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"Father Kills Son in Hunting Accident After Mistaking Him for Turkey"
What a tragic and surreal way to go! CLICK HERE to read the article accompanying this headline.
Father Kills Son in Hunting Accident After Mistaking Him for Turkey
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.
This is a very sad situation. My best friend is family friends with the Klaseus family and they come hunting in Colorado with her family every year. The dad has always been very protective and taken all the necessary safety precautions for hunting. The little boy, Hunter, was wearing camoflage and the dad told him to wait in a certain spot but he got caught up in the excitement and wanted to catch up with his dad so he didn't listen (like many children his age) and it lead to a tragic mistake. It was by all means not the fathers "fault"… simply a mistake that the family will have to live w. everyday for the rest of their lives. I don't love hunting either but i do understand some people enjoy this hobby, to each their own! Hunter has 2 older sisters that are 11 and 12. Please refrain from the nasty comments and instead keep this family in your thoughts
Hunters with kids. Wow. Hunters with hand grenades. Same stupid thing. Is everybody in Minnesota a total asshole, or just the hunters?
Thats Minnesota for you! Only about 20 minutes from me!
Re: Linda9801 – YOU MUST BELONG TO THE WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH!
Re: maria – Lets hope someone thins YOU out of the herd, SOON!
Re: Maria - who are you kidding? There are just as many hunters who hunt for sport as there are that eat what they kill. Probably more.
Re: oh yeah – if you have nothing to say whats the point of being first! get a life! love you perez!
Teach you kids to love animals, not kill them.
Is it true that everybody in Minnesota belongs to NRA and is a Republican asshole? That's what I've heard for years.
i have hunted with my dad since i was 11 growing up in minn and i can say these unfortunate events do happen and its extremely common for children to learn about gun safety while hunting with their parents. the reason they don't wear blaze is due to the turkey's keen eyesight for color. no one wants to see their child hurt.
What kind a parent brings his 9-year-old son hunting? Why not just ship him off to the front lines in Iraq? This kid's mother AND father are both to blame for this senseless loss. They don't need to go to prison, though. They'll suffer the rest of their lives in a fashion greater than any Cell Block C could provide. When will these asshole hunter nutjobs learn?
I live really close to where this took place. Its terrible to hear about, and I do not think hunting is safe, nor seems like a good time.
I wonder if he brought cranberries?
Too bad gangs don't take up hunting.
So unbearably sad. Why do parents, who probably make sure their kids have seatbelts fastened to go around the block, allow them to walk around in camo (lest they miss a goddamned turkey) and get killed? There are no laws against allowing kids in this cesspool of testosterone?
I also live in MN my great uncle shot and killed his 40 yr old son a few years ago. He also mistook him for a turkey. I guess this isn't that uncommon
Gee, I wonder how you could mistake your Son for a Turkey? I'm not much of a hunter, but I think I would know the difference. My heart goes out to the family! I would never want to witness my child's death. Let alone having that child die by my hand. I just dont understand how this could happen. A loss without reason is the biggest loss of all!
There are some sick, SICK, SICK people out there. I've just briefly read through some of the comments, and I'm shocked at what I've read. SICK!!! First of all, the person who commented about wishing he to could have a Son and have him for dinner is a mental case, I dont care if he/she was just fucking around. SICK! And as far as bashing those who hunt isn't fair either. If you hunt for the food then you are only doing what God intended. It is more humane to shoot a deer with a rifle, cut it up and eat it for lunch then it is to eat a burger from McDonalds.
WTF! What is wrong with people! I just read some of the comments and OMG! To the person who said he/she too wishes they had a SOn so they could have them for dinner needs evaluated like NOW!!! SOB!!!
And to the one who says hunting is like slaughtering animals. Um? Do you eat McDonalds? B/C if you do then let me say this. Shooting a deer and then eating it for lunch is more humane then the slaughter houses that provide all the shit hole resturants out there in this world. WAKE THE FUCK UP PEOPLE!
My heart goes out to the family! I would never want to witness my child's death. Let alone having that child die by my hand. I just dont understand how this could happen. A loss without reason is the biggest loss of all!
Personally I do not like hunting, however, I do not think that is the issue. The lack of emotion for this poor family on this website makes me sick. I am not talking about Perez, I am talking about the comments that have been made. This is not a video game, this is real life. The death of a 9 year old boy is as real as the pain his family/father must be feeling. Some of you are really sick citizens and you should feel shame for the comments you have made. I hope that you are never put in this situation to feel first hand the sadness and pain this father must be feeling.
