This is absolutely unbelieveable! I can't imagine what the dad is feeling right now. :sad:
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.
My son is 9, and I can't even imagine what I would be feeling.
God Bless that poor Dad, my prayers will be with him. cc
What a terrible tragedy. My heart and prayers go out to the family.
Pat
Thoughts and prayers from us as well. My boy and I were out at that exact same time Saturday morning.
Oh my LORD!!! I don't think I could live with it.......... ever :sad:
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 :sad:
ah man! thats terrible! my thoughts and prayers are with him
Very sad! :sad: Man I dont know how I would handle that!
Brent
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
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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
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
What an asshole. :mad2:
That guy sounds like a life long loser. :argh:
bootmud
Quote from: DirtyDog on May 06, 2008, 01:49:55 PM
What an asshole. :mad2:
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. :argh: 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. :sad: :sad: 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". :noway:
off rant
Alcohol, drugs and guns......an all too familiar recipe for disaster. So very sad. :sad:
Semp
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.
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. :sad: :sad:
This one happened within 30 minutes of my house. :rolleye:
http://www.wtov9.com/news/16140349/detail.html
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. :sad: :sad:
Na, your not a bad person Glen (I might be :doh2:). 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.
WOW :sad: I really dont know what to say other then that. :sad:
The guy needs some serious help
Glen I was told about that story at work yesterday,but the feller wasn't sure where it was.
I would never leave my 9 year old grandson set someplace by himself while I went off and done something else in the woods.How the hell are these young folks suppose to learn something out there by themselves :confused:
I want that boy right by my side so he can show me how it is done or vise versa.
I would rather have his movement make me miss a shot then not have him with me at all.
How damn dumb can these people be?
Yep I am pissed
I agree with every word you said Glen and you should never apologize for feeling this way.
If anyone is not mature enough to know and understand simple ethics of hunting and or target identification..........They should never enter the sport or the woods.
My prayers are with the family but that guy should fry!
It happens...In 1994, I was put in the hospital after my roomate shot me in the chest. I was calling a bird in when he came from behind and shot me.
Loren
Man this reallly rocks me, as having lost a child to a drunk driver I know the horror of losing a child and the initial report did not tell the whole story, my heart could not sink any lower for the little boy and his mother, it is from guys like this that put a black spot on hunting :rolleye: Just really don't know what to say except shame on him. God bless the family. cc
It doesn't make one bit of difference if he was stone cold sober or drunk as a skunk.
ANYONE who takes a child hunting and then LEAVES them in the woods alone and goes wandering off is a moron.
Here's your sign big guy.
AL
CC-- I'm very Sorry to hear about your loss. I don't know what else to say so I'll just stop there. :sad:
Here's another link to the shooting near my house. Turns out it involved an amish man & his 22yr old son.
http://www.wtov9.com/news/16140349/detail.html
:rolleye:
QuoteIt doesn't make one bit of difference if he was stone cold sober or drunk as a skunk.
ANYONE who takes a child hunting and then LEAVES them in the woods alone and goes wandering off is a moron.
Agree with you and everyone else on the board. I still cant get over it.
Exactly what I was thinking guys. Why would someone leave a 9 year old unattended during spring turkey? Tells you what kind of person he is.
My condolences go out to the family. :sad:
I wish I could say more, but everytime I try...... :sad: :sad:
No need to Bop!! I think we've spoken for you big guy. :wink: