Its an interesting proposal but I think limiting the use of dogs to "tracking wounded animals" would lead to lots of abuse and challenges with interpretation by enforcement. If your going to allow dogs for hunting then allow dogs for hunting.
1(1)(o) “hunt” means, subject to subsection (6), with reference to a subject animal,
(i) shoot at, harass or worry,
(ii) chase, pursue, follow after or on the trail of, search for, flush, stalk or lie in wait for,
(iii) capture or wilfully injure or kill,
(iv) attempt to capture, injure or kill, or
(v) assist another person to hunt in a manner specified in subclause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) while that other person is so hunting;
With this definition of hunting, using dogs to track big game is illegal in Alberta. There are plenty of laws that don't make sense to some but the way to change things is by lobbying through your local or provincial associations not just ignoring the law.
I have seen dogs used with success on moose in Ontario, not sure how many guys deer hunt with them but their regs say;
"All dogs to be used to hunt deer, moose or black bear must be licensed. There is no limit on the number of dogs that may be licensed and used. Dogs may not run at large in an area inhabited by deer, moose, elk, caribou or black bear during the closed season. Dogs may not be used to hunt elk."
IR Mike
"I pretty much agree with whatever cat posts."
I agree but Cat needs a proof reader some days although his autocorrect can be hilarious.
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