ORIGINAL: Washington Hunter
What's wrong with taking 50 yard shots? I live out west and hunt in areas where shots up to 50 yards aren't all that uncommon. I practice nearly every weekend during the summer at this distance and am extremely comfortable taking a 50 yard shot at a relaxed animal. What's wrong with shooting a deer that is walking if you know you can make the shot?
The last time I checked my dog didn't know how to read "No Tresspassing" signs and he didn't know a property boundary unless it was a chain link fence.
What ever kid.
What ever ya want, my point is to just don't start getting all teary eyed over some PETA propaganda about a "duck with an arrow in it's head" after taking those TV shots and these threads have been full of wounded one posts for months. IMO there's not much difference between either situation most of the time and the sack cloth and ashes routine over one animal that happens to get on TV is pretty hypocritcal after a season of bad shots, thousands of wounded and wasted trophy animals, followed by "there there, that's all right, it happens to EVERYONE once in a while". I've seen some of these posters over and over in the wounded one category and those are just the ones they readily admit to.
As for the dog, hopefully the owner can read better than the dog can. After all he is suppose to be the responsible one, not the other way around. If a chain link fence is what it takes, it's part of YOUR responsibility when you take on a pet, NOT MINE.