I'd bet there's a meth lab or pot patch nearby......
sounds like a PETA M.O.
I think this story was posted months ago.
Probably teens out hunting and having no luck. One of them will get stupid and brag, and eventually names will get out.
Whoever did this deserves the same in return.
A rabbit lover perhaps.
Yeah, well, I don't know how sad the story sounds to someone who's been menaced by an unleashed dog standing on his porch growling first thing in the morning.
Caused me to be so late for work, they told me not to bother showing up.
Although in my case, it wasn't a beagle... it was one of them weiner dogs.
Wow. I guess rabbits just ain't taking that crap no more.
Were they on their owner's land, public land or land he had permission on which to rabbit hunt? If they were shot point blank as he thinks, and he only had to run up a hill to get to them shortly after being shot, it's surprising he didn't catch glimpse of the shooters, or at least hear them moving away. Just wondering about more detail.
I think this is an old story. It happened back in october just down the road from where I live. Police caught the shooter, who claimed the dogs were chasing deer.
The case is still pending.
If this is a new case, I have not heard of it.
This is what happens when you give guns to rabbits.....
This is a sad, even tragic story. However, for those of you not familiar with Pennsylvania Game Laws, if Mr. Nahay was hunting rabbits with dogs last week, he was hunting them out-of-season, as the second rabbit season started this past Monday, the 11th (two days ago).
If he was hunting with dogs last week, he was in the second week of regular deer season. If the dogs were out of his sight, they may have been chasing deer. If a deer hunter in Pennsylvania sees a dog chasing a deer, that dog is considered a "nuisance animal" and can be shot on sight. (Ref. Chapter 23, subchapter E, Dogs Pursuing Game or Wildlife
"Sec. 2384. Declaring dogs public nuisances.
Any dog pursuing or following upon the track of any big game animal in such close pursuit as to endanger the big game animal or to be in the act of attacking the big game animal at any time is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and may be destroyed as provided in this title. "
This is a very touchy subject, as one might imagine, and a tragedy for the dog owner.