Hunter shoots teenage son dead after mistaking for MOOSE in Russia

Hunter shoots his 18-year-old son dead after mistaking him for a MOOSE in Russia

The teenager died from a single shot last Thursday in northern Russia
The hunter was aiming his rifle in poor visibility in the Khanty-Mansiysk district
He approached what he thought was a moose, but saw his mortally wounded son
His father has been charged with death by negligence and faces two years in jail

A hunter shot dead his 18-year-old son after mistaking him for a moose in rural northern Russia last Thursday.

The man aimed his rifle at what he thought was a moose in poor visibility in the snowy wilderness of the Khanty-Mansiysk district and fired.

As he approached what he believed would be an animal carcass, he came upon his teenage boy lying on the forest floor.

The young man was killed instantly by the rifle’s bullet.

A hunter shot dead his 18-year-old son after mistaking him for a moose in rural northern Russia last Thursday (file photo)

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‘The hunter fired a rifle into a moving object in poor visibility, mistakenly believing that it was a moose,’ investigators told the Moscow Times.

The father has been charged with causing death by negligence which carries a sentence of up to two years in prison.