You all know what I think about "dog killers"
They seem to have a "free pass" to brag some places, but,in the hound forum they will get diff point of view.
I want to make my "position" very clear, on running dogs.
I will only "turn out", on ground I have permission to do so, if my dogs get onto a 2 acre piece in the middle of a section,or 10 sections, I will do my best to catch my dogs.
I have caught a lion in a hay shed, a bear in a horse barn, and many yotes, and coons in places they shouldn't be.
Luckily here the law is on the side of the dogman.
By law in this state "Any dogman can recover dogs from any property, regardless of public, or private.They may not however harvest any animal on property they may not legally hunt".
That sounds fair to me, and I follow that law.
There is also something called "interpretation of the officer" Which means if called, a "Game Cop" (whatever you call them) decides who is right, or wrong, then you go to court to fight it.
He is a little story that some of you have heard on the phone, there is a lesson to be learned here, so I'll share it with everyone.This happened a few weeks ago.
After working cattle all day I got a call from a "neighbor", he stated there was a 200# hog in my bull pen.I loaded 5 dogs, and headed that way, when I got by the tank, a dog "opened", I turned the dogs loose.
300 yrds later my dogs caught the hog, but the hog had crossed the fence, and was on a "neighbors ground".
I stuck the hog with my pocket knife, and just then a very angry man started running at me from a house 200 yards away.
He claimed the pig was his "pet".(The pig had cutters,and was started on my ground)
He threatened to shoot me and my dogs. I told him that would be a "bad idea", and told my dogs to load up, and hauled a$$ right behind them for my pickup.
Who was right, who was wrong??????????
After the Sheriffs Dept, sent two Deputies out here at 8pm two days later, It was decided I was in the right. I turned out on my ground, and had every right to kill the hog that was destroying my property, even though it "made the fence".
There is alot more to this story, but those are the highlights.
Here is the lesson, jackwads will threaten to shoot dogs, even if by law they are wrong. They want to " the law, until it doesn't suit them, then they wanna shoot our dogs cause it makes them feel "special".
I promise the guy that shot Spotlight last spring feels real "special."
Nuff said. Good luck and be safe.