I THINK MOST CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEFENDING LIVESTOCK AND JUST SHOOTING DOGS ON SIGHT. IVE BEEN ON BOTH ENDS OF THE DEAL
x2...but some folks are just looking for an excuse to shoot a dog...most hunting dogs will not mess with livestock...
but I have seen dobermans, labs, great danes, rottwielers and other breeds including german shepards band together and run deer and I have seen this on more than one occasion...that I can remember 4 times...these country dogs will be laying around the yard when mom and dad get home from work...but there is no telling how many baby deer they kill every day...When I say banding together I have seen them running deer...
2 years ago at my deer lease the neighbor had about 6 or 7 dogs running loose...they were killing calves in the area and the coyotes were getting blamed...even after they were caught doing it once it started back up about 2 months later when they started letting the dogs run loose at night....I showed up at deer camp and saw 3 mutilated calves and the dogs left as I was pulling up...I saw to it that those dogs were put down...
I won't shoot a hunting dog but a dog that is unsupervised that has the run of the land is another story...
