I would make the same argument about some neighbors!
I think you've hit the proverbial nail on the head.
I would make the same argument about some neighbors!
Do your neighbors have to ask you not to commit other crimes, too?
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...Most hunters for years have felt a strong responsibility to eliminate feral cats due to the huge amount of destruction they have on small game. In my opinion, any cat running free, out in the country, with no collar, is a feral cat.
You betch ya! Where I hunt the family gets a dozen cats a year dumped of. They spay and neuter what they can catch. The coyotes and I get the rest. Popped one carrying a bluebird last year.
Years ago, a hunter from the time he could walk told me ANY cat or dog he sees while in the stand gets shot.
I mentioned to him about his dogs. He said, same for them, "they are not supposed to be there."
I have warned neighbors about letting their dogs run loose, but I just can't shoot a dog unless there is very good reason. There have been many times that I sure wanted to. One time I was sitting in my deer stand. I heard dogs barking a few hundred yards off, then they came running right down the trail the deer use!!! I still didn't shoot them. When I hunted public land, the sound of Beagles coming my way actually got me excited, thinking they might run a deer my way.
My conversation came up with my buddy when we were hunting JPG. I asked him if he seen the dogs that ran by me in my stand. He said yeah, but he didn't get a shot at them.
I'm with you, I'd have trouble with shooting a domestic pet that isn't some sort of threat to me. Rough to punish a pet for its irresponsible owner.
I suppose you could follow the pet home and shoot the owner.
Maybe CampingJosh can give you the number for that one.
If I mistake a neighbors cat for a feral cat, too bad. The law states if a person knowingly kills a domestic animal without the owners permission. So I have not broken any laws.
Too bad? Too bad that you chose to forfeit your civil rights over a cat.
You are mistaken about the law, and you are bragging in a public forum about breaking it. If you intentionally kill a domestic animal, you have committed a felony. You don't have to know in advance that it was a domestic animal for this still to be a felony.
If not plainly stupid, it's at the very least bad form to openly encourage the commission of felonies. And it's surely against INGO's terms of service.
I don't really have a dog (or cat as it were) in this fight but I don't believe a feral cat would be covered under the laws against killing domestic animals.
For the record we have three cats and I love em but I would not allow them to run wild and I respect the rights of property owners to manage their lands in accordance with the law.
I agree that a feral cat isn't covered. But the neighbors' pet cat definitely is covered, even if you don't know that the cat is a pet.
If a person intentionally kills a cat, and that cat is in fact a domestic animal, the killing of that cat is a felony. It doesn't matter if the person knew it was a domestic animal.
I agree that a feral cat isn't covered. But the neighbors' pet cat definitely is covered, even if you don't know that the cat is a pet.
If a person intentionally kills a cat, and that cat is in fact a domestic animal, the killing of that cat is a felony. It doesn't matter if the person knew it was a domestic animal.
For the record, I don't have any cats. I don't like them. I also respect the rights of property owners. "In accordance with the law" means that it's still illegal to shoot the neighbor's pet even if it is on your land. Even if it's messing up your hunting.
I agree that a feral cat isn't covered. But the neighbors' pet cat definitely is covered, even if you don't know that the cat is a pet.
If a person intentionally kills a cat, and that cat is in fact a domestic animal, the killing of that cat is a felony. It doesn't matter if the person knew it was a domestic animal.