IN Ontrio Canada we are allowed to hunt deer,moose and bear with hounds. You must purchase a licence for your dog to run at large during the open season for game. Most hound men like their dogs more than some people. I have heard people brag about shooting dogs at that time of the year and it is most upsetting. I use tracking collars so that I can find my hounds but they can not read and sometimes follow game unto private property. Its not their fault. They are only doing what they were bred for,happily follwing game and making a lot of noise. During the fall all an animal has to do is cross water and that ends the chase,no sent no chase.If I find my dogs have entered private property I attend the land owners home and advise him. Usually after I show him the tracking system and tell him I am there to catch my dog all is ok. To shoot one of my dogs is like shooting a member of my family. I sure would not want to be around if that happened infact it is a criminal offence in Canada to shoot a dog under some condtions. I realize that there are some people that should not hunt with dogs but shooting the dog is not the answer.