Hog hunter loses his son!

hogdogs · November 4, 2009, 11:35 AM

I just learned that a fellow hog dogger just lost his son in a hunting accident...
Apparently the son (older teen) was in the back of a huntin' truck and was thrown out and landed on his head. He died from the injury...

Be safe out there guys! That kind of loss is impossible to fathom for us fathers who have not had to suffer the loss of our son, best friend and favorite hunting buddy!!!

With tears in my eyes,
Brent

2damnold4this · November 4, 2009, 12:00 PM

That's terrible. My thoughts are with the family.

rantingredneck · November 4, 2009, 12:08 PM

Guns, vehicles, heights...........Hunting has many risks. Be safe out there and keep your loved ones safe.

LHB1 · November 4, 2009, 12:55 PM

I am sorry to hear of your friend's loss. As a father and grandfather, I empathize with him greatly. Our prayers will be with him and his family.

DRice.72 · November 4, 2009, 01:09 PM

That is a terrible tragedy. Their family is in my prayers.

shortwave · November 4, 2009, 04:27 PM

My condolence`s and prayers to the family and friends.

MTT TL · November 4, 2009, 04:41 PM

That is very sad.

Many people are not aware that off road travel and riding in the back of uncovered trucks does lead to accidents.

thallub · November 4, 2009, 04:59 PM

I'm very sorry that your friend was killed. Prayers sent.

davlandrum · November 4, 2009, 05:35 PM

Very sorry for the loss. Thoughts and prayers from me and mine.

Dave

Maromero · November 4, 2009, 06:08 PM

The loss of a son leaves an emptyness and absolute vacum within that nevers ... Not even the arrival of a newborn heals that wound.

Lee Lapin · November 4, 2009, 06:20 PM

It is the natural order of things for sons to lose their fathers at some point in life. Not so for fathers to lose sons. That's a genuine tragedy, Brent. Please convey what condolences are possible to the family.

lpl

4winds · November 4, 2009, 09:02 PM

Heart and prayers sent to him and his family.

FrontSight · November 4, 2009, 11:37 PM

omg that's horrible, so sorry to hear, my condolences to his family

357MagFan · November 5, 2009, 07:38 AM

Tragic.

There was another tragic incident that happened when I was a boy. There was a father and son deer hunting with bows and both were set up in trees quite close to one another.

A deer came directly in between them and the the father took the shot, dropped the deer AND his son.

What happened was freakishly bizarre. The arrow went through the deer, ricocheted off of a rock, and then hit his son in the forehead.

True and tragic story.

hogdogs · November 5, 2009, 07:43 AM

I am very cognizant of the "typical" hunting accidents such as crossing fences with loaded guns, dropping loaded weapons from tree stands and folks being shot by other hunters. I just feel we need to pay more attention to the atypical situations such as the one that took this 16 year old's life. It is common in areas of dog hunting sports to just jump in the back rather than waste time trying to squeeze too many in the cab.

Thanks for all ya'lls thoughts for this family!
Brent

Uncle Billy · November 5, 2009, 07:47 AM

At the bottom of everything I am is the truth that nothing matters more than family to me. I can't imagine anything that would crush me so completely as losing a son or daughter would. My sympathies to the dad and to his family. Please God help us all to endure what comes our way, in situations such as this especially.

RC1986 · November 7, 2009, 07:35 PM

terrible thing to hear, my prayers go out to those guys.

murphjup · November 7, 2009, 07:37 PM

Very Sorry to hear.... Terrible Incident.

Thoughts and prayers go out to family and friends.

fyimo · November 7, 2009, 08:33 PM

Sorry to hear about the hunting accident and I can't fathom what the Dad must be going through.

**Shane Tuttle** · November 7, 2009, 09:44 PM

Hogdogs,

We have already before many times, and I offer it again: If you need to chat, PM me.

bambam1723 · November 7, 2009, 09:45 PM

That's horrible. Be safe out there gents

castnblast · November 7, 2009, 10:05 PM

That's horrible. May God's grace and peace be with his family. I would be totally devistated if something like that ever happened to my son. You guys were all there for me when I lost my dad 3 years ago next month. Keep this family in your prayers, and stay safe this season.

Swampghost · November 7, 2009, 10:40 PM

I'm so sorry for your friend. You will need to stick by him for many years.

