|
|
Post by fullrut on Apr 20, 2008 19:43:29 GMT -5
One of my good friends was shot this morning in Jennings County by an 11 year old youth hunter. The youth and his dad mistook him for a gobbler and shot him at 40yds. Funny thing is my buddy is 6' tall and weighs 220lbs. and had on brown carharts and a blue sweatshirt. AMAZING how some people can be so IGNORANT! He has 2 shots still in his head and multiple wounds to his chest, ribs, and legs. He is going to be alright but that is beside the point. ALWAYS know what you are shooting at.
|
|
|
|
Post by Woody Williams on Apr 20, 2008 19:56:36 GMT -5
Absolutely no excuse for that.
I've got to lay the blame directly on the dad. Not only did he hurt and could have killed your friend, but he has probably doused the hunting urge in the kid for some time to come.
Target identity - in this case a beard on a bird is essential. No excuse...
I hope that your friend recovers and doesn't have any side effects from this.
|
|
|
|
Post by stubbleducker on Apr 20, 2008 19:58:45 GMT -5
That's too bad. Glad it wasn't any worse than it turned out. Some guy in MN shot his son and he didn't make it. That's one reason why my kids and I always wear orange in and out, even on a private lease.
Not to belittle your friend's pain and suffering, but I have to wonder how the kid will cope with this. Will he ever hunt again? What kind of problems will he be dealing with because of something like this?
|
|
|
|
Post by fftce67 on Apr 20, 2008 20:01:41 GMT -5
WOW sorry to hear that. The blame does go to the Dad for not supervising closer. I was right behind my step son this weekend and would tell him when to shoot or not to shoot.
|
|
|
|
Post by woodmaster on Apr 20, 2008 20:08:10 GMT -5
I'm glad he is gonna be OK. No excuse for that and hopefully the boy and his Dad learned a lesson.
|
|
|
|
Post by dogkiller on Apr 20, 2008 21:07:17 GMT -5
glad your friend wasn't killed. no excuse for what happened. wtf is wrong with people?
identify your target !!!!! i feel sorry for the kid too. hunting could never be the same for him.
|
|
|
|
Post by wormman on Apr 20, 2008 21:14:02 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that about your friend. Sorry to stay but it's stories like that gives us hunters bad rap in the world today.You never hear the good old success stories of the youth being introduced to outdoors anymore on the local news!! All you hear these days are stories about what happen to your friend.. No wonder why people frown on us hunters anymore..
|
|
|
|
Post by TagTeamHunter on Apr 20, 2008 21:31:12 GMT -5
Amazing! They must have been just shooting at any sound or movement. Glad your friends is OK.
|
|
|
|
Post by stevein on Apr 20, 2008 22:19:33 GMT -5
With a teacher like that you have to wonder if you really want this pair back in the woods. My son and I were at the Deniston area yesterday and a guy was using a Gobble shaker call. I had no trouble identifying them through the underbrush. I hope your friend recovers.
|
|
|
|
Post by hoosieroutdoorsman on Apr 21, 2008 3:56:58 GMT -5
That would be a good testiment for the toughness of carharts, your friend was lucky he had something like that on or he could have been in alot worse shape. They should strip the dad and the kid of their hunting priveledges for a year and make BOTH of them go to several hunting and gun safety courses , absolutely zero excuses for that kind of situation. I am glad your friend survived with only surface wounds and hope he recovers quickly.
|
|
|
|
Post by Sasquatch on Apr 21, 2008 6:58:05 GMT -5
Absurd. I am so tired of these "hunter mistook friend for deer/turkey/etc. " stories. People do not look like turkeys or deer. You should be able to walk around with a live turkey on your head and not get shot, but of course you can't, because of idiots. No amount of training can fix stupid. Yes, I think you have to hold dad responsible, but the kid has to be an idiot too. Idiot, idiot IDIOT.
This kind of crap gets in the paper and landowners are afraid to allow hunting. One of these days,a kid is going to die, and not only will we have a pointless death on our hands, but we'll have to try and kill turkeys with an orange hat on.
|
|
|
|
Post by jemorris on Apr 21, 2008 6:58:29 GMT -5
Heard that yesterday when I got back from our youth hunt.I think I know the guy that got shot.I just do not understand how you can mistake a grown man or any human for a turkey!!!  Hope he makes a full recovery. |
|
|
|
Post by firelt72 on Apr 21, 2008 7:50:08 GMT -5
The fault as everyone has said sits directly on the dad. 100% no doubt, but I have a suggestion for our fellow (Guy and Gal) hunters, the friend made 1 mistake and we should learn from it too he was in the turkey woods with brown and blue on. I have always been told never wear blue, red or white in the turkey woods. Would it have made the difference? I don't know, but if he was scouting maybe orange would have been a better choice??? I am not blaming the friend i am trying to learn/teach from him awful experience.
|
|
|
|
Post by daworz on Apr 21, 2008 8:19:05 GMT -5
firelt72
What was this a youth hunt on public land or private? Glad to hear he's OK, The father to the Youth needs to be enrolled in a Hunters Safety Class, And he's trying to teach his Son how to hunt. Wow we have some folkes that should be made to take a good Hunters Safety Class.
|
|
|
|
Post by firelt72 on Apr 21, 2008 9:07:30 GMT -5
daworz no idea, I was only making an observation to help learn from this situation. It shouldn't have happened even if the guy was running around in a full sized turkey suite screaming gobble gobble. Somebody (THE DAD) wasn't paying attention. He is going to have to learn and teach a bigger lesson now.
|
|
|
|
Post by chicobrownbear on Apr 21, 2008 9:22:07 GMT -5
I read this in the local news this morning. Know your target and what is behind it is right after EVERY gun is loaded, and do not POINT THE GUN at what you don't want to see destroyed. Its sad that the Dad is too stupid to keep these things straight. Pointed words for a complete moron.
|
|
|
|
Post by Decatur on Apr 21, 2008 9:33:43 GMT -5
Ridiculous!
|
|
|
|
Post by bsutravis on Apr 21, 2008 9:55:17 GMT -5
All I can do is shake my head and wonder what on earth the Dad was thinking when he let his son pull the trigger. Unreal!
Glad he's going to be ok.
|
|
|
|
Post by mullis56 on Apr 21, 2008 10:18:24 GMT -5
This is just too bad, we need to get the kids hunting right....that dad should be prosecuted in my mind!
|
|
|
|
Post by dbd870 on Apr 21, 2008 10:28:30 GMT -5
|
|
