DETROIT – One Michigan brother accidentally shot another while hunting together on Saturday, police said.
At around 5:30 p.m. deputies responded to a field in Boston Township, Michigan, for a report of an accidental shooting.
The brothers were looking for a deer that one of the brothers had shot earlier but became separated during a search in the dense corn, the sheriff's office said.
One brother, a 29-year-old, thought he saw and heard the deer moving and fired his muzzle loading rifle. The man, realizing he shot his brother, a 28-year-old, and not the deer, immediately called 911.
The injured brother was flown to a hospital where he is listed in serious but stable condition.
The deer was not located. The investigation is ongoing.
This wasn't the only hunting accident as the season opened in Michigan. Police say two boys ages 4 and 6 were injured when a gun discharged while their father was preparing to go hunting.
how is this possible ?
DETROIT – One Michigan brother accidentally shot another while hunting together on Saturday, police said.
At around 5:30 p.m. deputies responded to a field in Boston Township, Michigan, for a report of an accidental shooting.
The brothers were looking for a deer that one of the brothers had shot earlier but became separated during a search in the dense corn, the sheriff's office said.
One brother, a 29-year-old, thought he saw and heard the deer moving and fired his muzzle loading rifle. The man, realizing he shot his brother, a 28-year-old, and not the deer, immediately called 911.
The injured brother was flown to a hospital where he is listed in serious but stable condition.
The deer was not located. The investigation is ongoing.
This wasn't the only hunting accident as the season opened in Michigan. Police say two boys ages 4 and 6 were injured when a gun discharged while their father was preparing to go hunting.
how is this possible ?
Sound shots.
And by being a dumb ass.
I would have thought it was dark at around 5:30 PM in Michigan. Maybe past legal shooting time.
Being a total dumbass and not being 100% sure of what you are shooting.
You can't take that shot back once you pull the trigger.
Yep, the so called "sound shot" some idiots will loose.
The Doc told him that his brother would have probably made it if he hadn't gutted him and tied him to the roof of the car.............
Being a total dumbass and not being 100% sure of what you are shooting.
You can't take that shot back once you pull the trigger.
100%, it's all about muzzle control.
The Doc told him that his brother would have probably made it if he hadn't gutted him and tied him to the roof of the car.............
That's a take off of an old Aggie joke...
DF
I won’t pass judgement until I see a picture of the brother.
As I always taught in Hunter Ed, "If you shoot at a rustle in the bushes, it might be Russell."
The shooter''s son apologized. "Sorry Uncle Buck".
I would have thought it was dark at around 5:30 PM in Michigan. Maybe past legal shooting time.
If he shined him, for sure his eyes weren't far enough apart to be a deer...
Shouldn't be kidding about a disastrous accident. Hope the brothers recover, the one shot and the one who did the shooting. They're both damaged.
DF
I would have thought it was dark at around 5:30 PM in Michigan. Maybe past legal shooting time.
This was my first thought. Pitch black dark in standing corn and your going to shoot at a sound when you know your brother is out there some where. Duhhhh.
It doesn't really count since he wasn't using a firearm.
It doesn't really count since he wasn't using a firearm.
Tell the shot brother that...
Hard to do when you have to verify width of rack wider than ears and at least 3 points on a side where I usually hunt.
Brown downers and dinkers shooting each other. No trigger restraint, fools, no sympathy
It seems that this happens in Michigan every year.
Lived there when I was a kid and my dad refeused to go hunting during rifle season - bow only. Too many jugheads hunt in the morning, drive into town to watch the game at a bar during lunch and down some drinks and head back to blind. He swore he saw that in every town in Michigan during hunting season, and we'd have these reports every year.
Happened on my clients land talked to him this morning and he said it was almost dark.
Guy obviously didn’t verify his target.
Damned shame.
That’s horrible, How in the hell is that possible? Novice hunter??
The article says that the deputies responded at 5:30. The shooting obviously took place some amount of time before that.
Reading comprehension seems to match that guy's hunting skills.
While I feel bad for this family but there's no excuses for this kinda stuff.. Simply blatant disregard of gun safety rules. Know your target and what lies beyond!!
All the deer bred cannot make up for one man dead!!!!
This wasn't the only hunting accident as the season opened in Michigan. Police say two boys ages 4 and 6 were injured when a gun discharged while their father was preparing to go hunting.
Snap shooting. When I was a kid in rural Pa we were warned not to stray about too far. Snap shooting was popular for old farts who figured nobody should be on "their" mountain anyway. Particularly that neighbor who told the feds where the still was.
The article says that the deputies responded at 5:30. The shooting obviously took place some amount of time before that.
Reading comprehension seems to match that guy's hunting skills.
Good job picking all that apart there "Colombo"
Could've already been well beyond usable light when/where it happened. For instance, a deep hollow, a shadowed bluff, a thick pine thicket.
