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in what looked like seizure but I would later fi nd it to have been from fear and trauma. At less than a hundred yards and with the sunlight now coming over my right shoulder, I could see blood on the sheep … those that were dead and those that were dying. Noses bitten off, ears gone … and then there were those that had been disemboweled and were still alive. These dogs were in a killing frenzy, and in the midst of killing sheep they were attacking each other. One of the smaller dogs was down and not moving, obviously from the attack of a larger dog. I was so stunned by what I saw
that it took me a while to react, but not long. It’s amazing how much the hu- man brain can process in a short time and react to that stimulus. I was belly down on the rock, sandbag under the forearm of the Remington Varmint Special, and an open box of shells beside me. It was time to go to work! My fi rst target was chosen for size and distance, a huge St. Bernard male. He was about sixty yards away eating the lungs out of a ewe that was still dying. When he stopped moving and turned
to his left, he was hit behind the right ear by the fast moving 75-grain hollow point. He went forward and was down. A German shepherd was next. He had stopped eating the heart and lungs out of another big ewe. He had turned at the shot and was facing me, as were all the dogs. The bullet hit him in the chest and he ran in a death run for about forty yards before he went down. The rest of the dogs started to run at the sec- ond shot. It was obvious that they had been shot at before. I swung on a large blue heeler next and couldn't shoot until he was clear of the sheep. When I fi red the bullet caught him just ahead of the left hip and crossed through his body, exiting his right shoulder. The fourth dog went down as he crested a small hill to the west, having been hit in the right hip. Shots rang out to the east and I knew that Miguel had made it over to the herd and was trying to kill the stragglers. When it was over, six wild dogs had been downed, one killed by the pack. Miguel and I went to check the
sheep. Many were in shock and some were still dying from wounds received
in the attacks. I was about as mad as I could be and I became even more angry as Miguel shot and killed the ewes and lambs that he knew were beyond help. The whole scene was a gut wrenching, sickening sight. Miguel and I just stood there for a long time before either of us spoke. While we stood we counted thirty-four ewes and lambs that he had lost. His dogs sat beside him whining – his body language told the dogs how upset he was. I told Miguel that a loss this large
had to be reported, not only to the owner but also to the sheriff’s depart- ment, and he agreed. I told him that I would drive off the mountain and sum- mon help. (Remember, there were no cell phones in those days.) But before I left I returned to my truck and got my Nikon camera and photographed what had taken place. With visual evidence there could be no doubt. As I started photographing the scene, the dead dogs and sheep, I noticed that several of the dogs had collars and dog tags. The St. Bernard had a tag, as did the German shepherd and one of the dogs that Miguel had dispatched. It took
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