Hunting pastor using animal caller mistaken for coyote, fatally shot

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/21/hun...tally-shot.html

A hunter in North Carolina who was using an electronic animal caller was fatally shot by man with an AR-15 who said he mistook the sounds for coyotes roaming near his home, police and relatives said.

Michael Seth Marsh, 26, was killed late Monday in a wooded area in Taylorsville, about 60 miles northwest of Charlotte, as he was hunting coyotes with a 12-gauge shotgun, a rifle and an electronic coyote call, the Taylorsville Times reports.

Marsh, who served as the pastor of Russell Gap Baptist Church, was shot several times in the chest with an AR-15 by a man who told police he heard coyotes screaming nearby and believed the animals had trapped something in a tree.

The man, whose identity was not released because he was not immediately charged, said he then fired two shots at the brown and gray movement in the trees. The shooter later called police after he realized he had shot the hunter and not a wild animal.

Marsh was rushed to a nearby hospital, but he could not be saved. Marsh is survived by his wife, Katy, and two children, Braelynn and Isaac.

You notice that the news article made a point out of saying he was shot with an AR 15. Do you think they would have mentioned anything had he been shot with a bolt action Remington? Sad tragedy that should never have happened.

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Should be at the least charged with negligent manslaughter

I tell my son, think about idiots being nearby when ever you are hunting, and all the stupid things they could do!!


Sad for that family

A tragedy all the way around.

Tragedy for sure.

Why it went from "shot SEVERAL times in the chest with an AR-15" to the guy saying he fired 2 shots, which I find more likely. Would be nice if the news reporters could just report the facts instead of trying to make up news.

They may have even made up the AR 15 anyway!

What do you expect for the new media. Sorry for both family's.

negligent manslaughter
Sad all around but he just killed a man, a family man because he had no idea what he was shooting at.

So you feel they should selectively withhold information to suit your political agenda? Too many morons already running around with AR 15's, 30 round magazines and bump stocks? Don't like the facts so just whine about them? Typical.

They didn't comment on the color of his shirt either. Fact is ar-15 or not ar-15 it was the guy stupidity and negligence that killed.

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Sad deal for both families.

I wonder how far away from shooters house the hunter was set up.

Never never shoot without clear vision of what your shooting at

Yes they do and people are often held responsible for the negligence that caused the accident.

This is not about property rights.

https://www.taylorsvilletimes.com/2018/02/20/pastor-fatally-wounded-in-local-hunting-accident/

They arrested him and charged him with involuntary MS

According to the newspaper it was really foggy. Too foggy to land the helicopter.

You're right PT, politics shouldn't figure into this. So why include an irrelevant fact to bring politics into it.

If he had cut this guy in half with a blast from a single shot breakover 12 ga the guy would be just as dead...

But we have to include the evil black rifle so it can be the focus... Not the carelessness of the man pulling the trigger.

Was the preacher black? Might as well toss that in while we're at it.

Mike

I'm afraid this is going to be a growing problem. Just go on any local county discussion page on FB and you'll see all kinds of city idiots wetting themselves over coyotes insisting somebody do something.
Sounds like the shooter did just that.

Heard about this earlier.
Imagine his family getting that phone call

What a shame. It's completely ridiculous that something like this would ever happen. I just don't get it. Shooting blindly at something that you aren't even sure what it is. I have to wonder how scared somebody has to be of a coyote to just start shooting. So what if some coyotes ran something up a tree. Walk over to where you hear them, identify the target, and then shoot them. Unbelievable.