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Offline Nunk

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Coyote hunter killed while calling at night...
« on: January 20, 2006, 07:03:20 PM »
Be as careful as you can be out there fellas.

Sad.

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=local&id=3818560

Coyote hunter killed

January 17, 2006 - Authorities think a Northwest Ohio man was shot after he was mistaken for a coyote by other hunters.

VAN WERT, Ohio (AP) - A man on a nighttime coyote hunt was shot and killed by another hunter in an apparent accident, authorities said.
Trevor Ellerbrock, 27, of Van Wert, was in a field about 9:38 p.m. on Sunday, trying to attract coyotes by using a recording device that played squealing sounds of a rabbit, authorities said.

Two other hunters in the same area - Troy Clark, 36, of Van Wert and a 15-year-old boy - mistook Ellerbrock for a coyote, according to the Van Wert County Sheriff's Office. One of the them fired a round and shot Ellerbrock in the midsection, the sheriff's office said.

Ellerbrock later died at Van Wert County Hospital. Authorities have not identified the shooter.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the sheriff's office said Monday that the shooting remained under investigation.

Van Wert is about 100 miles southwest of Toledo, near the Ohio-Indiana line.


(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Offline Dale

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Coyote hunter killed while calling at night...
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2006, 08:10:59 PM »
me thinks someone was dippin in someone elses honey pot... how do you mistake someone to be a coyote when they're using a rabbit distress call?...  :twisted:
when you step out the truck, you become part of the food chain...

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Offline PREDATOR 10X

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Coyote hunter killed while calling at night...
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2006, 06:48:01 PM »
They sure didnt see his eyes shinin,sumthin dont seem right?

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Coyote hunter killed while calling at night...
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2006, 04:46:43 AM »
Sounds like homocide to me to

Offline huntingisfun

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Coyote hunter killed while calling at night...
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2006, 03:09:20 PM »
thats a shame.......theres somthing fishy about it too. thats a big mistake of target identity

Offline sharpshooter85

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« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2006, 06:20:44 PM »
i agree with the rest of you guys......something just dont seem right about it..... :?:
Hunt 'em up.