Here in Michigan shooting some ones dog is a huge NO NO.
My uncle runs a beef farm, During calving season a few years back he sees to couple German shepards after one of his fresh born calves. He grabbs his rifle and shoots one and kills it on the spot. The second one is running and gets wounded and runs home. The dogs owner back track the blood and find my uncle hualing the dead one to dispose of it. Uncle gets sued for taking the law into his own hands. Pays $1000.00 to the dogs owners for the one he killed pays another $500.00 for the one that needed vet attention Plus a fine to the court of $250.00. Lawyers fees and court cost ran him another $3000.00.
Nope ain't shooting some ones dog when the law is supposed to take care of it.
The camera pictureis proof.

As far as the shooting I believe my heart just couldn't get into it. It was misty raining windy but not so strong it should have effected the groups.
I think I just kept jerking the trigger maybe, didn't have a good mount on the stock. I don't know but this rifle shoots great normally.

Al