Dad Shoots and Kills Son, Hunter, in Turkey Hunt

[NFS4]

An 8-year-old-boy who recently completed a school project on hunting with his father died Saturday after being shot by his father while hunting turkey in Minnesota.

Sibley County Sheriff Bruce Ponath said that Anthony Klaseus, of Belle Plaine, and his son Hunter were hunting turkey about three miles west of Belle Plaine Saturday evening when Klaseus shot his son in the chest with a 12-gauge shotgun.

Belle Plaine is about 45 miles southwest of Minneapolis.

Klaseus dialed 911 on his cell phone and carried the boy to a rendezvous with emergency responders, Ponath said. But the boy was pronounced dead at the scene.

"He was absolutely panicked. That would be an understatement," Ponath told The Associated Press.

The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that Hunter, dressed in camouflage, was 20 to 30 yards away from his father when his father mistook him for a turkey and fired his gun.

The shooting remains under investigation, but the sheriff characterized it as a tragic accident.

"A lot of people are in shock. It just doesn't seem possible," Pat Pribyl, the principal at Raven Stream Elementary School in New Prague, where Hunter was a third-grader, told the Star Tribune.

Pribyl described the boy as a wrestler and an active and eager student who had recently written and illustrated a book for a class about hunting with his father.

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[Maleficus]

guilt will tear this man into nothingness, sad.

 

[E equals MC2]

Man.. that's terrible. The father will never forgive himself.

Imagining the father immediately dropping the shotgun and running to the bleeding boy as he dies in the father's arms is making me well up.

Fvcking dammit. Dumbass father.

 

[Joemonkey]

Saw this story on the news yesterday, horrible horrible thing that happened. I don't know how that dad will be able to deal w/ it.

 

[oddyager]

Sibley County Sheriff Bruce Ponath said that Anthony Klaseus, of Belle Plaine, and his son Hunter

Oh the irony...

Why the hell was the kid separated from him?

 

[moshquerade]

how did his son look like a turkey? did he have a beard and feathers? 😕
the father had turkey fever and shot something he really was positive was a turkey.

imho, 8 yrs old is too young to be out hunting.

 

[E equals MC2]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
how did his son look like a turkey? did he have a beard and feathers? 😕
the father had turkey fever and shot something he really was positive was a turkey.

imho, 8 yrs old is too young to be out hunting.

reported that Hunter, dressed in camouflage,

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
how did his son look like a turkey? did he have a beard and feathers? 😕
the father had turkey fever and shot something he really was positive was a turkey.

imho, 8 yrs old is too young to be out hunting.

You also use a call when turkey hunting. This is just a tragic accident.

 

[slsmnaz]

another dumbass giving hunters a bad name. And at 8yo why was the boy not with his father while in the woods? It's not like he can do anything at that age.

 

[Kadarin]

The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that Hunter, dressed in camouflage, was 20 to 30 yards away from his father when his father mistook him for a turkey and fired his gun.

Forgive me for not knowing anything about hunting, but aren't hunters supposed to wear bright orange clothing to prevent this kind of thing?

 

[jpeyton]

Instead of dressing your son in camo, try an orange vest next time.

How many turkeys do you know wear orange vests? Exactly.

 

[child of wonder]

Why wasn't the boy right with the father the entire time? I'm not a hunter, but you'd think with a child that young you would want them in sight every single second. If they're not somewhere you can see them, you don't fire.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: E equals MC2

Originally posted by: moshquerade
how did his son look like a turkey? did he have a beard and feathers? 😕
the father had turkey fever and shot something he really was positive was a turkey.

imho, 8 yrs old is too young to be out hunting.

reported that Hunter, dressed in camouflage,

so? don't most hunters dress in camouflage? that still doesn't make them look like a turkey or a deer or a rabbit.

he shot something he wasn't 100% positive was a turkey. he saw something dressed in muted colors, and it moved, and it was the approximate size. if everyone shot something just because it was dressed in camo every hunter in the woods would be fair game. 😕

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Instead of dressing your son in camo, try an orange vest next time.

How many turkeys do you know wear orange vests? Exactly.

yep. smart hunters wear blaze orange.

 

[slsmnaz]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Instead of dressing your son in camo, try an orange vest next time.

How many turkeys do you know wear orange vests? Exactly.

you don't wear blaze orange when hunting turkey.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: slsmnaz

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Instead of dressing your son in camo, try an orange vest next time.

How many turkeys do you know wear orange vests? Exactly.

you don't wear blaze orange when hunting turkey.

you most certainly do. i come from a family of hunters. my brothers wear orange vests/hats when hunting, and they easily bag turkeys while doing so.

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Instead of dressing your son in camo, try an orange vest next time.

How many turkeys do you know wear orange vests? Exactly.

Only dumbasses go running around in the woods dressed in cammo during hunting season. The level of dumbassery required to put your kid in cammo boggles the mind. That's why god invented the color orange, retard.

Or even better leave your kid at home watching spongebob, while you risk getting your own stupid ass blown off.

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
how did his son look like a turkey? did he have a beard and feathers? 😕
the father had turkey fever and shot something he really was positive was a turkey.

imho, 8 yrs old is too young to be out hunting and separated from the group or an adult, and at least wearing the hunter orange gear so no one mistakes him for a tasty treat.

fixed

 

[slsmnaz]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: slsmnaz

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Instead of dressing your son in camo, try an orange vest next time.

How many turkeys do you know wear orange vests? Exactly.

you don't wear blaze orange when hunting turkey.

you most certainly do. i come from a family of hunters. my brothers wear orange vests/hats when hunting, and they easily bag turkeys while doing so.

I have been turkey hunting for about 20yrs and have never seen a hunter in blaze orange. For deer hunting with a rifle I wear it but not turkey. Their eyesight is way too good. You are in full camo and even use a face mask. I would ask them again

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Instead of dressing your son in camo, try an orange vest next time.

How many turkeys do you know wear orange vests? Exactly.

i dont see many turkeys in camo either... except that one down the street, but hes a bit strange anyway. combing his hair to the side, wearing political tshirts and smoking that strange tobacco...

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: slsmnaz

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: slsmnaz

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Instead of dressing your son in camo, try an orange vest next time.

How many turkeys do you know wear orange vests? Exactly.

you don't wear blaze orange when hunting turkey.

you most certainly do. i come from a family of hunters. my brothers wear orange vests/hats when hunting, and they easily bag turkeys while doing so.

I have been turkey hunting for about 20yrs and have never seen a hunter in blaze orange. For deer hunting with a rifle I wear it but not turkey. Their eyesight is way too good.

some states require it i believe.

 

[Phokus]

Hey, if Dick Cheney can mistake an old man for a bird, i can definitely see an 8 year old boy dressed in camo gear as an even more confusing target.

 

[UncleWai]

Looks like Hunter became the hunted.

 

[oddyager]

Originally posted by: slsmnaz

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: slsmnaz

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Instead of dressing your son in camo, try an orange vest next time.

How many turkeys do you know wear orange vests? Exactly.

you don't wear blaze orange when hunting turkey.

you most certainly do. i come from a family of hunters. my brothers wear orange vests/hats when hunting, and they easily bag turkeys while doing so.

I have been turkey hunting for about 20yrs and have never seen a hunter in blaze orange. For deer hunting with a rifle I wear it but not turkey. Their eyesight is way too good.

Regardless, if you are going to go hunting with an 8 year old, take every precaution necessary. You can hunt wild turkey with orange - camo blends just fine.

 

[RU482]

That's going to make for an awkward Thanksgiving