hornadylnl
Shooter
- Nov 19, 2008
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That's odd, I believe you but down here in Scott County the Sheriff's Dept told me that there is nothing they can do if I do shoot the dog.
I learned that first hand. I had the neighbors call the law on me for shooting their dog and I wasn't even at home. I was at work that day and the dog actually got hit by the garbage truck. They swore up and down that I shot it and the LEO called me at work while I was on lunch. I chuckled and told him I was a decent shot but to hit a dog at over 50miles, nah it wasn't me. He said it didn't matter anyway because the State has leash laws and the dog obviously wasn't on one so he couldn't do anything if I did shoot it. I can't recall how many times I have called the Sheriff's Dept to have them send out the dog catcher and he never shows and when I call back they just tell me if it is being aggressive or destroying property to just shoot it. Most of the time I have the wife ask around since she works at the local general store and if no one claims the stray I'll warn it with some light dove load, but if it comes back it is toast.
Cats on the other hand don't get the warning shot!
I've asked various LEO's that have come out for dogs before and none of them would really give me a straight answer if there was an ordinance or not. Pretty much all of them told me that I have to be in actual danger by a nuisance dog or I could get in trouble. Okay, that is he said she said.
I don't want this to sound like I'm bashing the LEO's who responded to the call. Seriously, what can they do besides go door to door and ask questions. Without a witness or an admission, what can they prove? If it were an actual gunshot, they could do a more thorough investigation by looking at the trajectory. The arrow was aiming downward a little but that can depend on distance and force behind the arrow.
The frustration that I'm venting towards LEO's is that whenever you need one right there when you are being wronged, they are never there but the first time you step on your richard, they are right there to see it. I guess that's just Murphy's Law.