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  • This is Matt Yamilkoski's online journal of the outdoors and more. An extreme outdoorsman, Matt hunts and fishes over 200 times per year, routinely traveling out of his home state of Iowa to chase anything with fur, fins or feathers. Top_Heavy is the name given to Matt's best trophy yet, a 237" gross non-typical whitetail, harvested in '06 with archery equipment. That name is the pen name he uses here.... Welcome to Top_Heavy's favorite place, IowaDeer.Com!

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Please Be Safe

By topheavy on Apr 21, 2008 | In Uncategorized | Send feedback »

I read the story tonight of a young father who shot his son while turkey hunting. He mistook his 8 year old for a bird and shot and killed him. I can't even imagine the personal agony that man is going through. I feel for him as a father.
I only ask that every outdoorsman takes an extra second and think about how accidents like this happen. Never leave your child, never shoot a target that you are not 100% sure of, never get so wrapped up in the harvest that you aren't aware of your surroundings. If this poor father had taken a couple of extra seconds to ID his target, his son would still be alive... Please be safe in your adventures.

This is my wonderful son, whom I am bringing up in the outdoor traditions

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