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Agreed.

Lots of guessing in this thread too.
Until they release the findings, it's all speculation...

Holy crap.

What a nightmare to live through! I couldn't even begin to imagine the depth of self loathing, grief and regret that this father must be experiencing.

There are lots of folks out here with color blindness and others out there that are legally blind. That's right, legally blind and carrying rifles. There is no vision test required to get a hunting license. I know of a man who is kind of a gun nut and hunts with a .30-06 and is on SSI disability because of his very poor vision. Can't get a drivers license.

I have no words...... Just so terribly sad...

Why is everyone assuming it was an accidental discharge? There are other possibilities? For instance, it could be a misidentification at that time of day.

Yes, very sad for the little girl, God this is just, beyond comprehension. I could not recover from this were I the father.

At least no one missed a chance to shoot a spike buck...

Ever notice that these “accidents” often result in great shot placement?

The how’s and why’s wouldn’t mean a thing. I’d be calling it a game.

The sun had not yet set. Even though it was cloudy, there was more than enough light to distinguish a human from a deer. I would hope that a father would stay with his 11 year old daughter when hunting.

Bummer

It's horrible. I refuse to speculate.

How does a father/husband go back to the house, look his wife in the eyes, and tell her that he accidently shot their daughter????

Muzzle control
Be sure of your target before your finger gets on the trigger
If In doubt, no finger inside the trigger guard.

Sad sad thing.

Hunted with my “little girl” ( she’s 20 now) last night. sat in a double ladder stand for three hours. Watched a flock of turkeys for 30 min then watched them fly up into the tree tops to roost. One more time we spent together I’ll soon not forget. These are the few great days mixed in with all the [bleep] days that make life worth living. One of the most tragic things I’ve read about lately.
I’d shoot myself in the temple after I was done burying her

I cannot even read the article. I cannot imagine the agony or put myself in the Dad's shoes. Sad beyond words.

With all the negligently made 700s still out there, this has to be considered.

Could be a low light issue, but I built a two person box blind and kept my little girl in the stand with me until she was bout 14 or 15. And ordered her not to get down and walk around. We were on our private property but you never know.

An attorney enlisted me to help him on a civil case where a 70+ year old father and his adult son were hunting deer. To make the story shorter I will say the elderly father well after sunset saw his son walking up the road and mistook him for a buck deer and shot him center mass with either a .270or a .308.I don't remember who had which rifle. The son died instantly. The reason for the lawyer was the reluctance to pay the widow by the lease's liability policy insurer.

There’s no telling what happened. That said, a lot of people are killed by dropping loaded guns out of deer stands. Getting a loaded gun out of a vehicle and about a hypothermia ways. Terrible tragedy.