Oh yeah, and just because you only have a 1974 flip phone, doesn't mean they could not have called it in 10 minutes before the deputies responded. Usually when a shooting is called, the police respond 10/100.
Maybe you could lean a little more on the ability of common deducement instead of a sniped jab at the OP.
DETROIT – One Michigan brother accidentally shot another while hunting together on Saturday, police said.
At around 5:30 p.m. deputies responded to a field in Boston Township, Michigan, for a report of an accidental shooting.
The brothers were looking for a deer that one of the brothers had shot earlier but became separated during a search in the dense corn, the sheriff's office said.
One brother, a 29-year-old, thought he saw and heard the deer moving and fired his muzzle loading rifle. The man, realizing he shot his brother, a 28-year-old, and not the deer, immediately called 911.
The injured brother was flown to a hospital where he is listed in serious but stable condition.
The deer was not located. The investigation is ongoing.
This wasn't the only hunting accident as the season opened in Michigan. Police say two boys ages 4 and 6 were injured when a gun discharged while their father was preparing to go hunting.
how is this possible ?
Sound shots.
And by being a dumb ass.
That!!
It seems that this happens in Michigan every year.
Lived there when I was a kid and my dad refeused to go hunting during rifle season - bow only. Too many jugheads hunt in the morning, drive into town to watch the game at a bar during lunch and down some drinks and head back to blind. He swore he saw that in every town in Michigan during hunting season, and we'd have these reports every year.
In the rare event I hunt away from our property I where two headlamps--pointing front and rear--in really low light when entering or exiting the area. Too many horror stories every year.
It is easy for me to see how this is possible. In low light I've seen what I was almost sure was a deer or at least an animal that was actually an inanimate feature of the landscape. Often something that even though it had been there all along it looked way different in the last few minutes of legal shooting time. When I taught hunter safety I cautioned students that there are legally blind people and color blind people out there hunting. A fair percent of the deer hunting accident victims are wearing hunter orange. You don't have to pass a vision test to get a hunting license. A flashlight is highly advisable.
i sent this to my brother with the subject "see ya saturday bitch"
was his name john hunter by chance......
Dont they teach Hunter Education in Michigan?
DETROIT – One Michigan brother accidentally shot another while hunting together on Saturday, police said.
At around 5:30 p.m. deputies responded to a field in Boston Township, Michigan, for a report of an accidental shooting.
The brothers were looking for a deer that one of the brothers had shot earlier but became separated during a search in the dense corn, the sheriff's office said.
One brother, a 29-year-old, thought he saw and heard the deer moving and fired his muzzle loading rifle. The man, realizing he shot his brother, a 28-year-old, and not the deer, immediately called 911.
The injured brother was flown to a hospital where he is listed in serious but stable condition.
The deer was not located. The investigation is ongoing.
This wasn't the only hunting accident as the season opened in Michigan. Police say two boys ages 4 and 6 were injured when a gun discharged while their father was preparing to go hunting.
how is this possible ?
I hope he saved the liver and heart.
Dont they teach Hunter Education in Michigan?
I teach hunters safety in Michigan, but you can’t fix stupid!!!
Keep your finger on it the trigger, muzzle in a safe direction, and be sure of your target and what’s beyond!!!!
DETROIT – One Michigan brother accidentally shot another while hunting together on Saturday, police said.
At around 5:30 p.m. deputies responded to a field in Boston Township, Michigan, for a report of an accidental shooting.
The brothers were looking for a deer that one of the brothers had shot earlier but became separated during a search in the dense corn, the sheriff's office said.
One brother, a 29-year-old, thought he saw and heard the deer moving and fired his muzzle loading rifle. The man, realizing he shot his brother, a 28-year-old, and not the deer, immediately called 911.
The injured brother was flown to a hospital where he is listed in serious but stable condition.
The deer was not located. The investigation is ongoing.
This wasn't the only hunting accident as the season opened in Michigan. Police say two boys ages 4 and 6 were injured when a gun discharged while their father was preparing to go hunting.
how is this possible ?
I guess when they heard "Be sure of your target" in their hunting safety course classes they never paid attention. This actually falls into lack of common sense or dumber then a box of rocks. He should not possess a hunting license ever.
Dont they teach Hunter Education in Michigan?
I teach hunters safety in Michigan, but you can’t fix stupid!!!
Keep your finger on it the trigger, muzzle in a safe direction, and be sure of your target and what’s beyond!!!!
yes, and we'll make an example...which is what i did about the two guys attacked by their own deer a few weeks ago out west, one of whom was killed
DETROIT – One Michigan brother accidentally shot another while hunting together on Saturday, police said.
At around 5:30 p.m. deputies responded to a field in Boston Township, Michigan, for a report of an accidental shooting.
The brothers were looking for a deer that one of the brothers had shot earlier but became separated during a search in the dense corn, the sheriff's office said.
