CHATSWORTH, Ga. — Local law enforcement officials unfortunately have become all too accustomed to dealing with the aftermath of drug deals gone bad. But a deal over livestock that went south in Murray County sent a man to jail for pulling out a shotgun to run someone off his property, the man said.

According to an incident report filed with the sheriff’s office, two men in the Pleasant Valley area were trading chickens for a baby goat when the chicken dealer said the goat trader backed out of the deal. Hoyt Ray Lance told deputies he went to the home of Carlton Wooden to get his chicken cages — and his chickens if he wasn’t given the baby goat he says he was promised in trade.

But Wooden said the two had traded the chickens for a turkey gobbler and a female goat. He said Lance had asked about a billy goat to go along with the female, but no promises had been made.

“My girlfriend had a billy and I told him I would have to talk to my girlfriend, and if she wouldn’t give it up, I would find another one for him,” Wooden said. “But he was calling and calling and calling and he said he was going to make us give him a billy.”

When Lance asked where Wooden was, he was told Wooden wasn’t home although his truck was in the driveway. Lance became upset and said he wanted his cages and his chickens back. He told deputies when he was leaving Wooden came out of the house with a shotgun and ran them off the property.

Wooden told deputies the chicken dealer was causing a disturbance in his yard while he was sleeping, and he went out into the yard with his shotgun to run them off, but he said he did not threaten to shoot anyone. Wooden said there were three people on his porch and another car with people inside when he got out of bed.

“By the time I got my britches up, there was three guys on my porch and they was yelling and cussing,” Wooden said. “He came up to my house cussing me, and that is what made me mad. There are kids here and that is what made me mad. I took my shotgun out there because I wasn’t going to face all of them by myself. If he had just come and talked to me, I would have been more than happy to help him out.”

Wooden, 51, of 219 Loughridge Road in Chatsworth, was charged Friday with terroristic threats and acts, disorderly conduct and pointing or aiming a gun at another person. He was released over the weekend after posting bond. Lance, 41, of 994 Sumach Church Road, was charged with disorderly conduct and released on bond.

Wooden said he hopes the two can go their separate ways and be done with it.

“I do a lot of trading with people,” he said. “That is what I do. That is how I have all of my goats and animals and just about everything.”