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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> Ray: I never had a problem as severe as this, but I found that a 
> blowgun worked at keeping a large dog out of my property several 
> years ago.  I did have to be up early, and waited on a couple of 
> fruitless vigils, but after the third dart in his butt, the dog 
> never came back.   The owners questioned me once, but pleading 
> innocence  (or ignorance) works.

Guns of any sort require witnessing the deed. If the killing is at 
night I guess I would secure all my animals except one in a coop that 
the dog could get into via a way that held two traps wired together. 
It is humane to kill an animal with a broken leg.