all depends on a few things and if it is a coon i need to kill

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If you are hunting a wildlife management area and your dog strikes a coon on the wma and trees on private land at 3am what do you do?

Ive always wondered what everyone else does in this case. It probably isnt the right thing to do but I dont wake anyone up that time of morning I usually rush in snap my dogs and get the heck back on the wma I dont take the coon or shine the light around much. Luckily I havent had this happen often but it has happened a few times. I would just like to know what everyone thinks is the "right" thing to do.

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I go in and get my dog, did it several times this year, but once I headed back to the truck and found a land owner that was truly upset, I introduced myself and explained what I was doing, his reply was "I'm not stupid young man I know what you were doing,but the next time your dog trees a coon on my property and you don't shoot it out I will take your dog and hunt him the way coon hunting is suppose to be done with a snap of a 22 at the end of the run," I hunted his property several times this fall and he was at every tree we treed, that old boy is a dead eye with that old single shot 22, Just opened a Christmas Card from him today and a note inside that said thanks a he is looking forward to next year, Never would of thought I would make a friend by tresspassing.

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