One of my best friends up in Live Oak lost his son many years ago to a typical 'cross the fence' accident. The son was his eldest and 14 at the time plus he was suffering PTSD from Vietnam. It tore the family apart.

I wish that we could have been closer (by distance) and that I could have offered more support. If you have that opportunity, do it! You'll never regret it.

Big Bill · November 7, 2009, 10:50 PM

HD - I'm so sorry to hear this! May God bless his family that somehow they may cope with this terrible tragedy.

javabum · November 7, 2009, 10:55 PM

Such a tragic loss....I can only hope him and his family had a good life before this tragedy.

Send them my deepest sympathy and prayers on such a sad day
From me and mine.
I too have children and it would devastate me too loose any of them.

November 4, 2009, 11:35 AM	#1
hogdogs Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 31, 2007 Location: Western Florida panhandle Posts: 11,069	Hog hunter loses his son! I just learned that a fellow hog dogger just lost his son in a hunting accident... Apparently the son (older teen) was in the back of a huntin' truck and was thrown out and landed on his head. He died from the injury... Be safe out there guys! That kind of loss is impossible to fathom for us fathers who have not had to suffer the loss of our son, best friend and favorite hunting buddy!!! With tears in my eyes, Brent

November 4, 2009, 12:08 PM	#3
rantingredneck Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,728	Guns, vehicles, heights...........Hunting has many risks. Be safe out there and keep your loved ones safe. __________________ NRA Member NC Hunter's Education Instructor PCCA Member (What's PCCA you ask? <- Check the link)

November 4, 2009, 12:55 PM	#4
LHB1 Senior Member Join Date: March 25, 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,545	I am sorry to hear of your friend's loss. As a father and grandfather, I empathize with him greatly. Our prayers will be with him and his family. __________________ Good shooting and be safe. LB

November 4, 2009, 01:09 PM	#5
DRice.72 Senior Member Join Date: October 19, 2009 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 451	That is a terrible tragedy. Their family is in my prayers. __________________ They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin Light is faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright unitl you hear them speak! They should have stopped with "Congress shall make no Law...

November 4, 2009, 04:41 PM	#7
MTT TL Senior Member Join Date: October 21, 2009 Location: Quadling Country Posts: 2,780	That is very sad. Many people are not aware that off road travel and riding in the back of uncovered trucks does lead to accidents. __________________ Thus a man should endeavor to reach this high place of courage with all his heart, and, so trying, never be backward in war.

November 4, 2009, 12:00 PM	#2
2damnold4this Senior Member Join Date: August 12, 2009 Location: Athens, Georgia Posts: 2,526	That's terrible. My thoughts are with the family.

November 4, 2009, 04:27 PM	#6
shortwave Senior Member Join Date: December 17, 2007 Location: SOUTHEAST, OHIO Posts: 5,970	My condolence`s and prayers to the family and friends.

November 4, 2009, 04:59 PM	#8
thallub Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2007 Location: South Western OK Posts: 3,112	I'm very sorry that your friend was killed. Prayers sent.

November 4, 2009, 05:35 PM	#9
davlandrum Senior Member Join Date: February 27, 2006 Location: Lane County Oregon Posts: 2,547	Very sorry for the loss. Thoughts and prayers from me and mine. Dave __________________ U.S Army, Retired Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do. -Potter Stewart

November 4, 2009, 06:08 PM	#10
Maromero Junior member Join Date: January 21, 2009 Location: Outside the continental U Posts: 752	The loss of a son leaves an emptyness and absolute vacum within that nevers ... Not even the arrival of a newborn heals that wound.

November 4, 2009, 06:20 PM	#11
Lee Lapin Senior Member Join Date: September 7, 2004 Location: SE NC Posts: 1,239	It is the natural order of things for sons to lose their fathers at some point in life. Not so for fathers to lose sons. That's a genuine tragedy, Brent. Please convey what condolences are possible to the family. lpl __________________ Mindset - Skillset - Toolset. In that order! Attitude and skill will get you through times of no gear, better than gear will get you through times of no attitude and no skill.

November 4, 2009, 09:02 PM	#12
4winds Member Join Date: March 25, 2009 Posts: 44	My Condolences Heart and prayers sent to him and his family.

