Hunting accidents have practically reached pandemic level. Too many to mention individually, so here’s a link to the sources mentioned below: https://news.google.com/news/section?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&csid=ae26c3fb108014d3&siidp=75ad5e99b70c9907fca939811a0128d7f552
Oregon man killed in hunting accident
ErieTVNews – Dec 4, 2013
FWC: Man killed in hunting accident
The Northwest Florida Daily News – Dec 2, 2013
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Fulton Co. hunting accident kills 1
Toledo Blade – Dec 3, 2013
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Hunter killed in shooting accident identified
Columbus Dispatch – Dec 3, 2013
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NewsOn6: Oklahoma teen killed in hunting accident, police say
NewsOK.com – Dec 4, 2013
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Milton man dies in Santa Rosa hunting accident, FWC says
Pensacola News Journal – Dec 1, 2013
Man dies in apparent hunting accident
LimaOhio.com – 11 hours ago
EXCLUSIVE: Ohio hunting season kicks off with several reported hunting-related …
WOWK – Dec 3, 2013
1 injured in hunting accident
Tiffin Advertiser Tribune – 3 hours ago
Man airlifted to hospital after hunting incident
Billings Gazette – Dec 4, 2013
Marion Man Hurt In Hunting Accident
KCRG – Dec 2, 2013
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Hunter fatally shoots self in Duvall accident
The Seattle Times (blog) – Dec 1, 2013
DA: Charges Possible After LI Firefighter Killed In Upstate Hunting Accident
CBS Local – Nov 19, 2013
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One dead in hunting accident
The Bryan Times (subscription) – Dec 3, 2013
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14-Year-Old Boy Shot In Hunting Accident
WFMY News 2 – Nov 28, 2013
Winchester teen shot in hunting accident
Central Kentucky News – Nov 29, 2013
DNR investigating hunting accident near Boyceville
WQOW TV News 18 – Nov 29, 2013
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Santa Rosa County man dies in hunting accident
WEAR – Dec 2, 2013
Rockingham teen severely hurt in hunting accident
Greensboro News & Record – Nov 28, 2013
Man Life-Flighted After Hunting Accident
Rivertonradio.com – Dec 2, 2013
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Well, these aren’t all hunting accidents, but they sure give proof to the old saw “Guns don’t shoot people; accidents shoot people.”
One of the accidents led me to the Kewaunee County’s Sheriff Department’s page that had the following two posts. On 11/22/13:
Good luck to all the deer hunters heading out this Opening Morning 2013.
Remember the 4 golden rules when handling your firearm. (TABK)
T – Treat every firearm as if it was loaded.
A – Always point muzzle in safe direction.
B – Be sure of your target and what is beyond.
K – Keep your finger away from the trigger until you are ready to shoot.
Stay Safe!
Then, the following day, 11/23/13, we read this post:
*** Press Release ***
Hunting Accident
Saturday, November 23, 2013
(Kewaunee, WI) On November 23rd at approx. 9:44 A.M. the Kewaunee County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call of a subject with an accidental self inflicted gunshot injury.
The incident occurred on private property in the Township of Franklin. Units from the Department of Natural Resources, Brown County Rescue, and Franklin First Responders also responded. The subject, a 41 year old male subject from Denmark, was removed from the incident location by an all terrain vehicle and treated prior to being transported to a Green Bay medical facility with what appeared to be non-life threatening injuries to the lower leg.
The incident remains under investigation by the Kewaunee County Sheriff’s Department along with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/04/1257984/-GunFAIL-XLVI
Don’t want to sound rude on that but, the more hunting accidents, the better. I hope people will start looking at hunting as a “deadly practice” on both sides, hunters and animals, and start giving up their so-called “sport”!
I hope so too
I 2nd that emotion.
The more hunting accidents the better.
Let’s not worry about sounding rude–there a a bunch of happy animals out there tonight.