Americans, sad but true……..
Get me ma guns bo, ya, haw!
In-Bread
Most hunters have an, "eat what you shoot" policy, since they are so honorable, you know. So terrible.
I think there was for sure some neglect in this situation, however for the people that comment acting as if animal life has the same or higher value than human life you have some REAL issues!
Stupid rednecks.
A loaded gun and testosterone in the woods is an "accident" waiting to happen. This guy should go hang out with Cheney. I just hope the poor child is at peace.
I CALL BULLSHIT
A 9 YEAR OLD AND A TURKEY LOOK NOTHING ALIKE THERES MRE TO THIS STORY WHAT A SHAME A TRAGEDY
Re: Losers all over the Midwest –
You're confusing us with the south. More often than not MN votes Democratic. Although there are too many hunters and NRA asses throughout the state; Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, and many other areas are very liberal, cultured, educated and 89% ass-free.
the kids name had to be hunter -to ironic
thats what he gets. Either his son goes or the new mother of baby deer…and personally im glad the redneck kid went…..God saw it my way too
Re: ADAM – are you kidding me fuckface….this is America freedom of speech, People like you need to be shot like that kid
to everyone commenting on this i actually no this guy he is my uncles brother and everyone needs to stop making the stupid, selfish comments and to everyone if this happened think of how you would feel, my family is shattered by what happened on saturday , if you have never met the gut , none of yall have any right to talk about him. he was and still is an amazing father what happened that day was a accident and that family is already having a hard enough time as it is not to have the world making up stories and stupid comments like he did it to get rid of his son, that is so fucked up that anyone would even in thier right mind say something like that so anyone who is thinking of making a stupid comment about this situation or the fathers personality, i want you to think what if this happened in your family.
HOW ON EARTH DO YOU MISTAKE YOUR CHILD FOR A TURKEY?!?!?!?! Was he completely wasted?????
Should not have been hunting in the first place. Should have purchased a turkey at Safeway or Lucky's.
People hunt because they enjoy the killing.
yeh right….was he paying child support?
and americans still want the right to bear arms…it's surprising it happens as rare as it does…you guys aren't that bright to begin with, you'd think this sort of thing happes all the time…poor little boy, yet the father deserves all the pain for being stupid enough to hunt, and bring his child along
stupid fcking hunters. they should all be shot.
I have to comment. My Dad took all of us hunting at various times. My brother still hunts. He eats what he shoots. We were all taught how to handle firearms and to see what you are shooting at. Yes, when you hunt turkey you wear camo. My husband used to hunt and is being put into the lottery for a moose permit this year. Thanks to my brother. It is a tragic accident that this young man was killed. His Dad is going to have to live with this for the rest of his life. A little restraint on the negative comments would be welcome. I do not agree with so called "Trophy Hunting". But if it can fill a freezer full of meat to be used go for it. Myself, I buy my meat at the local organic market.
Im not going to say he deserves it for hunting because he doesnt and its really sad but hunting is disgusting
I would never go hunting with him….Gobble Gobble!!!!
so now you know how the father of that turkey feels
This is so sad. Having lived for a long time in Maine with hunters, I can at least confirm for myself that hunting is a stupid, useless sport that has it's share of sometimes fatal accidents (far more than running or playing basketball, for example). Was the father drinking?
fucking idiot hunters. what the hell was he doing taking a 9 year old hunting in the first place?
Just b/c Cheney's daughter is a lesbian doesn't mean you need to call her a "son," Perez…
what the fuck ever.. i bet he shot him and then was like "shit" ah i'll just tell people he looked like a turkey.
was the dad retarded or something?? how do you confuse your SON for a TURKEY?
Must have been one ugly kid to confuse him with a Turkey … what a dumb-ass dad
#204 - CUNTS-WAY-LOW says – reply to this
Re: Linda9801-YOU MUST BELONG TO THE WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH!
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YOU PROVED MY POINT EXACTLY HYPOCRITE DIRTBAG. YOUR PARENTS FUCKED UP BIG TIME WITH YOU LIBERAL DOUCHE! THEY SHOULD'VE EXCERCISED THEIR RIGHT TO CHOOSE WITH YOU!
man im soooo happy i live in canada where guns are illegal and arent so common. We like our nudity not our violence.
Re: LisaJane – Agrees one hundred fucking percent.