One brother, a 29-year-old, thought he saw and heard the deer moving and fired his muzzle loading rifle. The man, realizing he shot his brother, a 28-year-old, and not the deer, immediately called 911.
The injured brother was flown to a hospital where he is listed in serious but stable condition.
The deer was not located. The investigation is ongoing.
This wasn't the only hunting accident as the season opened in Michigan. Police say two boys ages 4 and 6 were injured when a gun discharged while their father was preparing to go hunting.
how is this possible ?
How big was its rack?
Pls pardon double post Persian.
Instead of criticizing the shooter you should be praising him for being sharp enough to notice it wasn't a deer prior to field dressing him.
Instead of criticizing the shooter you should be praising him for being sharp enough to notice it wasn't a deer prior to field dressing him.
Would hate to figure it out while getting your second helping of "deer" stew.......
Of course....the deer would taste like pork......causing some initial confusion.
I would have thought it was dark at around 5:30 PM in Michigan. Maybe past legal shooting time.
I discovered an internet search engine called Google. It's really cool.
A few years ago there was a story of a deer hunter that shot his partner - right between the eyes. Now that was a little harder to swallow as an accident.
The Doc told him that his brother would have probably made it if he hadn't gutted him and tied him to the roof of the car.............
TFF
Dont they teach Hunter Education in Michigan?
Sort of.
Two years ago I took my 10 year old grandson (at the time) to a Hunter Safety course and the instructor was a GI Joe know it all that thought he knew everything but I only dared to correct him once - didn’t want him to take it out on my grandson (who scored 50 out of 50 on the test).
My brother-in-law took his grandson to one about 5 years ago and he said the old codger of an instructor made numerous wrong statements.
When you have some idiots doing the teaching, what do you expect the result to be?
Scary stuff shooting at sound. Years ago was hunting with a friend and upon returning to camp I hear a bunch of shots fired. Hit the ground and stay there for about 5 minutes. Finally get up and walk into camp and ask my friend about the shots. His response is I saw a bunch of deer walking away, yea did you see a buck? Their had to be one there! Trip ended right then and there. Just after last light the noise outside of camp just might be your hunting partner returning to camp.
I would have thought it was dark at around 5:30 PM in Michigan. Maybe past legal shooting time.
I discovered an internet search engine called Google. It's really cool.
i am sure darkness played a role. For some reason, legal shooting time ends well after it is too dark to see anything to shoot, especially if it is overcast.
I would have thought it was dark at around 5:30 PM in Michigan. Maybe past legal shooting time.
I discovered an internet search engine called Google. It's really cool.
I don't know if that's supposed to be humor, a dig, or both.
Being on similar latitude as MI, I know it's dark around here at 5:30 PM this time of year.
Supposedly the call to 911 was made immediately after the shooting. And it was 5:30-something when the 911 call came in.
Hopefully the wounded brother heals up well, then takes the shooter's muzzleloader away from him and beats him with it.
I would have thought it was dark at around 5:30 PM in Michigan. Maybe past legal shooting time.
I discovered an internet search engine called Google. It's really cool.
I don't know if that's supposed to be humor, a dig, or both.
Being on similar latitude as MI, I know it's dark around here at 5:30 PM this time of year.
Supposedly the call to 911 was made immediately after the shooting. And it was 5:30-something when the 911 call came in.
I Googled Sunset Boston Township MI.
https://www.google.com/search?q=sun...051j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
OK, got it. So maybe not as dark as I thought.
Timing of sunrise and set is hugely influenced by longitude...
I would have thought it was dark at around 5:30 PM in Michigan. Maybe past legal shooting time.
Might be when they got to the field.
Hmmm, was the brother bonking the other's wife?
Timing of sunrise and set is hugely influenced by longitude...
Sunset for Nov 16th was roughly 5:15 for that area, end of legal hunting hours was 5:40pm.
Timing of sunrise and set is hugely influenced by longitude...
exactly right
as i mentioned, if it is overcast, dusk and/or raining, you can't see sh_t.
the idiots i used to hunt with would stay well past the time you could see anything, before emerging with guns loaded, as if they are going to get a shot at something in the bushes
This is why I don't hunt in crowded areas.
It is deer hunting, not close combat. What a freaking idiot.
I was talking to someone who said he was hunting with a friend and the friend died, non firearms related. He had to tell the family which he never met. I can't imagine having to tell a sister-in -law that I killed her husband.
I just thinking I know that the article did not say the guy died.
i sent this to my brother with the subject "see ya saturday bitch"
LOL!!!!
Snap shooting. When I was a kid in rural Pa we were warned not to stray about too far. Snap shooting was popular for old farts who figured nobody should be on "their" mountain anyway. Particularly that neighbor who told the feds where the still was.
NH, I always heard them referred to as sound shots.
Dont they teach Hunter Education in Michigan?
Ha. They need to teach voter education.
You can almost see to the end of legal light if youre running a Leupold.
