TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N.C. — One man is dead after a hunting accident in Transylvania County on Thursday night.
Deputies say a friend of George Harley Case Jr., 58, reportedly mistook Case for a deer while the two were hunting together and shot and killed him with a crossbow.
It happened near Lyda Creek Road. When first responders arrived around 7:45, Case, of Pisgah Forest, was dead.
According to hunting regulations, hunters are not required to wear blaze orange during archery deer season. Deer hunting season for archers opened last Saturday. This is the first incident that’s been reported so far in the mountains.
“They weren’t doing anything wrong, they didn’t have orange on, but in North Carolina during bow season you don’t have to wear orange. That’s just during the gun and rifle season,” Capt. Kevin Creasman with Transylvania Co. Sheriff’s Dept. said.
The two men had been hunting for a couple of hours on private property about a mile into the woods when the incident happened.
Hunting officials say said both men were experienced hunters. The incident is under investigation, but right now no charges have been filed. According to deputies, the shooting was an accident.
The name of the man who shot the arrow has not been released. North Carolina Wildlife is also taking a look at this case, and could possibly bring charges against that hunter.
An autopsy is scheduled for Friday in Winston-Salem.
Exposing the Big Game 
I’m with Grumpy Cat. I’ll leave it there.
One down, lots more to go. I’m with Grumpy Cat.
I bet that’s a nasty way to go. I’ve heard that hunting by bow often results in a slow demise where the animal is tracked by blood trail. Sounds like lots of suffering to me. I’m not a religious person, but what is it they say? Live by the sword, die by the sword? Evidently, sometimes justice is swift.
I have said this before but I’ll say it again. I would be careful about celebrating hunting deaths lest it give certain others the wrong idea.
Suit yourself, Rory. Looks like Justice to many of us. And that is something to celebrate. Though I do hope it only happens to the wicked among them, such as that criminal pervert Toby Bridges. May he get what’s coming to him very soon.
What precisely would those “wrong ideas” be? Not believing in the sanctity of human life even when a perpetrator is guilty of egregious cruelty? Believing that a just punishment should be commensurate with the magnitude of the crimes committed and the suffering of victims? Failing to accept politically correct humanism as the regnant philosophy that trumps a righteous brand of justice? What exactly are those wrong ideas you worry about? Just wondering.
On another front, hunters mistake house for game, apparently:
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2014/09/25/DA-5-day-old-infant-grazed-by-bullet-in-hunting-accident/stories/201409250337
Apparently, infants are in season, this report repeats the first (above) and adds another:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/5-day-old-infant-accidentally-shot-in-head-by-nearby-hunter-while-sitting-with-dad-on-couch/
Oh how I love these stories.
May this year be a the best hunner harvest yet . Amen. But seriously, do these Fudds have a vision problem? Let’s hope so. I love Grumpy cat. Also, why do they always call these things “incidents?” and not some other word like accident or horrific accident or something other than incident. Do they call it any other violent death an incident? This word should probably be in the hunner’s dictionary like harvest, manage, etc.
LOL, Lane. “Harvesting” hunters… Sounds neat and tidy and harmless, like changing a tire. Let’s hope for a good “harvest” of hunters this season, in time to add to all that holiday cheer. LOL.
Washington State seems to think there’s a vision problem, and offers free eye exams:
45% of all hunting Washington hunting incidents between 1978 and 2008 were vision-related
20+% of victims in hunting incidents were shot by fellow hunters pursuing game birds
10% of victims in hunting incidents were mistaken for game by fellow hunters
http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/vision/
I believe that trophy hunters and predator hunters have a deficiency of ‘vision’ for long-term environmental health.
That last point’s clear enough for all to see.
Wise post, Bob Mc.