I would like to send my condolences to Justin Edwards on the loss of Fender his dog.

Next I would like to address the letter from his parents.

I’m sorry about the loss of Fender, but your letter put all the blame on the hunter and all people who hunt.

In doing this are you covering up the guilt that you may have for not having restrained him that day? (I’m also sure that this was not the first time that he got out and ran.) You have no idea what Fender was doing while he was loose.

So in effect you put the hunter in a situation where he had to act, which he did by the law of Georgia, collar or no collar and identification.

Dogs that run deer (if not wild) do it just for the kill and not for food. And since Fender was picked up as a stray he more than likely had run deer before. Notice I say more than likely since I don’t know for sure.

Not like your statement that shots were fired in your direction and the hunter was “trigger happy.”

Last, the hunter was man and hunter enough to come to you and tell you what had happened. How would you have felt if Fender had lost his collar and no way to find his owner, and you would have never known what happened to him?

So I will say before judging others as you have done, maybe you should look in your own back yard.

A 72-year-old hunter

John Hill
Fayette County, Ga.