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Father knows best

2008 Reader Submission
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When I was an undergraduate studying wildlife biology, my class had to spend time at game check stations during deer season. It was an education in abnormal human behavior. While questioning one unsuccessful hunter, the game warden noticed the man's young son slouched in the back of the car with a rifle between the kids knees and the boy's chin resting on the muzzle of the barrel. For obvious reasons, it is illegal to carry a loaded rifle in a car during deer season. When asked if the gun was loaded, the proud father said that the rifle was indeed cocked and loaded, with the safety off, and that his son had been instructed to hand the loaded rifle to his father should the opportunity to shoot out the driver's window at a deer present itself. Oddly enough, shooting from a car at a deer is also against the law. When the warden said that he would have to write out a citation for this behavior, the hunter appeared to be overjoyed at the prospect and seemed eager to have his son tell friends and family about the citation when they got home. We finally figured out the hunter thought a citation was some kind of award for nearly causing his son's head to be blown off. For the sake of his son, I hope the hunter's lack of judgment wasn't hereditary.

Submitted on 03/01/2008

Submitted by: Rob Nielsen
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Bruce said:
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I wonder if the hunter framed the citation and hung it over his fireplace. It's amazing that the father never realized the serious danger he'd put his son in. Thanks, Rob!


James said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
You know what, there are times I am glad I was brought up in the city! I can't imagine ANY parent allowing their offspring to just sit there resting their chin on the muzzle of a cocked and loaded weapon. Of course, it's a BIG country, and there's a bell curve of sorts out there...! Thanks for another funny PA. Rob! I too wonder if the kid inherited his father's smarts!


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