Honest advice needed.

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Originally Posted by simplepeddler

My dogs killed a nieghbors deer over the weekend.

these are not agressive animals, retrievers for hunting.........it appears thier game instincts took over.

They gentleman that owned the deer restrained himself, and did not kill my dogs. I am happy about that.

He did not want to talk to me this weekend, was too angry. I get that for sure.

He has made overtures to the police that each deer "sells" for 3K.

I want to be fair, but I do not want to get taken advantage of.
He has never sold an animal.

these deer are young and small, about 80 pounds.

please understand, I know I have a level of responsibility here, not trying to be a schmuck......

Advice?? Guidance??

From your original post, it appears your neighbor caught the dogs in the act and like you stated "restrained himself" from killing the animals....as also stated you have a responsibility when you own any animal (dogs, cats...even a goat)....My advice is to pay the man...3K seem like a fair price a Whitetail deer...Pay and move on...