I was out at my ranch property this past week end had a bit of bait set out. I had a dog come up to my bait Pyle , this dog had mange worse than any animal I have ever seen. I must say I had the thought to put this pitful dog out of his abused and sad situation however he posed no threat by his actions and I just let him eat and go on. It breaks my heart to see this but I think that particular dog would had been better off.

Yeah, I prob would have, if it looked like he was in bad shape, and he wouldnt come to me.

tough call, i know if my dog had gotten real sick, and was starting to heal up and someone shot it cuz they thought that it was "abused" i wouldnt be happy. of course this may not be the case for u.

Feral dogs can be a severe menace to livestock and poultry. Don't be surprised if he doesn't show up with some of his buddies next time! Many ranchers advocate killing them, for they know the potential damages that they will cause.

Don't hesitate next time..........

In the shape you say he was in I would have ended his suffering. If I come across a dog on my place (with a collar) I try and find out who's it is and resolve the problem. No collar =DRT.

we usually have a no dogs allowed policy....

I hunted a place that had a severe dog problem in that you could hear the pack running through the canyons chasing deer, and eventually they would get closer and here would come the deer running with tongue hanging out and shortly behind six dogs hot on it's heels.

I had even been out feeding and came up on the pack and had them stand their ground and growl at me.

I'm not going to say what I did or what I would or wouldn't do but I no longer hunt there, and I love dogs, but once they get the taste for running deer and other livestock they become a whole other problem that can only be dealt with in most cases by lethal means.

jimbo u def had a problem, and tthey needed to be shot. but an occasional dog on the place, isee no reason to shoot the dog.

I would have called to the dog, and see how he responded, wagging it's tail or looking aggressive is the way I would have handled it.

Chances are he is not the only one, and it's when they roam in packs is when they become a problem.

People drop off dogs, and occassionally you'll find one loner that with a little TLC could make someone a nice pet, but usually it's not the case once they become feral.

even old yeller had to be shot in the end...

in all seriousness though, i would look for a collar, whistle to him and if he stayed clear and looked that bad, that would probably be a good signal to take him out.
but, this question is not the same for all of use since my place is so far off the main road, a dog is way out of its element. to others, they may have residences within a mile or so...

Domestic animals have no place in the wild, period. You should be able to tell the difference between a stray and someones pet. Next time do the poor dog a favor and put him down.

And even if the dog you are talking about was someones pet, and it looked that bad, you would still be doing the dog a favor.

I've lived in rural areas my whole life and it pisses me off to see people from town hauling off pets they don't want anymore. If I see them, they get put down fast and humane. No suffering, starving, cuts and infected sores. A .22 short can sometimes be their best friend. JMO

In my case this is an isolated area and no neighbors for about 5 to6 miles. I should had but I did not mostly because my wife was there wild dogs like some of you expieranced I would deffinately shoot. Thi was obviously a stray that some city folk dumped

Remember the 3 S's rule! Nuff said!

He would have been much better off with a high dose of lead.

I have had dogs go past my deer stand before, some mangy, some not. Good or bad, I personally have a hard time shooting any dog.

to the ranchers I know, a wild dog is more dangerous than a coyote. And most on here would shoot a coyote dead in a heartbeat.

Brandon, your story is a bit different than most, and that guy would have gotten what he had coming to him had he done that around me. But thats not a wild dog, thats a pet.

POW!

I dont' spend money feeding deer year around to have dogs chase/scare up my deer!!! If I see a dog on my land it's DRT!!! No matter who's it is!!!

do u really think the dogs are running ur deer that hard??? most of em are just running around chasin rabbits everynow and then, i see dogs every yr while deer hunting, i put the crosss hairs on em and then think..... i bet those are some lil girls puppies..... ill let em pass.i mean it sounds like we have a bunch of d-bags that just want to hunt dogs....


heres another question to stir the pot with. kinda OT. what if ur neighbors cow came in and started scarin off the deer??? would u shoot it then cuz u didnt spend all ur money and time on feeding deer to have a cow come eat it all and scare off the deer....

Boooom! If they are responsible owners the dog will not be roaming looking for food. I know the Game Warden in the area I hunt feels the same way based off the conversation we had last year about dogs chasing deer through our hunting set up.