Tree stand-related accidents are the No. 1 way hunters suffer injuries during hunting season.
Take what happened to Cliff Pace as a prime example of how a hunt can go wrong and not have anything to do with a gun. Pace, of Petal, Miss., is the defending champion of the Bassmaster Classic. He was set to defend that title next month at Lake Guntersville near Birmingham, Ala., but an accident in a tree stand last Friday when he was bow hunting during the late deer season knocked Pace out of the Classic. He broke his leg in two places after slipping while getting out of his stand.
I learned long ago that most of tree stand accidents happen getting in or getting out of the tree. I also learned that if you have a tendency to doze off in the woods when waiting for deer, climbing up into a tree stand isn’t a good idea unless you have a very good safety strap and vest to lock you in.
These are common sense deals, as are most hunter safety issues such as not crossing a fence with a loaded gun, leaning a gun against a vehicle, shooting without clearly identifying a target and background and not keeping a safety on when walking or waiting. But sometimes common sense takes a back seat when a big buck or long-bearded tom approaches.
In California, hunters must take a safety class and then pass a test before getting a hunter safety certificate that is required to get a hunting license. With turkey hunting season two months away, now’s the time to get that hunter safety certificate so you can take advantage of the best season of the year – spring gobbler. …
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Other hunting accidents this month include:
“This is just a tragic accident, and the young man who did the shooting, who was related to Tucker by marriage, was devastated,” Bartlett said.
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Pace, of Petal, Miss., is the defending champion of the Bassmaster Classic. He was set to defend that title next month at Lake Guntersville near Birmingham, Ala.
Petal’s Pace to miss Bassmaster Classic due to injuryHattiesburg American
Pace to Miss 2014 Classic Due to InjuryWired2Fish
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But Tuesday, his cousin, 14-year old Trey Wilburn, was shot in a hunting accident. As he and another relative climbed into a deer stand, one of their guns went off, hitting Wilburn.
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J. Wayne Fears, blaze orange, deer hunting.jpg View full sizeWhile hunting-related fatalities are rare taken in context to how many hours people put in the woods, one is too many considering they are all preventable.
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Relatives say the 11-year-old and his 14-year-old brother went to hunt Tuesday morning in a wooded area behind their home, several miles east of the town of Como in Panola County.
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Dallas Morning News
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ELDORADO – Texas singer and songwriter Steven Fromholz has died in a hunting accident when a rifle fell and discharged. The Schleicher County Sheriff’s Office on Monday said the accident happened at the Flying B Ranch near Eldorado, about 40 miles …
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Martha’s Vineyard Times
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Monster shark tourney organizer dead in duck hunting accident. This 2010 photo shows Steve James, president of the Boston Big Game Fishing Club and.
Shark Tournament Organizer Dies in Westport River Hunting AccidentMartha’s Vineyard Gazette
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The Northwest Florida Daily News
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Tolar is the third hunter in the past few months to be injured. Kirkland said a person was seriously injured after they fell from a tree stand during the fall while hunting and broke several vertebrae. A Milton man was killed in late November when he …
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New York Daily News
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An upstate prosecutor is moving to indict a Long Island man who shot and killed a pal in a November hunting accident, the Daily News has learned.
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Byers said officials were notified at about 4:30 pm Wednesday, that a father had accidentally shot his 8-year-old son while the pair was deer hunting. Byers said the boy was struck by stray buckshot during the incident and had to undergo surgery …
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The Telluride Daily Planet reports Trenten Tyler Sutherland was shot in the head while hunting coyotes with two companions the night of Dec. 27.
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Holmes County Times Advertiser
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VERNON The Vernon Community is getting behind teenager who accidentally shot herself in a hunting accident Sunday. Doctors in Pensacola had to amputate part of 16 year old Andrea Wright’s right leg.
City of Vernon announces fundraiser for Andrea Hope WrightHolmes County Times Advertiser
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WXIA-TV
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Matthew Jernigan, 17, was recovered from the Chattahoochee River in Seminole County Tuesday afternoon after he fell into the water while duck hunting with two other teenagers earlier that morning. Jernigan, a junior at Southwest Georgia Academy, Payson …
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SUMTER COUNTY, Alabama – A man from the Birmingham area was fatally shot in a hunting accident early Saturday, a Mississippi news station has reported.
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CMT.com
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Singer-Songwriter Steve Fromholz Dies at 68 in Hunting Accident. Texan’s Songs Were Recorded by Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Others.
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The Providence Journal
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WESTPORT, Mass. (AP) _ Two duck hunters died and a third was rushed to a hospital Tuesday after they fell into the frigid waters of the Westport River when their boat capsized.
Marshfield sportsman’s death stuns friendThe Patriot Ledger
Survivor of duck hunting capsizing may leave hospital todaySouthCoastToday.com
Opinion:2 duck hunters die, one rescued in WestportBoston Herald
In Depth:2 men die after boat capsizes in WestportBoston Globe
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The county coroner’s office says 37-year-old Adam Scott Jordan died after another member of his three-person hunting group shot him.
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HOUSTON, Miss. (AP) – Authorities in Chickasaw County say a teenage boy was shot in the head when his hunting partner’s rifle accidentally fired.
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Holmes County Times Advertiser
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Exposing the Big Game 
if those morons want to be safe, they must stay home. Personally, I love hunting accidents
, they’re the one upside.
Me too!