moosehunter
PMA Member
This topic has been brought up before but here it goes again. When I sat down Saturday for the afternoon hunt I had been there about a half hour when I see what I first thought was a coyote 70 or 80 yards away. I put up the glasses and saw it was the neighbors German Shepard. He was biting at something on the opposite side of a dead fall. I thought it was a dead deer then I saw a head and knew it was a different neighbors lamb. I've seen this dog before. Last year twice, I saw him chasing deer. I raised the gun and made it ready to fire, then had visions of the dog running home with it's guts hanging out so I put the gun down. I decided to walk out and chase him off. When he saw me he bolted in the direction of his home. I did confirm it was a lamb. The head and neck was bloody, quarter was badly eaten and he was still alive. Not having a knife with me I couldn't put it out of it's misery. I returned to my spot wishing now that I had shot the dog. I did make a call to the sheep owner and told her what I saw and who's dog it was so at least I did something. Considering that dog is killing livestock I hope the owners put it down but I kinda wish I would have saved him the trouble now.
What would you have done?
What would you have done?