What and idiot even with a round backstop the kid would have been infront of the shooter. I thought rule one when shooting when others are buy is making sure they're behind you...Duh!

poor kid.......

unbelievable! i'm glad his kid will recover.

Wow.

Do you know if it was in an area that disallows shooting? If so, was the man arrested?

Yup, that sure dose make make us look good.[:'(] Accidents like this just don't happen, they need to be feed by ignorance.

I hope the kid recovers completely and lesson have been learned.

Well said. Glad the boy is ok.

Hopefully he won't repeat this mistake! Could have went a lot worse

I shoot an eternity target in my back yard in my neighborhood, and thank god have had no problem. However I use my 8' wood fence as a back stop. I shot a section of fence first to see what would happen if I missed, and the arrow just stuck. At 10 yards it sticks 1/2 of the way through, 20 yards less, and 30 yards even less. The key here is choice in back stop, not choice in venue. I am certain the guy is not a complete dumba$$ it was just an unfortunate mistake in judgement. We all make poor choices at one time or another it is just a matter of when and where. Like it has been said the true measure of a man is shown by what he does when no one is looking. what did you do last night.

I think punishment for the guy who shot his kid should be.

Bend over drop your droors and be shot in the bear butt with a bludgeon from my mathews bow at 10 yards. That would sting a bit.