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Hunting, What A Great Idea For The Family!
« on: April 22, 2008, 12:29:50 PM » |
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stroh
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Re: Hunting, What A Great Idea For The Family!
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2008, 12:38:39 PM » |
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Yeah. This has been on non stop here. I just can't even begin to imagine.
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Clive
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Re: Hunting, What A Great Idea For The Family!
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2008, 12:39:17 PM » |
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The 39-year-old Belle Plaine man had told the boy, Hunter, to stay where he was -- well out of range -- as he stalked the wildfowl near County Road 6 in Faxon Township, about 3 miles west of Belle Plaine. But Hunter, caught up in the excitement of the chase and eager to catch up with his dad, headed toward him. Hunter, dressed in camouflage, was 20 to 30 yards away, in a grassy area near the woods where his father stood, when his father mistook him for a turkey and fired his 12-gauge shotgun, said Sibley County Sheriff Bruce Ponath....
"He was an intelligent little boy," he said. "Fun-loving, full of energy." ARTICLE
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Re: Hunting, What A Great Idea For The Family!
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2008, 12:50:45 PM » |
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Ironically, the son's name is Hunter.
Very sad!!
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Re: Hunting, What A Great Idea For The Family!
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2008, 01:07:43 PM » |
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Indeed, it's a very tragic incident. There's much that could be said on the topic of hunting & family togetherness, but I fail to see how starting a because of these sad circumstances would be anywhere near a positive thing.
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Re: Hunting, What A Great Idea For The Family!
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2008, 02:41:17 PM » |
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So which one is the Turkey??
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Re: Hunting, What A Great Idea For The Family!
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2008, 04:09:33 PM » |
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I used to hunt. Pheasants mainly and some deer hunting. I fail to understand how someone pulls the trigger without 100% identification of the target. I just can not believe this 8 year old looked like a turkey.
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Re: Hunting, What A Great Idea For The Family!
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2008, 04:52:44 PM » |
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What a senseless tragedy.
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Re: Hunting, What A Great Idea For The Family!
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2008, 09:41:04 PM » |
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There were 23 incidents of hunters being shot at, either by themselves, others in their hunting party, strangers or, in one case, a dog. WTF? The most awkward sentence ever.
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Re: Hunting, What A Great Idea For The Family!
« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2008, 07:41:45 AM » |
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I think not. http://www.dystopia.com/r...tm;topic=6035.0;msg=77364The use, correct or otherwise, of commas is, in some circles, thought of, although not, I should add, confirmed to be fact, as making the written word more difficult, cumbersome, and, in many ways, a pain the ass, pardon my French, than one would initially suspect, to read, were one to give the matter much thought.
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