dog shot by bowhunter

[jamaltwy]

found this on another site:

www.lohud.com/article/20091027/NEWS03/910270364/Family-dog-shot-dead-by-bow-hunter

[madoktor1]

Just what we need. Dammit, people need to see what they are shooting at not just shoot at movement and then look.

[lonestararcher]

I guarantee it was just a guy that hadn't seen anything all morning, saw a dog and said, "to hell with it" and shot it. Anybody that would poach on nationally protected land would shoot a dog with a collar on it. In every aspect of life thier are allways gonna be village idiots, and unfortunatly, bowhunting in no exeption.

[jamaltwy]

I hated putting this up but i did it as a safety reminder to all on both sides of the fence as dog owners and hunters to be aware that it is hunting season so be careful of letting your dog run in the woods so they don't get shot by some a-hole(here in ny we have a lot of first timers out there in the woods that don't know a doe from a fawn to a goat to a dog ) out there shooting!! Plus for us as hunters to make sure we know what we are shotting at and what's behind what we are shooting at....

[Doegirl]

I think it was someone with little impulse control that wanted to see something die How sad and how scary in the same respect.

[jamaltwy]

follow up on story:

Article below...

Lohud.com October 30, 2009

Pearl River man charged in arrow slaying of Siberian husky

Laura Incalcaterra [e-mail]

ORANGETOWN - State investigators have tracked down a Pearl River man they say killed a Siberian husky with an arrow while hunting illegally in Blauvelt State Park.

Joseph Giebelhouse, 22, admitted to State Park Police that he was hunting at the park, a spokesman for the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation said.

"He told police he shot at two deer, but accidentally hit the dog, which he believed was a coyote," the spokesman, Dan Keefe, said.

Giebelhouse is charged with hunting illegally in the park and possessing a weapon in the park, both violations of State Parks rules and regulations, Keefe said. He is due in Orangetown Town Court at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 18.

Giebelhouse could not be reached at his house Thursday night. A woman who answered the phone said he had nothing to say.

Austin Bridges of Nyack was walking his two dogs, 11-year-old Miles, the husky, and 5-year-old Nick, a bichon frise, around 8:30 a.m. Oct. 19 in Tackamack Town Park.

He said he let both dogs off their leashes after heading a few minutes down the trail, but both animals remained near him. Dogs are supposed to be kept on their leashes.

Bridges said he suddenly heard a "clap" noise and then Miles crying in agony.

He ran to his dog, who was bleeding profusely from both sides. Bridges turned to call Nick closer, fearful someone was randomly shooting in the woods.

When Bridges turned back to Miles, the dog had collapsed and died.

Bridges said he yelled out and heard a man's voice say, "Oh damn."

Fearful someone was randomly shooting in the woods, Bridges ran out of the woods with Nick and drove home. He called a friend who urged him to report the incident to police.

Bridges met two Orangetown police officers at the park and they continued into the woods until they came to Miles' body.

They determined the trajectory of the arrow and told Bridges it appeared to have been shot by someone in a tree stand. They also determined the shooting had occurred in the state park.

The officers then helped Bridges carry the dog to his car. He later buried the animal in his backyard.

Hunting of any kind is banned in all village, town, county and state parks in Rockland.

Orangetown police reported the incident to the state Department of Environmental Conservation, which also informed the State Park Police.

The Bridges want people to know about the incident to help prevent a similar occurrence .

The shooting site is within a few dozen feet of homes on Valenza Lane in Blauvelt.

Keefe said park police, with the assistance of the DEC, conducted an investigation that led to Giebelhouse.

Dawn Bridges she pleased the hunter had been identified.

"It's dangerous behavior and could have been a child very easily," she said.

Austin Bridges previously said he felt whomever had shot Miles had acted irresponsibly.

On Friday, he said he wasn't surprised the shooting had been committed by a young man.

"That's the action of someone young," Bridges said.

I think this is down skipmaster's way he may know more on this story....

[horizontalhunter]

The title should read " Dog Shot by Poacher" not "hunter."

Bob