This is my last post and last visit here. The attitudes of some that post here are pathetic. Tough guy dog shooters - you know who you are.

Never claimed to be a tough guy Jas man.. But simply stating the truth.. When the police shoot dogs that are chasing deer where i live, i dont ever bitch. Nor have i ever heard anyone ever bitch. The guy that shot THAT dog was wrong for doing so. Sounded like the dog was minding his own business, but who knows.. Keep your dogs in line... I'm by no means trying to be a TOUGH GUY, as so stated by your Manly Remark.

Jas you are obviously reading to much into what people's posts.
Most people said that they would have no problem shooting problem
dogs that run deer! The only reason I posted this story was because
the poor critter ventured 10 yrds. into the woods and got shot!
WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, if you ask me. Also if I see a dog let loose
to run deer,he will get stuck, a dog has 5 or 10 times the stamina that a deer
has.

G2 also has a good point.

BTW I have a G.S.P. and he has been known to run deer from time to time, but not further than 100 yrds.,when I have him under whistle. Thank goodness for how well my electric fence works, or he could be in the next county right now.

wow, 831 hits and 22 posts, says something about our bowhunters!

The farm I belong to is a 1700 acre QDM farm managed for trophy bucks. Do you blame the owner of this farm to be a bit angry when he has dogs continuosly running through his farm chasing deer? What is he to do after telling the neighbors to keep them off of his place? Not many choices there. He spends countless hours and thousands of dollars a year to make it prime deer habitat. He can't afford to have the dog's running around chasing the deer. I could never personally do it but I can't blame someone for doing so if the circumstances warrant it IMO. Not saying that it did in the origanal post but sometimes I can understand where they are coming from.

I'm guessing jas hasn't lived or knows anyone who lives in the country. Dogs are shot every day due to owners letting them run loose, chase livestock, kill chickens, etc. Not very responsible owners. Nobody I know wants or likes to shoot dogs but sometimes it happens. No different than letting them run loose in the woods. Plus theres laws against letting dogs run loose. Shouldn't blame the ones shooting them, blame the lazy owners for not taking care of their animals.

You know fellas this person could be ticketed for having a animal at large even in the country especially if they are chasing deer. I know it doesn't sound like it was but she could be ticketed. And as for dogs chasing deer, I have had the opportunity many time to shoot deer from a stand and have actually drawn on them but couldn't do it. I suppose though if I ever did it once then it wouldn't be that tough after that. All I can say is KEEP YER DAMN DOG LOCKED UP AND YOU WON"T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT. A Golden Retriever is used for hunting and by letting it run loose yer just gonna ruin a good dog.

A friend of mine hade an excelent deer hunting place untill someone from the city moved out and built a house on two acres and thought that it meant they owned the county. My friend told the owners nicely about the problem and they blew him off. And then one day he rattled in a nice ten pointer and the dumb dogs showed up too. This time he talked to the people a bit harsher and they said that the dogs are free roaming animals and he moved in the country so that he could enjoy the fresh air and his dogs didn't have to be chained up and told my friend to go screw himself. My friend said sorry sir your right I will stop hunting deer. The owner was shocked and replied what are you going to do then? My friend replied and said im going to take up dog hunting! The guy got the hint and keeps his dogs leashed durring bow season now. Dont think I could shoot a dog but if I had a continious problem I would think harder about it.

Where I live hunting with dogs ios legal and popular. It is a CRIMINAL offense to shoot a hunting dog and you can and will be prosecuted. The dogs are just acting nuturally, to shoot them would be wrong. If you have a probelm catch the dog and take it up with the owner. Now wild or stray dogs are another story entirely. I personally wouldn't shoot one and have actually had some stray dogs scare a doe to me that I killed.

So they are allowed to run around all the time whether on a "hunt" or not? What a crappy state to live in. IMO