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Poor excuse of a bow hunter kills his friend

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http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/oct/02/man-killed-friend-hunting-accident/

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/oct/02/fairfield-man-dies-in-bowhunting-accident/





JOHNSONVILLE, Ill. — A young Fairfield, Ill., hunter was killed Thursday night when his friend apparently mistook him for a wild turkey and shot him in the back with an arrow.
Aaron J. Long, 20, was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday night. According to Wayne County Sheriff Jim Hinkle, Long had been hunting near the Sam Dale Lake State Park with several friends Thursday evening when he decided to come down from his deer stand earlier than expected.
“Mr. Long was sitting on a small ridge when his 16-year-old friend walked up on him and mistook him for a wild turkey,” Hinkle said. “He was struck in the upper back and died at the scene.”
The accident remains under investigation by Illinois State Police, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and Wayne County Coroner Jimmy Taylor. The scene of the shooting is in a remote part of northwestern Wayne County, at the north end of Sam Dale Lake.
 
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That’s hard for me to understand how something like that could happen .
Beyond my comprehension as well.There is a guy on AT that goes by the username OneEye, and he says he was shot in the eye and nearly killed by another bow hunter who mistaked him for an animal.:confused:
 
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