Let Me at Him!: Often happens when the team gets into heated arguments with family and/or friends of the fugitives.Kirk Summation: Dog is pretty darn good at giving out these once he catches his quarry.Now think about the fact bail jumpers are 80% of their targets. They fled the country and became international bail jumpers. Hypocrite: Dog, Leland and Tim were famously arrested in Mexico in 2003 for deprivation of liberty note They captured American fugitive Andrew Luster, but bounty hunting is illegal in Mexico so essentially they kidnapped a guy.Huddle Power: The team often does this to pray before and/or after going after a fugitive.
One time a fugitive even managed to get ahold of Leland's mace can while struggling with him and sprayed Leland with it. Hoist by His Own Petard: There's been several times where the team has maced a fugitive and ended up getting it in their faces as well.Guns Akimbo: One episode had Dog wielding two pepperball guns while searching a home for a fugitive.Family-Friendly Firearms: Due to the reasons mentioned above in Does Not Like Guns, Dog and the rest of the team use only less-lethal weapons, namely mace cans and pepperball guns (basically paintball guns firing powdered mace).This may have been attributed to the passing of Beth Chapman due to cancer, leaving Dog and the family devastated and forcing the closure of the business. Sadly, Da Kine Bail Bonds was shut down in 2019. Family Business: Dog runs Da Kine Bail Bonds with his wife and kids, as well as a few family friends.Everybody Owns a General Motors Product: The main "work" cars are either GMC, Chevy, and/or Cadillac SUV's, with Leland's H2 Hummer thrown into the mix.Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: There's been multiple times on the show where a person arrested by the team with various heinous charges against them will become emotional when their parents or other family members are discussed, sometimes even calling them to apologize before being taken to jail.
The very low entry requirements for the profession in most states may be behind this. Do Not Try This at Home: The show starts with a disclaimer warning viewers of the hazards of chasing potentially dangerous fugitives and advises them against trying it themselves.Does Not Like Guns: Setting aside the fact that Dog cannot own a gun due to having a felony conviction on his record, he does not like them very much at all.The team sometimes use this as a ploy to lure in fugitives.Distracted by the Sexy: Beth has accused Dog of this a few times, mainly when he treats female fugitives with kid gloves or shows more leniency than he would with a male fugitive in the same situation.Backfired big-time when they went into Mexico to arrest a fugitive, since bounty hunting is illegal there. Determinator: Dog and the team are relentless in their pursuit of fugitives, and don't stop chasing them until the fugitives are caught by them, other bounty hunters, or the cops.Though in rare cases, if the criminal is horrible enough, such as one case the fugitive was a murderer as well as a drug dealer, Dog didn't give him a "turn around speech" and instead passively aggressively told him he was shit and left it at that.
The rest of the team will don these on occasion as well.