This father is a fucking idiot. Hopefully the kid didn't suffer for very long. T_T
WOW THATS SAD BUT I MEAN COME ON HOW THE HELL DO YOU MISTAKE YOUR SON OR ANY PERSON FOR A DAMN TURKEY I MEAN SHIT YOU SHOULD LOOK I MEAN IM SURE HE DIDNT SEE HIS SON AROUND HIM HE WAS TOO WORRIED ABOUT KILLING A DAMN TURKEY INSTEAD OF WATCHING OUT FOR HIS SON LIKE A GOOD PARENT WOULD IM SURE IT WAS A MISTAKE BUT I MEAN BE A LITTLE MORE RESPONSEIBLE
SOME OF YOU SHOULD BE AWSHAMED OF YOURSELF FOR WHAT YOU HAVE POSTED. THIS IS A HORIBLE SITUATION. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED AND PROBLY NOT THE LAST. THE DAD IS ONE OF MY FRIENDS BEST FRIENDS. EVERYONE IS BESIDES THEMSELVES. IT IS HORRIBLE FOR THIS FAMILY. I AGREE HE SHOULD OF BEEN WEARING ORANGE. BUT, FOR TURKEY HUNTING FOR SOME DUMB REASON YOU WEAR COMOUFLAGE. THIS FAMILY IS HURTING. NOT A LAUGHING MATTER. PEREZ STICK TO CELEBS!
good. blow his brains out.
Have some fucking respect Perez,
Fuck fuck fuck
the kid was 9 years old.
What a tragic and sureal way to go!?!?! MY HEART IS BREAKING RIGHT NOw.
HAHAHAHA! Serves him right out killing innocent animals and teaching his young child to do the same. I love hunting accidents and it seems like they just keep getting better every year. If you dumb hicks want to shoot a gun try to shoot something that actually shoot back at you.
if he goes hunting
he deserved it
First of all, a lot of you guys are absolutely ridiculous! Have you ever been hunting? Probably not considering the insane rhetorical questions of "how could you not know what your son looks like". Camoflauge is camo for a reason idiots. Also, if the VP of the US can shoot his friend while bird hunting - shooting your SMALL son who is HIDDEN in the terrace seems quite possible.
In this day and age….you don't need to hunt, it's just an outlet for insecure cowards that are so pathetic they need to be cruel to feel macho or strong. Losers. What's even creepier is taking a kid along…….he's a sick idiot, it's no surprise he shot his kid.
Re: hesadumbass –
hunting is really popular and it's not unheard of for someone his age to be out hunting.
i used to go with my dad before i was ever even in elementary school!
I suppose its not unheard of. My husband and his friend once mistook a man for a deer… shot him right in the neck and he died. :/
IF ANYONE ELSE FINDS THIS POST INAPPROPRIATE, PLEASE EMAIL PEREZ AND ASK HIM TO TAKE IT DOWN. THERE ARE PEOPLE DEFILING THIS INNOCENT 9 YEAR OLD BOY AFTER HIS DEATH. THOSE OF YOU WITH CHILDREN WILL AGREE WITH ME. OUR OPINIONS ON HUNTING ARE IRRELEVANT! THE FACT IS A YOUNG CHILD DIED UNNECESSARILY AND DESERVES THE SAME RESPECT THAT ANYONE OF OUR LOVED ONES DESERVE.
omgggg. that's so fucking sad!
Re: Rebecca – The child most definitely deserves respect (as do the animals that are being hunted for the entertainment of morons), but I don't feel that the father deserves respect. I understand how a trigger happy hunter could shoot first and ask questions later, and I understand that it is customary to wear camo when hunting turkeys. What I don't understand is taking your very young child hunting at all–let alone taking him on a hunting trip where it is customary to wear camo! Leave the kids at home! It is neither appropriate nor safe to take young children hunting! I don't care how many bleeding heart conservatives talk about beign taught gun safety and all that crap when they were young. Accidents happen. Adding firearms into the mix results in fatal accidents. Adding children is just plain stupid. The man deserves all of the vilification that he is getting. I have no sympathy for him whatsoever. It was an accident, but it was an accident that could have been easily avoided had the father put his son's well-being before his own desire to shoot a turkey.
Re: Ashley – Too bad this kind of thing is not LESS common. Years ago a woman near where I lived was shot and killed IN HER OWN BACK YARD by a hunter who mistook her white mittens for the tail of a White-tailed deer. Without being certain, he shot and killed her, knowing full well that the area in which he was hunteing was bordered by residential houses.
