Re: Rough news out of Squamish... dog shot.
Things are not adding up
If the hunter shot this dog thinking it's a wolf he needs to put more effort into identifying his target. Not giving the guy any defence here this would be a screw up as it it his responsibility to know his target.
The dog walker needs to have better control of her dogs. As for the adding high vis to the dogs good practice but not a law
Only excuse I would give the hunter is if it was self defence is if the dog was aggressive if not he screwed up
Sounds like a hunter screwed up and the owner is an anti who is going to use this to go for blood
Too much info lacking to know what truly happened
Re: Rough news out of Squamish... dog shot.
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Wild one
Things are not adding up
If the hunter shot this dog thinking it's a wolf he needs to put more effort into identifying his target. Not giving the guy any defence here this would be a screw up as it it his responsibility to know his target.
The dog walker needs to have better control of her dogs. As for the adding high vis to the dogs good practice but not a law
Only excuse I would give the hunter is if it was self defence is if the dog was aggressive if not he screwed up
Sounds like a hunter screwed up and the owner is an anti who is going to use this to go for blood
Too much info lacking to know what truly happened
I agree. More info is needed.
My take from the limited info (completely theorized but seems logical): the dog came running up to the guy hunting and spooked him. She states in her Facebook post that the dog had run up the bank. By the time the owners got there, he was already chambered, aimed and fired, guessing that the animal was a wolf not a pet due to being in a wilderness area and not being on leash.
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Today, like any other day, I took my beautiful girl with a teammate and nine other dogs on a regular hike. The hike was amazing; the dogs were so well behaved, training went beautifully. As we were finishing the hike, we were putting the leashes back on the dogs. We were going up a little bank onto an old forest road. I already had two dogs on the leash when I heard the bang, it was so loud, my instinct made me crouch down, then I looked, and I saw 10 feet in front of me my dog shot.
They were walking a bunch of dogs, her dog was not on a leash. Ran up the bank and into the view of the hunter who likely mistook it for a wolf. (It does look a lot like one).
Re: Rough news out of Squamish... dog shot.
reminds me of that lady who had all the dogs she was watching stolen from her truck...oh wait, she lied and the dogs actually died from being left in the truck too long during a heat wave....
Re: Rough news out of Squamish... dog shot.
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rimfire
I agree. More info is needed.
My take from the limited info (completely theorized but seems logical): the dog came running up to the guy hunting and spooked him. She states in her Facebook post that the dog had run up the bank. By the time the owners got there, he was already chambered, aimed and fired, guessing that the animal was a wolf not a pet due to being in a wilderness area and not being on leash.
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They were walking a bunch of dogs, her dog was not on a leash. Ran up the bank and into the view of the hunter who likely mistook it for a wolf. (It does look a lot like one).[/FONT][/COLOR]
Sounds like the most reasonble story of what happened.
Reminds me of when my husband was up hunting in the boonies hiked into the middle of nowhere when he suddenly heard all this crashing behind him. He stilled then saw a flash of a large black animal, he had his rifle beside him at the ready next thing he knows a big black Newfoundland bounds out from the bush big and goofy looking for pets and scratches! His heart about stopped LOL. The owner showed up shortly after that. He was looking for a place to build a remote cabin. He was shocked to see my husband as much as my husband was to see him.
Re: Rough news out of Squamish... dog shot.
Too many people think that because they're not in the city their dog can run free, Ive been out fishing and had people's dogs jump in my truck, go through my gear after my lunch and jump on me while I'm fishing. If you don't control your dog theres a chance something could happen to it whether it's traffic, it runs away, gets shot whatever, I'd say having a wolf looking dog get shot in an area that's known for hunting is strictly on the owner, sounds like she can't get her story straight, for all anyone knows the dog was nowhere near the owner.
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russm
Too many people think that because they're not in the city their dog can run free, Ive been out fishing and had people's dogs jump in my truck, go through my gear after my lunch and jump on me while I'm fishing. If you don't control your dog theres a chance something could happen to it whether it's traffic, it runs away, gets shot whatever, I'd say having a wolf looking dog get shot in an area that's known for hunting is strictly on the owner, sounds like she can't get her story straight, for all anyone knows the dog was nowhere near the owner.
Yep. This wouldn't surprise me either. There is a lot of truth to the old saying "If you own one dog, you have a dog. If you own two dogs, you have half a dog. If you own three dogs, you have no dogs". Dogs in packs tend to not listen very well.......
Re: Rough news out of Squamish... dog shot.
I feel sorry for the dog but contempt for the owner. The dog looks almost exactly like a young wolf, on crown land, it should have been wearing something to make it stand out. I've passed on a few coyotes I wasn't sure about before because I'd rather be safe than sorry in that regard but the dogs owner was a shitty owner plain and simple.
The owner ****ed up and is quick to place blame on anyone but herself and plays the victim. Now this cry-bully has the audacity to target all hunters are "trophy hunters" - Can't wait to read some of the comments on the YouTube video, there is already one hoping for the hunter to get "karma at point blank" hilarious...
People are the worst.
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As someone who's been charged by wolves I can sympathize with the hunter, as I'm pretty light-fingered now...
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Sadly it will only cause more area closers espeacially in the sea to ski corridor.
I dont even stop at gas stations if there is game in my truck up there after being pulled over 3 times for the same animal being seen in the box of my truck at a gas station.
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Sadly it will only cause more area closers espeacially in the sea to ski corridor.
I dont even stop at gas stations if there is game in my truck up there after being pulled over 3 times for the same animal being seen in the box of my truck at a gas station.
You should have asked to press charges against the people who called for "interfering in your hunt".