The issue appears to be settled law in Missouri - see court's language below. Furthermore, in the first two cases I found, one dogowner was awarded $4,000in damages and another was awarded $1500.I don't know about you, butthat's enough$$$ for me tothink long and hard before shooting a dog.

In one of the cases,thedog ownerhad five dogs that chased coyotes onto the neighbor's property. The neighbor/farmer/livestock owner shot them...and would up with a judgment against him.

From Mo. courts -
No one has the right to shoot a dog on his property merely for being there when the dog is not threatening imminent danger to the person's property. Mo. Rev. Stat. 273.030

In Missouri dogs are property and no one has a right to kill or harm them except for just cause. Gerhart v. City of St. Louis.[and how often is a courtgoing to find that killing a dog because it is interfering with your hunting is "just cause"?]

Moreover, no one has the right to kill a dog because it is found on his land when threatening no immediate danger to his property. Reed v. Goldneck