Turkey Hunting Death

KySongDog · April 21, 2008, 10:35:45 AM

This is absolutely unbelieveable! I can't imagine what the dad is feeling right now.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351877,00.html

Sunday April 20, 2008

BELLE PLAINE, Minn. — The Sibley County Sheriff says that a man who accidentally shot and killed his 9-year-old son while they were hunting apparently mistook the boy for a turkey.

Sheriff Bruce Ponath says that Anthony Klaseus of Belle Plaine and his son Hunter were hunting turkey about three miles west of Belle Plaine around 6:30 p.m. Saturday when Klaseus shot his son in the chest with a 12 gauge shotgun.

Klaseus dialed 911 on his cell phone. Emergency responders pronounced the boy dead at the scene.

"He was absolutely panicked. That would be an understatement," Ponath said. "Very distraught."

Ponath said the shooting was an accident but that his department is continuing to investigate the circumstances.

DirtyDog · April 21, 2008, 10:47:00 AM

My son is 9, and I can't even imagine what I would be feeling.

Carolina Coyote · April 21, 2008, 03:38:59 PM

God Bless that poor Dad, my prayers will be with him. cc

coyote101 · April 21, 2008, 03:42:05 PM

What a terrible tragedy. My heart and prayers go out to the family.

Pat

Silencer · April 21, 2008, 03:50:33 PM

Thoughts and prayers from us as well. My boy and I were out at that exact same time Saturday morning.

Bopeye · April 21, 2008, 08:33:39 PM

Oh my LORD!!! I don't think I could live with it.......... ever

FinsnFur · April 21, 2008, 09:14:36 PM

ahh man....I think they would have to sedate the hell out of me.......I'd be schizophrenic, completely beside myself, and on the verge of suicide.

That poor guy

northern coyote · April 21, 2008, 09:27:04 PM

ah man! thats terrible! my thoughts and prayers are with him

keekee · April 21, 2008, 11:36:36 PM

Very sad!

Man I dont know how I would handle that!

Brent

LORDDAL · April 21, 2008, 11:46:14 PM

what an awful thing I know I could never live with myself if that happend to me and my little guy he is my world him and his mommy my thoughts and prayers go out to the boys dad

alscalls · April 22, 2008, 06:14:44 AM

msmith · April 22, 2008, 01:30:53 PM

OH MY! :shck: If anything ever happened to my Big Dawg, I would be devestated, let alone if I were the one that did it. I really feel for the dad.

Mike

Silencer · May 06, 2008, 01:36:45 PM

Here's an update on this tragedey, the father was drunk and had weed in his system at the time.

http://www.startribune.com/local/south/18608114.html

DirtyDog · May 06, 2008, 01:49:55 PM

What an asshole.

bootmud · May 06, 2008, 01:56:01 PM

That guy sounds like a life long loser.

bootmud

HaMeR · May 06, 2008, 02:08:44 PM

Quote from: DirtyDog on May 06, 2008, 01:49:55 PM
What an asshole.

Well since my chain just got rattled I guess I'll say what I've been feeling since this whole thread started. I had no feelings for the person that pulled the trigger since I've read about this. Other than feelings of how in the hell do you mistake an 8yr old child for a damn 20lb turkey.

Only an idiot could do that as well as leave his 8yr old son alone in the woods during any hunting season. He will now get what is due him & in the meantime we all look like drunken jerks in the woods. I sat in on the local Hunters Education Course last fall & the fella did his level best to get everybody to understand how important target identification is.

Now I do feel for the rest of the Family. Very much so.

They will not get to see that young man grow up into someone special.

But never a sad feeling went thru my heart for this "Father".

off rant

KySongDog · May 06, 2008, 02:12:59 PM

Alcohol, drugs and guns......an all too familiar recipe for disaster. So very sad.

Semp

DirtyDog · May 06, 2008, 02:15:13 PM

I agree Glen.......In the beginning, all I knew is he shot his son. Regardless of being an idiot or not, my son is 9 and I could not imagine having to go through life with that kind of remorse. He will not get what he deserves because it appears that the charges are not hard enough. I feel they should shoot him in the chest with a big ole shotgun and see how he likes it.

HaMeR · May 06, 2008, 03:01:30 PM

That was all I knew in the beginning as well Joe. And there was exactly no reason for this to have happened outside of total ignorance. I can see how an "accidental" shooting can occur during deer season as some slugs will hit a tree & frag into 3 or 4 pieces. But not with a shotgun loaded with shot for turkeys.

This guy just did not do anything right that day. AND he did all this knowingly & willfully. While he may feel the remorse for shooting his Son,, I'm sorry but I just can't feel for him. And I wouldn't want anybody I know feel sorry for me if I would have done this. Regardless of the new found circumstances,, I'm not sure I want to see him shot in the chest but I would like to see some of his life taken from him. If this all makes me a bad person I can handle it. I would honestly like to forgive him but I just can't. I feel for that young boy too deeply.

This one happened within 30 minutes of my house.

http://www.wtov9.com/news/16140349/detail.html

DirtyDog · May 06, 2008, 03:40:05 PM

Quote from: HaMeR on May 06, 2008, 03:01:30 PM
If this all makes me a bad person I can handle it. I would honestly like to forgive him but I just can't. I feel for that young boy too deeply.

Na, your not a bad person Glen (I might be

). I feel the same. I feel for the kid, and agree that no one should feel sorry for him, except himself. I really don't feel he needs to be shot, but I don't feel that our justice system will do enough to this man for his poor judgement and ignorance.