My friends black lab came home after being out for a hour or two. He has two .22 cal bullets lodged in the back of his head. Dog is alive and fine. One of the bullets is still in there and always will be. We have come to the conclusion that one of the little punks down the street got a new .22 and decided to take out some target practice on his dog!!

I believe he deserved the sentence. Not only did he not try to resolve the situation in some other manner than killing the dogs, he also obviously knew what he did was wrong and unethical because he continually lied to the police about what he did.

Some more cases.

http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/13747/MD/US/

This war has gone on since the range war days.In IL it's best to be sure your dogs are penned up during deer season, if you love your dog. I've had dogs on me before and when I went and ask the owners to keep them off my land during deer season, I was told they like to let their dogs run loose. Some owners have said ok, but I see the dog two days later. The days of the open range are over! I paid for the land, I'm payingthe taxes. A loose dog, might become a lost dog. Ditto for cats.

Might want to check the Illinois hunting seasons. Pefectly legal for people to have bird, rabbit, coon, and coyote dogs out during all the deer seasons.Strays are another issue, but as the various court cases that I have posted indicated, that "lost" dog might end up costing you a lot.

I just set out my Big Coyote traps. Owners were pissed about having to come get their dogs out of my traps. Game warden told them to keep their dogs off my land if "they" didn't want their dogs in traps.

Sounds like a good strategy to discourage someone who you have already warned about keeping his dogs off your place. But on the other hand, if you had shot them and got caught, you might end up talking to the local Sherif and Prosecutor who might be much less supportive than the GW.The laws work in funny ways sometimes.

You must not live in fox or coyote country.

This one can be ruled out when he shot the lab in the back leg.. For as far as the others no one knows from what we are told but, it doesn't sound like anything you have mentioned..


If someone was letting them loose on purpose or it is an almost everyday event then you would need to get it stopped.. Shooting them here will end you up in jail for a while even though we to have a lease law. You wouldn't be able to legally own a gun or be around others having guns in thier possesion. You offer some real good advise if you want this stuff to happen. Or as Lanse had stated earlier " I wouldn't want some freak out hunter showing up at my door wanting to here your stupid explanation." or something to that effect..

Phil,

I think that Americaneagle has a legitimate gripe if neighbors dogs are repeatedly straying on his property despite warnings.I would get pretty damn irritated if someone's dog kept coming on my land and blundering into my traps. The issue that you seem to understand that many don't is thatfolks can be limited in what they can do to deal with domestic animals (considered as chattel property)that they consider to be a nuisance. Hell,I found a case on the internet where two police offices were charged with shooting a nuisance dog because they did not first make an effortto catch it.