MT Hunting Accident Claims 16 year old

[Nemont]

guys please be careful out there. We lost a young man on Saturday. I have known his father since high school. I cannot even imagine losing one of my kids.

Hunting accident blamed in 16-year-old's death
The Associated Press • October 25, 2010

16-year-old boy has been shot and killed on the Montana Hi-Line in what authorities believe was a hunting accident.

Phillips County Undersheriff Scott Moran says Logan Wilson died Saturday afternoon at a hunting site near his hometown of Malta.
Moran says Wilson separated from his two companions to walk across a field. After a short while they went looking for him. They called authorities after discovering that he had been shot.


KFBB-TV reports that the preliminary cause of death is listed as an accidental shooting and an investigation is under way.


No other information was immediately available.

 

[JoseCuervo]

Saw a father strap his son's body across a pack horse while up deer hunting. Never forget the father's facial expressions.

Be safe all the way until the guns are put up. We lost a 17 year old here in town. People that I know who knew him said he was a good kid.

CALDWELL -- Caldwell Police have confirmed that a teen died in an accidental shooting Friday night.

Police got the call just before 8:00 p.m. Police say that three teens had just returned from hunting when the shooting happened. A friend of the boy, also a teen, told police he accidentally fired the gun when he nearly dropped it while carrying it into the garage.

Canyon County Coroner Vicki DeGues-Morris said Jason Clausen died instantly from a single gun shot wound. She also said, "This is the saddest thing I have ever seen."

Clausen's family describes him as a fine young man, always loved by his friends and family. His passion was baseball, which he began playing when he was just 5 years old and continued until his death. They said he was a talented player, making it into a hall of fame a few years ago. He leaves behind a brother and sister.

 

[drahthaar]

I just read that in our local paper, very sad.

 

[highmountian]

You can never be to carefull! Trying to teach my 10 year the dangers that came with gun's. Very sad to hear.

 

[belly-deep]

Terrible thing to have happen.

 

[Dinkshooter]

I was about 12 years old with a friend who had a bunch of rabbits that got loose. They did what rabbits do and we would spend the day trying to reduce the population with .22 birdshot. We had both been through hunters Ed etc. We had heard the gospel, preached and re-preached.

We took a break and left our .22s on the enclosed porch. For some reason his dad decided to check the chambers. Loaded, both of them. I had never been nor ever been again screamed at like that before. Especially by someone else’s parent. With a promise that the barrels would be shaped in a “U” if he found them like that again. That lesson stuck.

 

[ashersdad]

Lost a buddy in high school to a hunting accident. You can never be too careful.

 

[Goldtip]

Horrible thing to have happen to a family. Prayers go out to the families in both articles.

 

[tarheel]

Always a sad thing to hear, I recall an incident in the early 70's in Colorado when a father and his two sons were riding red Honda trail bikes single file along a 2 track when some idiot from CA shot and killed both boys from 100 yds away; claimed he thought it was an elk. The man did time for manslaughter, but not enough time. Teach your children well!

 

[thecrittergitter]

Yea, very sad deal.

Very curious to know what happened, hopefully it will come out soon. If someone actually shot the kid by mistaking for an animal, that person should be tied to a pickup and drug through about 50 miles of Montana gravel roads............

Hopefully it wasn't something that stupid.....

Prayers out for the family for sure from us!

 

[belly-deep]

It gets worse:

GREAT FALLS - Two Montana teenagers died in apparent hunting accidents over the weekend, including a 17-year-old boy who was shot and killed by his 14-year-old sister as she was unloading a rifle, authorities said Monday.

The separate shootings happened Saturday, the opening day of hunting season in Montana.

The siblings from Power were on a hunting and camping trip with their father, friends and other family members in the Missouri River Breaks about 70 miles south of Chinook. They had finished hunting for the evening Saturday and the girl was unloading her rifle when it discharged, said Blaine County Undersheriff Pat Pyette.

The 17-year-old boy, who was standing less than five feet away, was shot in the face, Pyette said. He died at the scene.

 

[elk_hunter]

Yikes; horrible things to have happen indeed. Thoughts and prayers from my family to the affected families.

 

[idnative1948]

Luckily just his foot and not somebody's head......

Kuna teen shoots himself in the toe after hunting trip
Statesman staff - Idaho Statesman
Published: 10/24/10

A 16-year-old boy with his father and a friend returned to a pickup and was unloading a .30-06 rifle when he accidentally discharged the gun about 5 p.m. Sunday near Bogus Basin Ski Resort.

A single round hit the teen’s toe and went through the floor of a pickup. The boy’s father began driving down Bogus Basin Road toward Boise and called 911 as he got closer to town. Deputies and Ada County paramedics met them on the road and transported the teen to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center with what appeared to be a non-life-threatening injury.

The shooting happened in Boise County, but because the family drove into Ada County and called for help, Ada County sheriff’s deputies are investigating.

 

[Horn Seeker]

Horrible Deal, both of them, all of them. Those barrels HAVE to be pointed in a safe direction at ALL times...

Dammmm

 

[Nemont]

It is not starting off very well here in Montana

Associated Press Montana News Summary
Thursday, October 28th 2010
AP-MT--Right Now,1014
HUNTING TRIP-DEATH

Butte man killed when vehicle backs over him


BUTTE, Mont. (AP) - Authorities say a Butte man was killed when a vehicle backed over him while he was on a hunting trip in southwest Montana's Gravelly Mountains.

Madison County Undersheriff Roger Thompson says five hunters from Butte were camping near the Ruby River on Tuesday night when the accident happened. One of the hunters was parking a large SUV for the night and backed over 53-year-old John Rohan.

Thompson says Rohan died at the scene, and his hunting group called authorities from a nearby ranch.

KXLF-TV in Butte reports that the death has been ruled an accident, but the Montana Highway Patrol will investigate the collision.

 

[belly-deep]

Nemont,

that is an odd one to me...I'll be interested to hear what the MHP investigation concludes

 

[noharleyyet]

Wonder if they meant large RV instead of SUV.

 

[Nemont]

Nemont,

that is an odd one to me...I'll be interested to hear what the MHP investigation concludes

Seems weird to me as well. I wonder how many adult beverages were consumed prior to this accident or if there was a big loser in quarter ante poker in hunting camp. Not to be flippant about a man dying but to be backed in hunting camp just seems odd.


Nemont

 

[belly-deep]

Seems weird to me as well. I wonder how many adult beverages were consumed prior to this accident or if there was a big loser in quarter ante poker in hunting camp. Not to be flippant about a man dying but to be backed in hunting camp just seems odd.


Nemont

Exactly...

 

[drahthaar]

Says in the local paper, the first one incident mentioned is being treated as a homocide now?

What's the word? This is horrible.