So barn boy, Dave and his buddies... ug.  I could just cry...

My Australian Shepherd, Maggie was going nuts.  I yelled at her to shut up, smacked her a few times to be quiet.  She did, but still growled under her breath.  She knew something was wrong... and I didn't listen. 

Then I heard a LOT of weird barking noises coming from the south side of the house.  Before I knew it about 6 black pick ups, about 10 hunters (including my friend Dave) and at least 4 dogs that I counted pulled up in the road out front. 

The one guy comes up and says, "Do I have your permission to get my dogs they ran one down and we couldn't catch 'em."

I'm like ya, get your dogs...  (clearly not thinking... )

Barking continuing and a thousand hunters in the road on walkie talkies...  I got an eerie feeling...

I go into my daughters room and just under her window, coward in the corner against our 6 foot high, private fence is a coyote.  Dogs are practically on top of him and two guys, one was Dave standing over them. 

All I can hear is "anybody got a tire iron???" 

Then the guy says to me in the window, "I dont want to shoot him right here..."  (insert a red neck Darryl and Darryl laugh here)

I went in to see if Brett was awake, and by the time I get back across the hall to the window, I see Dave dragging it out by it's back leg...  across my lawn...  Nice long trail in the new fallen snow....

Then.  It must not have been all the way dead, because poor Laura across the street watched them hit it again with the hammer....

That was just HORRIBLE!!!  The whole thing.  I can not believe that it just happened...

I knew it has to be done.  I know that animals are hunter every day.  I grew up next to the county's biggest hunters for God sakes ... it's life.  But that poor little thing was scared, cowarding in the snow, and trapped.. and they beat it to death.  That.  Is horrible. 

And I know... they chase a wild animal in to town, its their responsibility to handle the situation.  But can't they hunt with blow darts and tranquilizers... Kill it later when they get home ... with one shot.. a bullet?

Just horrible...