Beagle Shot while hunting

[predator1]

More updates. The good news. It turns out it was not the individuals I thought it was. It was just up the road from them. So that relieved that anxiety. Below is a screen shot from the woman who did the shooting. And honestly, her story incriminates her more than justifies in my opinion. Considering the hunters were with their dogs and that they was unaware of issues the neighbors had been having. The dogs obviously weren’t the neighbors dogs they’d been having trouble with either. Let alone convincing me beagle hounds in the act of hunting started chasing their cattle. Just doesn’t hold water based on my experiences.

 

[Gforcetrivers]

Running livestock or chewing rabbit feet through the wire of a cage is one thing running a wild rabbit is another. Those people would be made to pay. One way or another.

 

[Little FR]

They made it sound like it happened in the dead of night. If I were on either side of this case I’d keep my mouth shut and lawyer up.

 

[KYote-Krusher]

Having read this entire thread and not knowing anything for certain personally .... the only comment I can make is:

It takes a pretty low life individual to SHOOT A BEAGLE ... under anything but the most unlikely, caught in the act, situation.

RIP little doggy. 😢

 

[Gforcetrivers]

Might have been her children or grandchildrens' rabbit. She would defend their interests.

HuntressOfLight said:
Seems only natural to me. My dogs will and do chase anything and everything which moves, and two are exceedingly fast. They have chased the deer a few times here at the cabin (every time they have been loose and seen them), and the deer have returned, soon after the fact. Mine lack interest in killing the deer and simply enjoy the chase.

Politely talk to your neighbors, showing them photos of the dogs. You can put up some live traps, if necessary. Just ensure that you take them some place they will not be put down and can be adopted.

So I guess we have escalated to firing warning shots now?

 

[HuntressOfLight]

HuntressOfLight said:
Seems only natural to me. My dogs will and do chase anything and everything which moves, and two are exceedingly fast. They have chased the deer a few times here at the cabin (every time they have been loose and seen them), and the deer have returned, soon after the fact. Mine lack interest in killing the deer and simply enjoy the chase.

Politely talk to your neighbors, showing them photos of the dogs. You can put up some live traps, if necessary. Just ensure that you take them some place they will not be put down and can be adopted.

So I guess we have escalated to firing warning shots now?

Precisely. Two of my beasts just received baths within the bathtub and have been fluffed dry with a blower. Brewster underwent the same at Tractor Supply last night, because I have yet to attempt acclimatizing him to a bathtub. They are now ready to meet their new, temporary doctor; we are in route, momentarily. He is a very old, wise man.

They have not been permitted to run of late, because of all the geese. As previously stated, I am rather choosy about when/where I permit them to run (noticed you failed to copy/paste that post). I shall be further discussing the problem children's two dogs with him, as well as all the stray cats (which would love to eat the pending goslings). Wish to trap all and have him fix them, then find homes for each, before the geese drop eggs.

 

[HuntressOfLight]

^... Nimrod (now 87lbs) magically slipped his collar yet again, second time this week, forcing me to hunt him down in a game of Catch Me if You Can, as it was snowing, with all other critters patiently waiting within the car (he stole that bone in the process haha...). Clean bill of health, after my alpha had one tooth pulled (it's going beneath his pillow tonight...dog tooth fairy will replace it with a soft bone).

The wise old vet said any breed of dog is going to check out a new born calf; so yes, a beagle could very well go after one.

20% off fixing any cats I trap. He wants one at a time. Might show with a mountain lion lol...

 

[BikerTrash22]

SSS, the jackasses that shot the dog! I hate most people, and love most dogs though!

 

[Bowmostofthetime86]

They had no right to shoot the dog for running a wild rabbit on their property. I would definitely have a chat with the landowner.

 

[JR in KY]

I was about 8 years old and an old cranky SOB shot one of my Beagles running rabbits on his growed up farm. No one was even there hunting with a gun.
I remember when he died over 50 years ago and I thought: "I'm glad you are Dead you old bastard." Hated him.

This situation with the Shot Beagle is terrible and all the stuff about other dogs getting chickens and calves is made up BS.

 

[Tankt]

My beagle killed the neighbors rooster about 5 yrs ago. He showed up at my front door and told me what it cost. I paid him no questions asked. Had no idea a damn chicken cost $20....hell...may have been $40

 

[barney]

Beagles are chicken killin sobs. I know that for sure.

 

[Tankt]

I told him I would be happy to break him of the habit if he would let me put my dog back in the field with his chickens while wearing a shock collar. I was really surprised he declined.

 

[Chilly]

I can't stand a liar! I call BS on her story!

 

[OLE RASPY]

I’ve had dog problems before. And still get some on my cam from time to time. I’m not a dog lover. I’ve had few dogs in my time that I have got attached to. I’ve had a neighbor dog at my farm that I caught in action digging beside my tile at my creek and I didn’t have a rifle that day and after that my tile began eroding away. So I had a concrete truck to come in and I poured 6 yards over top of it. Later on talk to my other neighbor and was telling him bout that dog. It was a husky im assuming. I told him I said I don’t know who’s dog this is but I’m killin it first chance I get. He said oh that’s the neighbor down road dog and I told them to keep their dog up also cause I’m fixin yo get some calves and don’t want it over here. Well evidently he told them what I said. He never got no calves and sold the property and then other neighbors built a fence for their dogs and I’ve never seen them again on me.

But as far as the beagle hound goes I hate it for yalls dog.
When I was a kid we had 16 beagle hounds at all time for several years. Me and my bro took care of them, my dad too but we did the feeding and watering. Never had problem unless one was running a deer and dad shot and killed it. Not often though. But I don’t see a beagle hurting anything besides a rabbit or that’s what the intended purpose is ya know.
But if it was after someone chickens or baby calf’s, then you know what. Yea. But hard for me to believe it was after a newborn calf but strange things happen I reckon. I can believe the chicken part.
But who knows none of us were there and even the OP wasn’t there either. Have no reason not to believe the OP but I wasn’t there and neither was y’all.