as a landowner, I always try to be neighborly to hunters who need to get their dog, but I'm not from Dallas.

now cutting my fence and leaving it down would be a different story.

As I said before, ive used dogs before and never had a problem. If you cant keep em on yourside of the fence find a new way to hunt.

So only people from Dallas care about people going on their property without permission?

Ya. Im in no way from Dallas, but please stay off my land. And dont cut my fence. And steal my hogs. And waste my batteries in my game cams.

Unless you are talking about domestic hogs you are raising, then the hogs are not yours. That also is part of state law. Wildlife is owned by the State.

Don't tell that to them HF fellas

If they are on my land and you come across my fence and take them they are mine. Laws or not.

They cut your fence and trespassed, go to the DA.

I've ran lots of dogs like you HS and pos's like that give all of us a black eye. You've got the power to get them in hot water with the DA I believe.

Not true.

Hot water? Agricultural trespassing is a $200 fine. Hardly "hot water"

This is exactly why I'm not a fan of most people that run dogs. And I say most people cause most are this type that I know that do run dogs. Not exactly upstanding citizens.

I'm sure some will take offense!

How many of these people do you know?

i will say I know more good guys that run dogs than bad ones. my intent of this thread was not to bash dog runners. only to bring light on a stupid situation.

I know several as a matter of fact. Like I said most I know is not people I will hunt with. I'll leave it at that. Fact of the matter is a lot of you guys trespass. I just think its careless to let a dog run loose chasing hogs on others propert!

Maybe LEO relatives,if it walks like a duck and sounds like a duck, smells like a carp yo me.

You knowing so many of these trespassers speaks alot about you.

I use the term "know" loosely, lets say "know of" That why I said I don't associate with them

I guess you only know perfect people?

I'm also of the opinion that if you can't keep your dogs on property where you have permission to hunt, then find a different, legal, way to hunt. Trespassing is trespassing, whether it's your dog, you, or a buddy looking for your dogs. The law might say different, but the result is the same; being on a piece of property you have no permission to be on.

I will say this though. If I happened upon some dog hunters on our property in the middle of the night, then I'd do my best to see to it they would be explaining their situation to the authorities. If they were to come wake me up and ask if they could come in and get their dogs, I'd be PO'd, but I'd let them go in, supervised. If it became a habit, then we'd have to reassess the situation.

I don't know that I'd run straight to the DA with this one though. I'd put down some narly spike strips, then let them deal with trying to get their ATV's out unnoticed.

Nope. But it brought out the truth from you. You "know of" people. To speak badly about an entire group of people based on something that you have little or no actual experience with is beyond silly.

My experience with these types of hunters is only with the people I "know of'

and I know that they are not my type. I don't run in circle with hog doggers I'm sorry.

I hate to generalize but don't yall trespass quite often chasing your doggies? I typically dont hang with trespassers either.

This can go on forever, sorry I hurt your feelings

I "know of" many on this forum that openly admit to trespassing...and "know of" some that swear they have every right too

Feel free to shoot them. Anyone on your place is fair game.

Small county, population around 20,000. You can bet the sheriff's department is a joke and will "protect" their own before an out of county hunter. There might be a chance the district attorney shares another county, hopefully that will be help.

Actually, it's not, it is owned by the public.

A few years ago, two of my hunters caught a poacher a couple of miles inside the ranch. They held him at gunpoint until I arrived with the GW who gave him his gun back, allowed him to get back into his truck and drive off into the sunset....or at least back to Fort Worth. All he did was take down his name. I talked to him a few months later and asked about the outcome of the case. He laughed at me! Total waste of time in Eastland County.