Last year while hunting on my aunts property, I was just getting ready to take a shot at a nice whitetail, when all of a sudden came behind me the barking of dogs. The first one a Pit mixed with lab did the first agression and then turned and ran, but the second one a much larger 90 or so pounds shepard stood its ground with ears back and showing off those pearly whites.
When I had spun around I was already level with my .35 Remington using 200-gr Core-Locks. The dog was at a mere distance of 15 feet and was taking a posture to continue towards me even more agressively... can you taste fear, I did.
I
dropped the hammer and the dog dropped right there on the spot. The 200-gr bullet entered just below the eye and exited back towards the hinge of the jawels. There were more exit wounds behind the ear, back of head etc which I believe were caused by bone fragments or possible bullet fragments from hitting bone.
The people who owned this dog, had been told many times to chain it up. Neighbors had encountered this dog attacking their pets and ranch animals. The dog had even taken to deer... a taboo here in Montana.
At the time I was still in law enforcement and called the county sheriff's office up were I was at. The dog was not registered in the county, or even tagged or vacinated for rabbies.
The sad part of this, is that all of this could have been prevented and a families heart not broken. I know I would rather have not shot the dog, but survival is a much better option than the worst case situation... I'm not a chew bone for anyone's dog.