When I took my state's required hunter safety course, one of the instructors was an older dude with grey hair and a ponytail who wouldn't look out of place at a Dead & Company concert.

To point out the importance of wearing an orange hat during small game seasons, and also to "be sure of your target and what lies beyond it" he pointed out how much that grey hair and ponytail would look a lot like a squirrel if you only caught a glimpse of it through some brush.

Not saying that's exactly what happened here, the kid doesn't look like he was the grey ponytail type, but the article shook loose that memory in my head.

EDIT: not that I'm ungrateful, but somehow this is now my highest rated comment on Lemmy, and I'm just curious why this one in particular resonated to well.

dies

Interesting word choice.

Murdered

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.

Nonsense

He died because someone didn't identify their target and exercise muzzle control.

Why the F do kids shoot squirrels? And who the F confuses a squirrel that fits in a shoe box with room to spare with a human of near-adult size?

It worked for Dick.

And then they came for furries

Jesus Christ... How small was that teen? 🤨

Sadly there's a certain adorable resemblance

Dude should have known better than to go hunting with Dick Cheney.

what do ya know, more irresponsible gun owners. If only something could be done to prevent idiots from getting guns, this whole country would be much better off.

What the heck!

Albin!!!!!

Only a kid would make that mistake.