Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Say you hit a dog....

Yep

Do I see the dog run off like it's okay in this scenario?

depends on the circumstances, if I'm in heavy traffic I'm not braking much less stopping.

I seen the entire county sheriff dept go ape schit ovr a loose [bleep] biting a deputy last week 🤯

Don't stop if it is on the rez.

What would Deflave do?

I was driving home one night about 1am after a busy night working at the rural hospital. It was the middle of winter and it was during a snowstorm. I was in my Chevy Blazer doing about 40-45 in a 60 zone when a coyote came bolting out from my right coming off the Columbia River like a lot of animals did at night. I only had a split second to react and if I hit the brakes I would have gone into a slide so I just kept my foot steady on the gas pedal and he went under the right front tire and then the right rear tire. I center punched him with both tires and watched him pile up and tumble….he was a goner and I didn’t break speed. It didn’t make me feel good but I was not going to wreck my rig and likely hurt myself over something that was not preventable in any case.

Another evening after returning from my 3 hour round trip to Wenatchee I was 2 miles from home when I rounded a bend doing 45 in a 45 zone, as I rounded the bend there was a HUGE black bear on the right fog line. He was the biggest black bear I’ve ever seen in person and I hit the brakes knowing that he would have won the fight with my Blazer. He just looked up at me as if to say “slow down buddy or you’ll kill yourself”…I swerved around him and I wanted to stop to watch him but I was on a blind corner and thought better about it. He had the thickest blackest coat that was almost iridescent in the May sunlight, truly a beautiful creature that was king of that area. A few days later I saw the Washington Fish and Goons setting up a couple of barrel traps….he obviously got into something that he shouldn’t have. I don’t know if they got him but knowing Washington Fish and Goons I doubt they had the intelligence to outsmart the old boar…I’d say it’s more likely that one of the Goons got trapped and the big bear was never seen again. 😂

Bark, and chase the car, most likely! He does have canine ancestry, after all!

In this day and age where people call themselves their dogs “parents” and the dogs their “fur babies” you run a real risk of serious drama.

Stopping to check the dog and let the owner know is my default setting, but depending where it was and the kind of dog I may not. In my neighborhood, absolutely. I know all the dogs and their owners. On a Rez? Haha not a chance in hell. Might back over it to put it out of its misery. No way in hell it’s going to see a vet.

Why did the deputy bite another deputy?…justified or just an emotional outburst?

Dog bit the LEO

I have hit a couple of dogs. I didn't stop. I was out of town both times. 2 lane highway rural area. Last one I hit was a.pit bull. Chased my truck and didn't notice the boat trailer. Other was a walker hound chasing a deer. No one around to talk to.

So very true! People have tried to humanize dogs to an absolutely pathetic degree that I’d have to think twice depending on the neighborhood. I get so frustrated by seeing their little sh.itdog in every store as if it’s a child….hell…I carry for protection against dogs as much as I carry for protection against people. The only time in 30+ years of carrying literally everywhere, everyday that I pulled my sidearm was when a Rottweiler from a drug house came bolting at me and my wife while she was holding our infant son. My G21 came out of my holster so fast that I still don’t know how I did it, muscle memory I suppose. That Rottweiler instantly came to a screeching halt as if it was a human being that knew it was about to be shot. I really REALLY REALLY wanted to shoot that miserable worthless mutt but it stopped so fast and backed up that I didn’t feel justified any longer. It started jogging away and looking over its shoulder at me but it instinctively knew that I wasn’t afraid and I wasn’t backing down. I took a few steps forward trying to get it to turn around (I HATED the scumbag that owned it) so I could kill it and dump it on their front steps but the dog took off for home and never came back.

I'd stop to check on a dog.

Fugk yo cat.

Cats don’t enter the discussion lol

My house has a shallow driveway that leads into a relatively busy neighborhood street. When our lab was 4 mo old, in her excitement she ran out in the street and was hit by a passing truck. The driver was going too fast, but also it was a puppy with the zoomies that I should have controlled better.

Because it was safe to do so, he slammed on his brakes. My dog's back leg was trapped under his front tire. He backed off it, got out, and immediately started to help me stop bleeding and get the dog wrapped up so I could get him to the vet.

There's no sense in assigning blame in that situation -- he was going too fast and I wasn't in control of my dog, but either way it's just something that happened.

I am very grateful that he stopped to help me. Because of his help I was able to get my pup to the vet and she (eventually) recovered, although she was 'degloved' halfway up her leg, and lost half her back foot.

Was FedEx making a delivery?

Around here if you want to salvage meat from the deer you just call the sherrif and get a possesion permit for the carcass.
Doesn't apply to dogs!

The more relevant question...

Say you hit some FedEx driver while you were driving too fast on a narrow street in a small town.

Are you stopping to see if he/she/it is ok?

I am glad I do not know the answer, never hit a dog. As mentioned earlier the way some people make their dogs part of the family I don't like the idea of telling them I did it.