hunter shoots dog

Ok hunters,
what should the penalties be to the hunter?

he's trespassing.
he's shooting at the something.
it sounds like they were also close to the cottage, another reason not to shoot.
he has two others who are obviously going to piggy back on his license if they bag something.


The sad pat is the dog's owner was on his own property with his dog.
And I don't think that you can sue for pain and suffering for emotional loss of your pet.

 

can you sue for pain and suffering due to proximity of deceased dog, the dog was standing a few feet from him. That would surely rattle my mind for a long time to come.

 

He is already being "charged with fourth-degree negligent hunting, illegal deer hunting, first-degree reckless endangerment and shooting toward a person or domestic animal." and "charges faced by Carrier and his group are misdemeanors".

Looked up CT penal code. Criminal offenses in Connecticut are classified as felonies, which are offenses punishable by imprisonment for over one year, and misdemeanors, which are offenses punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year.

So if the Judge was to throw the book at the shooter he will get no more than a year or less depending if he will do some community service.

Now will his hunting privileges be taken away, depends on the Judge but I know if you have a felony in CT you can't hunt or even own a gun.

As for Suing? I am sure he will easily win a civil suit against this guy.

In CT you can get in trouble for shooting within 500ft of a structure. Not sure if he was that close.

IMO, the shooter will get some time and do community service. The other 2 will get some community service. Also all will lose their privileges to hunt for a couple of years. They will be able to continue purchasing guns. Although the civil suit will penalize these guys pretty badly which they deserve. I hate these type of guys because it gives us hunters a bad name.

 

Even if the dog was on the hunters own property leaving gifts in his yard it is a felony to shoot the dog .......

 

The article uses the word "bullet" which suggests the guy was using a rifle. There is no rifle season in Massachusetts. MGL states you cannot fire a rifle or shotgun within 500 feet of a building (with specific exceptions).

 

The slug from my 12 gauge is just as much a hunk of lead, aka bullet, as the one that comes out of my 30-30. Don't give the reporter that much credit....

They also use the word firearm in the end. In MA a firearm is a what most people call a pistol.

 

This was in Watertown CT. Not far from the Litchfield CT drives we have.

In CT you can only use rifles in private property not state land. State land you use rifled shotguns shooting slugs.