We all saw “Sweet Sundays Gone” Didn’t we?

[sirhrmechanic]

https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2025/10/01/iowa-varsity-football-star-shot-dead-after-friends-mistake-him-for-a-squirrel-on-hunting-trip/

Tragedy indeed…. But no one who saw the short movie “Sweet Sundays Gone” ever forgets it. Even the updated version is pretty shocking to a teen!

Wonder if it got dropped for “sensitivity”. Or because Hunter Safety moved online during Covid? Not sure. Our town moved it from the PD where we volunteer taught it to the “Recreation Department” and they didn’t want any of us “old timer” instructors. It’s all run by “book course” now with no actual hunters teaching it. All of us who used to teach it had been in the woods since we’re were little kids. Now… sociology majors.

I had been teaching it for 41 years when they dropped us. Iwas the youngest certified instructor in the state when I got certified at 18. Taught in 7 states over the years. Always a shortage of instructors. Thought about picking it up in another town. But never bothered.

Anyway…. I hate reading these stories.

Stay safe in the woods this fall! Identify your target as if a life depended on it. It does.

And teach your kids or grandkids well! I know folks here will!!!

Sirhr

 

[Ronws]

Note to self: do not wear a coon skin hat while hunting.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Note to self: do not wear a coon skin hat while hunting.

Sirhr

 

[lash]

https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2025/10/01/iowa-varsity-football-star-shot-dead-after-friends-mistake-him-for-a-squirrel-on-hunting-trip/

Tragedy indeed…. But no one who saw the short movie “Sweet Sundays Gone” ever forgets it. Even the updated version is pretty shocking to a teen!

Wonder if it got dropped for “sensitivity”. Or because Hunter Safety moved online during Covid? Not sure. Our town moved it from the PD where we volunteer taught it to the “Recreation Department” and they didn’t want any of us “old timer” instructors. It’s all run by “book course” now with no actual hunters teaching it. All of us who used to teach it had been in the woods since we’re were little kids. Now… sociology majors.

I had been teaching it for 41 years when they dropped us. Iwas the youngest certified instructor in the state when I got certified at 18. Taught in 7 states over the years. Always a shortage of instructors. Thought about picking it up in another town. But never bothered.

Anyway…. I hate reading these stories.

Stay safe in the woods this fall! Identify your target as if a life depended on it. It does.

And teach your kids or grandkids well! I know folks here will!!!

Sirhr

I moved to Michigan for a few years for my work. Every year there were multiple cases very similar to this that hit the news. These included hunting buddies shooting at sound and killing their friend, guys who shot themselves while unloading or cleaning , and at least a couple instances of shooting friend or family while putting the rifle back in the vehicle.

All easily avoidable with just the simplest adherence to firearm rules. To this day, when giving my brief pre-match safety spiel to a largely seasoned and familiar group, I still remind them that there are no accidents when it comes to firearms. There is only negligence or mechanical failure. And harmful mechanical failures can largely be avoided.

 

[Ronws]

I wear all kinds of blaze orange. Watchman's cap. Always the vest. Hunting in Texas can be above freezing, so I have a blaze orange boonie.

Orange streamers on my back pack.

But a company I worked for in the 90s had some avid hunters. In fact, they had the cartoon of Santa Claus landed in the snow and two deer are laying down and bleeding out.

Next to the sleigh is a hunter with an old two-barrel shotgun saying, "I don't care who's deer they are, they are on my lease."

Anyway, we had a hard hat that was adorned with realistic antlers. But no one dared to wear it for being shot for moving like a deer.

My condolences to the family and friends of the young man. I may joke about these things but I am not able to imagine the horror of realizing that you just accidentally killed your friend during an event that was supposed to bring happiness and fun for everyone.

 

[Maggot]

Where I grew up a father and son went turkey hunting. They split up and apparently the father climbed a tree to get a better view of the terrain. Son came up, heard noise in the tree and shot the old man dead. Not one but two shots. I''ve always wondered about that one.

 

[101st 2.0]

Note to self: do not wear a coon skin hat while hunting.

Always carry camo toilet paper. White paper during deer hunting season is just asking to be shot. Fudds shoot before they verify the target.

 

[Watch_this71]

I gave up hunting JUST for this reason. Too many idiots wearing gucci-flage thinking you can shoot at anything that moves.

 

[Kickin45]

Mistook a full grown human male for a squirrel!?
Sounds like a teen cover up