Coyote Poacher Kills Dog - Chatham Area

[Fox]

This is another reason I have issues with dogs running free, I understand off leash but I mean no checks and balances by the owner, which in a lot of cases farm dogs are.

I have watched farm dogs running deer and rabbits and killing game animals the same as coyotes but I have also seen the after effects of a dog getting caught in a snare and being really lucky his foot got through too and not just his neck. I warned the guy that his dog will get himself killed, if not by the coyote packs but by the traps, cars, trucks or some guy shooting at something that he did not identify (tall brown dog about the size of a fawn).

It makes me sick to think that someone would go out and shoot the family pet, it really does, this is why when we get a dog it will not be free ranging, too many predators out there.

[Bluebulldog]

The perpetrator of this crime is no more a hunter than I am a hockey player just cause I wear a maple leaf sweater..

Hockey player...no.......lobotomy patient...possibly....

[Snowwalker]

You are very right about the "CONFIDENCE " thing Benjhind.

Something our friends to the south say is "EVERY bullet that you send down range has a lawyer attached to it". They don't just mean the home defence people, it means home/self defense, hunting, at the gun range.

Personally when I am hunting, I feel like I am swinging a bat in a china shop. I would never want to not have enough doubt to double check every shot before I pull a trigger.

[zoli 16ga.]

What are the chances it's not a case of mistaken the dog for a coyote?

could have been a noisy constantly barking dog disturbing neighbors all around. at all hours of the day and night. owners didn't give a crap, so someone fixed it.

[rick_iles]

could have been a noisy constantly barking dog disturbing neighbors all around. at all hours of the day and night. owners didn't give a crap, so someone fixed it.

You have a vivid imagination !!!

[jaycee]

could have been a noisy constantly barking dog disturbing neighbors all around. at all hours of the day and night. owners didn't give a crap, so someone fixed it.

It could have been fixed by reporting the issue to a By Law Enforcement Officer, not the way you suggested, which is really a drastic/draconian way of doing things .

[zoli 16ga.]

It could have been fixed by reporting the issue to a By Law Enforcement Officer, not the way you suggested, which is really a drastic/draconian way of doing things .

could've been fixed with a bark collar, or the owners of the beloved pet taking responsibility for their mutt after they let it out and shut the door behind it, then just to go back to the TV set.

As discussed somewhere here before I'm sure....its a 'Me' society, and the responsibility apparently is on others to deal with the dog owners lack of consideration for others.

just say'n.

[zoli 16ga.]

It could have been fixed by reporting the issue to a By Law Enforcement Officer, not the way you suggested, which is really a drastic/draconian way of doing things .

show me where I suggested one should shoot a noisy dog please.

[rick_iles]

could've been fixed with a bark collar, or the owners of the beloved pet taking responsibility for their mutt after they let it out and shut the door behind it, then just to go back to the TV set.

As discussed somewhere here before I'm sure....its a 'Me' society, and the responsibility apparently is on others to deal with the dog owners lack of consideration for others.

just say'n.

Please read the OP before posting such crap !!

[zoli 16ga.]

That is a terrible shame , someone's pet killed , accidentally ?? , because the shooter was trigger happy , did not properly identify his target.
Purposely ?? we will never know , stuff like this happens too many times , as we have seen posted on here over the years.

I hope the owners can find out who did it and have him charged by the MNRF AND Police he then can suffer the consequence.

just followed the train of thought and comments from the second post....and most of the rest

but your right.