November 4, 2009, 11:37 PM	#13
FrontSight Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2005 Posts: 1,712	omg that's horrible, so sorry to hear, my condolences to his family __________________ To kill something as great as a duck just to smell the gunpowder is a crime against nature. - Alan Liere Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. - George Bernard Shaw

November 5, 2009, 07:38 AM	#14
357MagFan Junior member Join Date: December 28, 2004 Posts: 205	Tragic. There was another tragic incident that happened when I was a boy. There was a father and son deer hunting with bows and both were set up in trees quite close to one another. A deer came directly in between them and the the father took the shot, dropped the deer AND his son. What happened was freakishly bizarre. The arrow went through the deer, ricocheted off of a rock, and then hit his son in the forehead. True and tragic story.

November 5, 2009, 07:43 AM	#15
hogdogs Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 31, 2007 Location: Western Florida panhandle Posts: 11,069	I am very cognizant of the "typical" hunting accidents such as crossing fences with loaded guns, dropping loaded weapons from tree stands and folks being shot by other hunters. I just feel we need to pay more attention to the atypical situations such as the one that took this 16 year old's life. It is common in areas of dog hunting sports to just jump in the back rather than waste time trying to squeeze too many in the cab. Thanks for all ya'lls thoughts for this family! Brent

November 5, 2009, 07:47 AM	#16
Uncle Billy Senior Member Join Date: June 10, 2009 Location: Small city in New York Posts: 482	At the bottom of everything I am is the truth that nothing matters more than family to me. I can't imagine anything that would crush me so completely as losing a son or daughter would. My sympathies to the dad and to his family. Please God help us all to endure what comes our way, in situations such as this especially.

November 7, 2009, 07:35 PM	#17
RC1986 Member Join Date: November 6, 2009 Location: New England Posts: 44	terrible thing to hear, my prayers go out to those guys. __________________ Sniping your enemy is like hunting any other animal.

November 7, 2009, 07:37 PM	#18
murphjup Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 2006 Location: Jupiter, Florida Posts: 460	Very Sorry to hear.... Terrible Incident. Thoughts and prayers go out to family and friends.

November 7, 2009, 08:33 PM	#19
fyimo Senior Member Join Date: November 6, 2009 Posts: 360	Sorry to hear about the hunting accident and I can't fathom what the Dad must be going through.

November 7, 2009, 09:44 PM	#20
Shane Tuttle Staff Join Date: November 28, 2005 Location: Montana Posts: 9,443	Hogdogs, We have already before many times, and I offer it again: If you need to chat, PM me. __________________ If it were up to me, the word "got" would be deleted from the English language. Posting and YOU: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting

November 7, 2009, 09:45 PM	#21
bambam1723 Member Join Date: October 12, 2009 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 57	That's horrible. Be safe out there gents

November 7, 2009, 10:05 PM	#22
castnblast Senior Member Join Date: July 2, 2006 Location: Corpus Christi TX Posts: 1,148	That's horrible. May God's grace and peace be with his family. I would be totally devistated if something like that ever happened to my son. You guys were all there for me when I lost my dad 3 years ago next month. Keep this family in your prayers, and stay safe this season. __________________ VEGETARIAN...old indian word for bad hunter

November 7, 2009, 10:40 PM	#23
Swampghost Senior Member Join Date: April 18, 2008 Location: Florida, east coast Posts: 2,106	I'm so sorry for your friend. You will need to stick by him for many years. One of my best friends up in Live Oak lost his son many years ago to a typical 'cross the fence' accident. The son was his eldest and 14 at the time plus he was suffering PTSD from Vietnam. It tore the family apart. I wish that we could have been closer (by distance) and that I could have offered more support. If you have that opportunity, do it! You'll never regret it. __________________ NRA Patron Member

November 7, 2009, 10:50 PM	#24
Big Bill Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2008 Location: Idaho Posts: 1,053	HD - I'm so sorry to hear this! May God bless his family that somehow they may cope with this terrible tragedy. __________________ There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time." - General George Patton Jr

November 7, 2009, 10:55 PM	#25
javabum Senior Member Join Date: July 6, 2009 Location: Californication Posts: 264	Such a tragic loss....I can only hope him and his family had a good life before this tragedy. Send them my deepest sympathy and prayers on such a sad day From me and mine. I too have children and it would devastate me too loose any of them. __________________ Stupidity Should Hurt.....Immensely NRA Life member