poacher3161 1,766 Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 I am glad to say its a thing of the past on the estate nr me the old keeper who was on used to shoot any dog on site even if they wer on the public footpath of the leed their was a stink up [bANNED TEXT] he shot a yorkshire terrier a ten year old was walking for his mother he didnt get the sack or prosecuted because the land belonged to earl fitzwilliam thogh i dont think he would get away with it nowdays the only thing that stopped him was [bANNED TEXT] somebody laid in waite for him with a gun but thats all history now.atvb Quote Link to post
Guest Naughty Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 If anybodys dog gets shot for worrying livestock the owner of the dog should be shot as well for not training it properly.It tended to be the old school type keepers or farmers that used to be bad for shooting dogs belonging to tresspasers now days i dont think they need the hassel.atvbunless the dog is also trained to take anything its told on comaned, Quote Link to post
lofti 579 Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 about 20 years ago we were mooching about looking for warrens to ferret behind the big local quarry ,i had my 7yr old jack russle and my pal had his 4month old lurcher pup. there was nothing in the feild we were in ,but sheep in the next feild we were passing. my pal had his pup on the lead,and it was yapping at the sheep. my jrt was fine round livestock and walked to heal as usual. next thing this farmer came running towards us with his 12 bore shouting and waving the gun around,it frightend the shit out of us. my dog started to bark at him trying to protect us and he shot my dog dead like it was nothing right in front of us. we wernt even in the same feild as the sheep never mind dog chasing!! needless to say i was absolutly devastated. when we went to the police they couldnt do anything because it was his land. turned out that one night he lost alot of sheep to the quarry and blamed it on dogs.. like theres no way it could be one of the many foxes that lived around the quarry . tho it didnt bring my dog back the farmer got pay back in many ways for quite a few years later. lofti. Quote Link to post
jamiew 11 Posted June 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 thanks for replying,but alot of you are talking about dogs being shot for interfering with livestock, that wasnt really my point,although still intresting,a keeper i know through other avenues tells me he gets lads on his land after bigger stuff than rabbits,and he shoots the dogs to this day,and i just wondered if it was true or was he lifting my leg abit, thanks jamie, Quote Link to post
poacher3161 1,766 Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 thanks for replying,but alot of you are talking about dogs being shot for interfering with livestock, that wasnt really my point,although still intresting,a keeper i know through other avenues tells me he gets lads on his land after bigger stuff than rabbits,and he shoots the dogs to this day,and i just wondered if it was true or was he lifting my leg abit, thanks jamie,Tell the keeper he will onley get away with it for so long one day he will shoot the wrong persons dog.atvb Quote Link to post
matty73 4 Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 when i helped out on an estate the headkeeper carried some wool in his pocket if he saw any dog loose he would shoot it stuff wool in its mouth and say it was a stock worrying he also made underkeepers do same when i refused we parted company his veiw was the only good lurcher was a dead lurcher he was a ruthless man of the old school that im glad to say is slowly being replaced by the new generation keepers that understand the usefullness of lurchers Quote Link to post
zigzag dan 784 Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 of course lurchers should not attack sheep but for a farmer to shoot a dog thats lamping - even big stuff is cowardly - the dog doesnt know if hes on permission or not - if youve a shotgun in hand have the balls to confront whoever slipped the dog ! Quote Link to post
aaron01 737 Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 the hounds broke on a fox that slipped out that no one seen 2 years ago they went on ground we had no permission for despite our efferts to stop them a farmer shot 2 they were not in any feilds with live stock and the police told us they could do nothing i would like to have seen there reaction if i had shot a sheep or somthing by accident Quote Link to post
Wild_and_Irish 11 Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 I know a farmer who had threatened to shoot my neighbour's shitzu for cattle worrying, I f**kin pissed myself Quote Link to post
anagallis_arvensis 2 Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 A farmer waved a gun in my general direction once and threatened to shot my dog which was on a lead. That is one shotgun that will never shoot anything again! Quote Link to post
bigryan1 1 Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 IF A FARMER/KEEPER WAS GOING TO SHOOT ANY OF MY DOGS HE BETTER HAVE A BULLET FOR ME AS WELL. BECAUSE ID KICK THE SHIT OUT OF THEM. I LOVE MY DOGS MORE THEN THE WIFE HA HA Quote Link to post
happylamper 7 Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 IF A FARMER/KEEPER WAS GOING TO SHOOT ANY OF MY DOGS HE BETTER HAVE A BULLET FOR ME AS WELL. BECAUSE ID KICK THE SHIT OUT OF THEM. I LOVE MY DOGS MORE THEN THE WIFE HA HAdon't we know!!have you red'em a bed time story before you go to work? ha ha Quote Link to post
bigryan1 1 Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 IF A FARMER/KEEPER WAS GOING TO SHOOT ANY OF MY DOGS HE BETTER HAVE A BULLET FOR ME AS WELL. BECAUSE ID KICK THE SHIT OUT OF THEM. I LOVE MY DOGS MORE THEN THE WIFE HA HAdon't we know!!have you red'em a bed time story before you go to work? ha ha JUST BEEN GIVEING THEM A CUDDLE AND A STORY THE BIG BAD FOX AND BAMBI HA HA AND JUST DEBATING WETHER TO PUT THE HEATERS ON OR NOT THINKING IT MITE BE TO MUCH WITH THE HEATING AND THE NEW BLANKETS HA HA Quote Link to post
Guest vin Posted June 14, 2009 Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 thanks for replying,but alot of you are talking about dogs being shot for interfering with livestock, that wasnt really my point,although still intresting,a keeper i know through other avenues tells me he gets lads on his land after bigger stuff than rabbits,and he shoots the dogs to this day,and i just wondered if it was true or was he lifting my leg abit, thanks jamie,Tell the keeper he will onley get away with it for so long one day he will shoot the wrong persons dog.atvb go on poacher tell em..... they might learn something. theres no one on this site more qualified to talk about this subject than you. mucho respect. atvb vin Quote Link to post
Cold Ethyl 63 Posted June 14, 2009 Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 I think some people are to trigger happy farmers included.Some people should be allowed guns others should not.If someone shot my dog they had better run pretty fast cos id fecking kill them.Years ago a friends dog was caught killing a sheep and the farmer was brilliant about it she padi him what he thought it was worth and a wee bit extra gave her apologies and that was that.He legally could have shot the dog and still had her done but nope just wanted recompense to replace the sheep Quote Link to post
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