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<blockquote data-quote="DogBabe" data-source="post: 1670478" data-attributes="member: 14440"><p>There is the "spirit of the law" and there is the "letter of the law". If these were the same and black and white, we wouldn't need courts of law to constantly interpret what a law means when a dispute arises. Everyone here clearly understands what the letter of this law is and what it means. Surely everyone here can recognize that this law is intended to prevent the running of deer with dogs as a means of taking game and was not written to prevent finding a lost animal with a blood tracking dog. So, until someone is prosecuted in Oklahoma for using a blood tracking dog to recover a lost deer that was otherwise taken in a legal manner, you can not definitively state that this is "against the law". If such a prosecution held up through the appeals process and the decision became legal precedent, that would be a different story. People sue in court all the time for the sole purpose of testing the validity of a law and this one would probably be a good one to test if you had enough money and nothing better to do.</p><p>Until that happens, I prefer to rely on common sense. That includes a call to the GW to let him know what I'm doing and where I am and not carrying a firearm when I go. It really is that simple.</p><p>As far as the "on a leash" thing, I strongly disagree with that. There are blood tracking methods that require the dog be off leash and not having that option would be a large handicap.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DogBabe, post: 1670478, member: 14440"] There is the "spirit of the law" and there is the "letter of the law". If these were the same and black and white, we wouldn't need courts of law to constantly interpret what a law means when a dispute arises. Everyone here clearly understands what the letter of this law is and what it means. Surely everyone here can recognize that this law is intended to prevent the running of deer with dogs as a means of taking game and was not written to prevent finding a lost animal with a blood tracking dog. So, until someone is prosecuted in Oklahoma for using a blood tracking dog to recover a lost deer that was otherwise taken in a legal manner, you can not definitively state that this is "against the law". If such a prosecution held up through the appeals process and the decision became legal precedent, that would be a different story. People sue in court all the time for the sole purpose of testing the validity of a law and this one would probably be a good one to test if you had enough money and nothing better to do. Until that happens, I prefer to rely on common sense. That includes a call to the GW to let him know what I'm doing and where I am and not carrying a firearm when I go. It really is that simple. As far as the "on a leash" thing, I strongly disagree with that. There are blood tracking methods that require the dog be off leash and not having that option would be a large handicap. [/QUOTE]
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