Close Call................

Americus man Killed...........
Beau Arndt, 18, of Americus was killed Saturday morning as he and a friend were hunting fowl on property in northwest Lyon County.
Lyon County sheriff's deputies worked the scene.
According to information from friends of the families involved, Arndt was hunting with a friend on land near Roads 310 and D. They were hunting fowl with shotguns and had deployed decoys.
The initial, unconfirmed report said that the shot, which apparently was from a rifle, came from an old pickup truck that was passing by on the roadway.
Lyon County Sheriffs are looking for a late 1970's Ford pickup with a red cab and three different sized quarter panels and with an orange bed. The truck was seen a few minutes before the incident and within a couple miles of the site and was said to be occupied by four males. The truck has Shawnee County plates.
Arndt graduated from Northern Heights High School in May.
If you have seen this truck or have information, call the Lyon County Sheriff's department at 342-5545.
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The day before this happened I was invited to go along..........I had been trying to go goose hunting with a painter from work for some time.........Finally on Friday he stopped by the store and asked if I wanted to go with him on Saturday morning.......He only has room for 2 other hunters due to the way he sets up his decoys......If I would have accepted his invitation I would have filled the last spot available, but for some reason even unknown to me at the time I declined and said I was busy........Monday morning he stopped by the store and said that I was lucky I didn't go because the guy that took my place was shot and killed by a high powered Rifle.......It is strange to think that it could have been me.........He said that someone shot into the decoys from the road and then this young man start screaming, and shortly after he died while they were performing CPR..........It makes you stop and think...........