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Iowa teen dies after being mistaken for squirrel during hunting trip, officials say
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this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2025
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Listen, I've been on Squirrel hunts. You use a dog to chase them up a tree, then shoot them down with a .22.
At no time should you be aiming at anything person level.
Why would you hunt squirrels?
We eat them.
There are parts of the world where squirrels are invasive species. For example Grey Squirrels are invasive to the UK if I recall?
Edit, I just looked it up to fact check myself and yeah Eastern Grey Squirrels are invasive to the UK and parts of Europe and are a threat to native red Squirrels and the like. Ironically, they were introduced to the areas they're now invasive in because people liked their aesthetics and wanted to hunt them. People are absolute idiots.
Yep. See also: foxes and rabbits in Australia.
Yup, see also humans, worldwide
The skeptic in me says it was an execution.
A bunch of "friends" go out shooting and they pop him in the head?
I wouldn't necessarily say that. A lot of people are just careless with guns.
I would expect a manslaughter charge at most.