scaring deer dosent justify shooting a familys dog. there are alot of familys that consider their dog or dogs to be part of the family and would go to lengths to protect them as they would one of their children. god have mercy on the poor soul that would even THINK about harming my dog. my advise would be to enroll yourself in the witness protection program. with that said, i dont live on a farm, i never have, but i'm sure having dogs on a farm to protect the live stock from predators is an issue for hunters and land owners alike. but the bottom line is- i dont care who you are, you havnt invested as much time and money in your hunting trip as the live stock owner had invested in his farm and live stock. in fact, chances are your feeding your family with his services, so have some respect and find another place to hunt if its that big of a deal. as far as the "roaming dog", a pet owner with half a brain would not let his dogs roam free during the 2 or 3 week hunting season. even if the hunting season in two months long, for christ sake, the person should have some common sense, take a proactive approch to the situation and keep the dog on a leash until the season is over. but killing a persons dog for spooking deer is wrong no matter which way you slice it. a snarling dog faoming at the mouth is one thing, but a dog running through a pasture because thats what it does, thats not cool.