Hi, I don't have anything against responsible hunters. I'm a NRA member myself but I personally don't hunt. You are right about a few bad apples. Those are the ones I worry about. we had a couple bad experiences here in Eastern CT. One person was shot in Coventry by a person who had so many violations he was denied a hunting license. This man went anyway, on a Sunday, (which is illegal in CT) with no license and shot a man he thought was a deer. He did go to jail but still, a man died. I have seen many hunters in the woods over the years with no problems at all. It is the one bad apple with a gun or bow that you don't want to run into. I do admit that most hunters are responsible, have the right to hunt, and should have the right. Just everyone out there be careful.....Chuck & Molly

 Lurty Armentrout <lta_burton99@yahoo.com> wrote:

--- In letterbox-usa@y..., Chuck Straub <woodschuckstraub@y...> wrote:
>
> I don't believe in putting clothes on dogs but during hunting
season, depending on where I am letterboxing, Molly has a lightweight
orange vest made for dogs. They are held on with velcro and work
fairly well. For the deeper woods I also have a bell  that I can
attach to her collar. You can get a package of them at Walmart in the
crafts section for a couple bucks. Yes, I have a story of  2 coyotes
attacking my dog. Different dog about 20 years ago in Lebanon. Long
story but a human shooting a colt .38 revolver over their heads while
they are tumbling around with my dog and rushing at them with a 4
inch knife blade works well in scaring them off. They didn't believe
in coyotes in CT at that time except for some farmers. The dog did
need to get some stitches and the vet wrote it off as wild dogs.
Coyotes go to rip open the belly. I now have a letterbox in Lebanon
within a mile of where that happened. It's called "In Memory of
Brandi". She died years later of natural causes.  We also were both
almost shot in Hebron by kids shooting in the fish and game club but
the some bullets were going through the woods and making a whizzing
sound as they passed by us before they made thud as they hit trees.
Then I have my snake stories huge snapping turtles, dirt bikes, dogs
falling through ice, sinking in mud, all sorts of fun.  My view is
that my dog is hiking with me as a friend and fellow hiker, not to
protect me. I am there to protect her. Molly sounds a lot like Ozzy.
She is a big coward and loves everybody and everything. Some sort of
weapon may be in order on some trips. Thats more of a personal choice
of what you are comfortable with. My point is that yes you do take a
chance when taking a dog out into the woods. I pay more attention to
protecting Molly than myself. This is the first year I am considering
wearing orange myself. Some of these guys out there don't deserve the
right to hunt when you hear about their behavior. If you want any
more info on hiking with a dog, I'd be glad to help if I
can.....Chuck and Molly

I'm a hunter.  I found my first letterbox last week while I was
hunting.  Most hunters are responsable.  We have a good ethic.  But a
few rotten apples always spoil the barrel.  You should always wear
orange during hunting season.  It's a good idea to put orange on your
dog to.  Cool club you have here, who made it?  I'd like to find some
more boxes, but I like to hunt more, and you can only do that now
(legally).  But now I have something to hunt during the off season.

Lurty



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