how far away was the dog....the other house..... and he shot in the air......which could have been a little dangerous i suppose, but see above

the hunter thing is a good argument i would have done the same thing.....i have done the same thing, as a matter of fact but the dog was a guatermile away, thru the woods and i fired into the ground......ya could have heard a pin drop the rest of the night.....the dog , i know was on a chain, and probably barking because he was not fed......

As far as this case; "desideratum," the hunters aren't shooting the deer in anger (one would suppose) - in this case I think the sentence was justifiable; if this guy goes "off" and starts shooting just to scare a dog, what's to say he won't lose his temper and start shooting at a human?

Vick kills many dogs and injures untold numbers and he gets 23 months.

Doesn?t seem like the same justice for all.