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.
Happens that he was on posted private property (I hunted on this land) he was a long way off and the landownder has had many problems with dogs running deer on the property. He also did not have permission from the landowner on which the dogs were shot! This guy has screwed me and a few other hunter, The landowner is no longer happy with folks hunting his land (can you blame him) Poor Larry and his dogs, what a crock! And the media should be thrown to the wolves for the way they reported this story, very slanted to poor Larry and his dead dogs!