# Cheney's not the only one -- Man shot by companion who thought he was a squirrel

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**Created:** [February 15, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-not-the-only-one-man-shot-by-companion-who-thought-he-was-a-squirrel/344682 "2006-02-15T20:50:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-not-the-only-one-man-shot-by-companion-who-thought-he-was-a-squirrel/344682/1 "2006-02-15T20:50:38Z")

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The mind boggles

[http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060213/D8FOF1487.html](http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060213/D8FOF1487.html)

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**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-not-the-only-one-man-shot-by-companion-who-thought-he-was-a-squirrel/344682/2 "2006-02-15T21:08:01Z")

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I would never go hunting with anyone who thought he was a squirrel.

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-not-the-only-one-man-shot-by-companion-who-thought-he-was-a-squirrel/344682/3 "2006-02-15T21:10:24Z")

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was it _Live Action Squirrel with Big Balls_?

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-not-the-only-one-man-shot-by-companion-who-thought-he-was-a-squirrel/344682/4 "2006-02-15T21:44:18Z")

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\<Stuart Smalley, after his drunken dad accidentally shot his brother, having mistaken him for a deer\>  
“It’s so seldom that you see a deer carrying a case of beer, especially one wearing an orange hat.”

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**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-not-the-only-one-man-shot-by-companion-who-thought-he-was-a-squirrel/344682/5 "2006-02-15T23:48:29Z")

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> [@the linked article](#):
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> fired his weapon, which the Ludington Daily News described as a .17-caliber rifle.

Er… isn’t that the caliber of BB guns? Do they even make fireams that tiny?

:googles madly:

I’ll be damned. They make actual firearms that are so itty-bitty? Amazing. I have trouble imagining that it could do very much damage.

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-not-the-only-one-man-shot-by-companion-who-thought-he-was-a-squirrel/344682/6 "2006-02-16T00:28:27Z")

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NEVER! go skwirl hunting with a 30 30

serious

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**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-not-the-only-one-man-shot-by-companion-who-thought-he-was-a-squirrel/344682/7 "2006-02-16T00:46:48Z")

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Man shot by companion who thought he was a squirrel.

Why, that’s just nuts!