Accidents always happen, Stump_MN_Hunter. What happens if you partially miss and the dog arrives back to the owner wounded? It doesn't take much nowadays to match a bullet to the gun or to follow a blood trial for that matter. I personally have removed bullets from at least two dogs this year alone that were brought into my clinic. All it takes is for the dog's owner to say that well "he came from over towards Stump_MN_Hunter's Land. It happens more than you think. In my job, I see the results quite often.

Don't get me wrong. There's nothing more I hate than a dog spoiling my hunt. My only purpuse for my original message was to give hunters something to think about when they see a dog in the woods. There are legal steps to take to remove/solve the problem. Take them! Personally, I feel if you illegally shoot a dog, you are no better than a poucher/slob hunter and you give all hunters a bad name.

Another thing to consider is that when this happens and it become public, it gives the anti's of the world more fuel for their cause.