PLO

I'm a private land owner. i do not hunt but, i am not anti. I own a sizable lot and have problems with "houndsmen" running their dogs across my land to hunt Coyotes. Most i have encountered are arrogant and think that they have a right to do whatever they please, where ever they want. As a private land owner, i have the right to manage my land however i see fit period. The bigger problem is that the DEC and State police do not want to enforce the laws protecting private land owners because they either favor the hunters and/or are to lazy to do so. Stating that you can't control where your dog goes after it's released may be true BUT, by law YOU are still responsible for it at all times. Stating that by getting permission by the private land owner at the point of drop off gives you the right to run your dogs through everyones land inbetween is stating that one private property owner has more rights than another which is also wrong. This is going to be a case that is going to be taken to court. If you don't get permission from every private land owner in the area your dropping off your dogs....then you don't drop off your dogs. Go on state land. This is now a case that goes beyond that of the individual 'Houndsmen" and is now a matter of the rights of a tax paying private land owner to be able to manage his/her land. If a private land owner does not want your dogs on their land, your not going to run your dogs there period. This is going to if need be, taken all the way to the Supreme Court of the US.