I know of another case where a hunter mistook (or maybe they did it on purpose) my neighbor's horse for a deer, and from across the road, while the horse was in its pasture, this idiot hunter shot the horse in the leg—and then left when they realized what they had done. The hunter was never found.
The picture/drawing which accompanied your article is in extreme bad taste. This was a tragedy both for the family and the community. Your posting of that drawing is totally inappropriate. It was a terrible accident. With some of the comments listed below, no wonder the world is the way it is. No one has compassion anymore.
How weird that his name was Hunter? Eh maybe not so weird but how the fuck do you mistake your son for a turkey????
Re: Rebecca – Rebecca — this is one post that NEEDS to be here. Maybe some other idiot hunter will think twice about taking a little kid on a killing spree. The purpose of hunting is to kill. Whether or not he killed his own kid, this guy (and his agreeable wife) were exposing their young son to guns and slaughter. These Republican NRA nutcases are the same creatures who have books removed from the library for violent content. Your parents can't take you into a bar, but they can take you on a killing field. Great NRA logic.
Re: Jennifer Dunn –
FINALLY! someone with a brain. i agree with you completely.
hunting is wrong. and it's not about being all goody-goody, it's just about using common sense. it's fucking sick.
Re: DICK HAIR –
you know, you're trying waaaay too hard to be funny. you just end up looking retarded.
No hunters are not crazy "Annie" I live about 20 min. from that town, its so sad to hear about this ACCIDENT. I feel horrible for the father, but it was an ACCIDENT!!
Why is this on Perez!?!?!? It shouldn't.
Re: Katie – Of course it was an accident: But only in the sense that this father certainly didn't aim and shoot to kill his own son. But this same man brought his son into a crazy-ass situation in which killing was/is the name of the game. Next time maybe these Republican rednecks in love with all things testosterone-driven will just drag their kids to a NASCAR festival or some other classy thing.
Perez,
I think you should take this post down. A gossip website isn't the place for this topic.
Besides the story, WHY would you use a JAPANESE POSTER to accompany this headline???? You really ARE racist Perez. Next time, use some dirty latino poster, with your ass getting whipped.
NO WONDER Jessica Alba was labelled "Don't call me Latino Alba", it's people like YOU that disgraces the race. You stupid fat lump.
Re: Linda9801 – HA HA HA! YOU PROVED MY POINT CUNT!
HOPE YOUR KIDS TURN OUT GAY, YA KNOW NATURE HAS A WAY OF EVENING THINGS UP!
Hunting is so wrong; this is only one of the reasons.
I can only say he deserve it!!!! That father should pay a price for hunting!
that's sad. but i still dont understand how you shoot someone…aren't you supposed to wear bright colors like for dear hunting and stuff? and at 6 its not dark enough to say that you had mistaken a 6 foot boy as a turkey….suspicious.
ok first off all you fuckin assholes can goto hell he did not mean to shoot his son you fuckin dicks that want to say he did can kiss my ass i bet you all are wondering how i know this well he is my uncle by marraige and he loved his son more than anything so all you fuckin bitches that want to talk shit you can goto straight to hell
This is soooooooo sad… but, come on, people- making hunting illegal? Yes, the animals are innocent, but no more so than the chickens on the farm. I know many hunters and they eat what they kill, usually in lieu of the hormone-injected meat you buy in the supermarket. It's so much healthier for their families. And MUCH better for the other animals in the wild. They get overcrowded then there's no more food for them! Then they are forced to migrate into the cities, where it's much less safe for them. Hunting is HUMANE.
Now that that's been said, focus on the real issue here: a father's heart is destroyed. Pray or hope for him. He needs it.
ok…boy and turkey?! i see NO reseblacne whatsoever… asses
only one word can describe this, KARMA.
thats wat u get wen u practice violence against animals and im glad he learned his lesson the hard way
I can NOT believe someone would do that. Are you F-ing out of your mind? How in the damn world can you mistake your SON for a turkey? Even if he has the gear on like a turkey hunter does, there are markers where each person is located 9at least there should be)….now he has to live with being known as the worlds biggest dumbass and w/o your son for the rest of your life.
thats so sad the little boy is smiling in Heaven
DON'T HUNT !!!!
Re: Iona – right, now because its a kid its a tragedy? Nobody would have cared about the turkey getting shot. I think animal life is as important as human life, even though many don't agree.
yup perez some one should do that to u. except u would be a big ass gay cow