Loose lips sink ships.

The lesson from that is don't brag about it. Keep your mouth shut and no one get hurt.

I remember watching a guy lay his jacket on the ground at the end of the only dog deer hunt I've ever attended.

The next morning, the prized dog he couldn't call back was laying on it.

I have no issues with anyone defending themselves or others as the need may arise. I completely understand how someone's mind and perception becomes twisted when a dog or dog pack attacks and injures ones they love.

I don't understand those who think taking a life is okay when they don't use the carcass, aren't in any danger and aren't losing any material things (stock or belongings).

Pets and working dogs have been a part of my family for as long as I can remember. We provide for them, we love them as we do our children, we worry over them when they aren't well, we are proud of them when they pass a milestone, we teach them as much as they can learn with their limited abilities, we discipline them when they have done wrong, we praise them when they have done well and all the time we are worried sick when they are out of our sight.

That worry stems from the knowledge that there are people in this world who will kill for pleasure and people in this world who will kill simply because they are annoyed.

The same people cause us to lock our doors at night (unless we have a decent pack of dogs, that is), make our wives and daughters lock their car doors when traveling away from home, and make us think long and hard about the security of our loved ones every minute of every day.

What? I somehow thought you were a little more liberal than that. Sorry - I see now. May be a lawyer who deals with the worst in the world but in reality - life is about how to navigate it without being caught, right?

Honor, decency, character..................meh - my bad - don't get caught.

Not losing any material things? How much money do you think most people have wrapped up into any given hunt?
Better yet, let me ask you this, what recourse do we have to deal with these dogs?

I have a place where I've seen dogs 4 of the 6 times I've hunted this year. It's the same 3 dogs each time, and I know who owns them. After the first time, I went and put a note on his door asking him to keep them up. The third time I saw them, he was at about 1000 yds working on his driveway where it crosses the power line. He let them out, and they took off my direction, spent several hours running deer, walking around my fields, etc. then. Went home. The last time I saw them, they came running out of the woods and spooked 4 does. Then about an hour later they came running through pushing a deer. About another hour later they came back through pushing a different deer. Every deer I saw that day was affected by them. At that point I tried to catch them because I was gonna take them to the pound as far away from there as I could. They took off running as soon as I got close. So what should I do next time??? What recourse do u have? The owner obviously doesn't care about them....

If it was legal, I'd much rather come stomp a mud hole in your ass, than shoot a dog. The apparent problem is, that there is no legal means of dealing with this. I say the dog owner should get a tresspassing ticket, after the first and only warning. Make that law, and very few would feel the need to shoot a dog.

Pour tinks and coon piss all over the dogs if they're yard dogs. Once they go home smelling like that once, the owner will keep them in the fence for a long time.

The problem is these folks don't have fences.

My licenses costs about 40 dollars. Is this a trick question?

The same recourse as you have for any crime. 1.) Get evidence. 2.) Prosecute the owner. 3.) Profit.

Do you truly think the dogs had some sort of bad intention toward you? Do you think they even knew you were there?

Do you think they were doing anything other than trying to make a living as a dog and doing the best they could with what they have to work with?

You can probably legally shoot them.

Vote for me for king and I'll make it legal.

Then I'm putting you in charge of teaching dogs how to identify a property line.

Edit - I don't even own a dog, just the dumb slob that's willing to stand up for them since they don't have good keyboarding skills.

If you want to actually do that thing you threatened, come to Sensei Johnnie Brasher's full contact traditional Kyokushin Dojo and ask for Senpai Geno. After you pay your dues and sign a release, you can do it almost daily if you like. I suggest you bring a friend who has a steady hand for the video.

You can not legally shoot them. You can't sue them, because that takes more of your time and money to pursue. Not only that but the vast vast majority don't have enough money to be worth sueing. And you cannot legally have them cited because it isn't against the law.

Hopefully you are joking with the $40 comment. But I'll break it down for you. Let's say an average lease is $1500. You have another $250 wrapped up in specific costs for license, ammo, etc. add in fuel costs for a season. One time costs for equipment that is reusable. Just at face value you would tally up $100+ a hunt for an average hunters expense. And that isn't including the value of their time. Now let's put it in perspective. How much damage does a single deer do to a farmers crop? Probably not as much $ as a dog does to a hunter. Yet farmers can get permits to eradicate the deer.

A dog is an extension of its owner. It is the owners responsibility. Your liberal ass would be opposed to reprimanding a first grader for cussing I assume???? They don't know any better and I'm sure they picked the words up from their parents, so technically it isn't their fault...... Smdh

Even better yet do not tell a soul period. You say you shot a "coyote" if anyone questions hearing the shot.

While I was talking about dog owners, I guess I'll address you. My experience with anyone proficient in martial arts, is that they don't brag or make statements of threats. Earning the right to that, comes with enough self confidence. But who knows, maybe you are a hot shot. I can promise you this, if it ever came to it, I certainly wouldn't fight fair and while you may whip me, I'm confident I would injure you in the process.

Vote for me for king and I'll make it legal.

Then I'm putting you in charge of teaching dogs how to identify a property line.

Edit - I don't even own a dog, just the dumb slob that's willing to stand up for them since they don't have good keyboarding skills.

If you want to actually do that thing you threatened, come to Sensei Johnnie Brasher's full contact traditional Kyokushin Dojo and ask for Senpai Geno. After you pay your dues and sign a release, you can do it almost daily if you like. I suggest you bring a friend who has a steady hand for the video.

And your too busy to take it up with a court of law?

Then quit yer b!tchin. If it's important enough to take a life over, then it's important enough to spend a little time making things right.

Or, in your case - maybe not.

Take a life ? Are you putting an animal on same level as a human ? Whats the difference between taking a deers life and a dogs life then. You seem to be so liberal in your thought process. Vote for big ears ??