santaman2000 i got that bit of info from the law themselves, Department of Natural Resources, since I had a trouble with wild dogs on my land. They came out and even saw the issue themselves, and shot a couple. That is how I know it is legal. If a dog is even hunting on your land without permission you can kill it they said, but I would not doing that with a tag dog. I understand people love their animals, but if they dont respect others lands, I got no problem shooting their animals. A tag dog I will contact land owners then DNR, for illegal hunting, the second time will be a warning and 3rd time they are a gonner. wild dogs are killed on the spot, period. we just had a pack mauled some kids in Columbia South Carolina. They and the Russian boar are getting way out of hand down here.
you can shot deer legal as well anytime of the year if you get a state permitted and prove they are eating your crops. My family would get these permittes and we hunt them year round. they can destroy soybean, cornfield very quickly.
I not against dogs, like someone said on here, another owner not training their dogs. People are so senstive about their dog and forget about humans. They protec an animal which in the bible God said to kill out if they are mauling people. it is a God giving right to kill dangerous animals.
Wolfhounds were used to hunt out wolves in Europe, along with all the other breeds that hunted rats, etc.
Southerns use dogs to hunt rabbit, squirrel, ESPECIALLY Raccoons, Snipe Birds, Ducks, geese, and yes Deer// they need to use them to hunt out the Russian Boars here, they are extremely dangerous animals, and making a hugh problem for my family as framers. My cousin is the man who Shot HOGZILLA HOG in Alapaha Georgia. That is my family, as you probably seen on TV,.
http://www.spike.com/video-clips/lgd8jx/national-geographic-channel-explorer-hogzilla