From the weekend OKC hunting news:

The Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife Conservation is offering up to $500 for information in the shooting of a deer hunter in Cherokee County last weekend.

The agency is offering the reward thru its Operation Game Thief program and the Okla. Game Warden’s Association is also offering a $500 reward.

A Tulsa deer hunter was shot in the arm on Nov. 29th near Welling in Cherokee County. It was assumed by another deer hunter. The hunter was heading back to his truck after a day of deer hunting when he heard a shot. Before he could call to a shooter, a second shot hit him in his arm.
His father, who was hunting nearby, heard the shot and took his son to a hospital in Tahlequah, where he was airlifted to a Tulsa hospital. The injury will require six months of physical therapy to recover. The Cherokee County’s Sheriff’s Dept. said a red, four-door Dodge truck was seen in the area at the time of the shooting.

There have been at least two hunting-deaths this deer gun season from tree stand falls.
A deer hunter in Cherokee County died last weekend after falling from a tree stand and getting tangled in his harness.

Another hunter in Pottawatomie County died from a head injury after falling while installing a tree stand before deer gun season opened.                                                                                                                Over the last 20 years Okla, has averaged about two hunting-related fatalities each year a/w the Okla. Dept. of Wildlife.
The coordinator added “Some years we will have none. People are getting a lot better about not shooting each other, but tree stand injuries are increasing.”

[Those entering the woods during hunting season are advised to Watch for Falling Hunters!]