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2016 Reports
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HOW SAFE IS HUNTING?
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2016 HUNTING ACCIDENTS
June
- OR: Teen squirrel hunter accidentally shot while hunting
- CA: Abalone diver dies off Mendocino Coast
- OH: 13-year-old shot in apparent hunting accident
May
- OR: Portland police chief shaking, had alcohol on breath when he first described hunting accident
- OR: Portland’s Police Chief Shot a Man in a Harney County Hunting Accident
- AK: Boy suffers accidental gunshot wound while hunting near Tok
- VT: Hunter shoots 16-year-old
- MI: Hunter mistaken for turkey, shot with crossbow
- VT: Boy, 13, accidentally shoots self in foot while hunting
April
- IN: Teen Shot In Hunting Accident
- OH: Turkey Hunter Shot
- MA: North Adams man seriously wounded in Williamstown hunting accident
- AK: Grizzly mauls bear hunter; hunting partner kills bear
- IN: Turkey hunter shot near Jim Davis Bridge
- CA: 14-year-old boy killed while hunting
- IA: Deadly hunting accident leaves community in shock
- WI: Hunter killed in turkey hunting accident is identified
- SC: Man Killed in Aiken County Hunting Accident Identified
- CO: 12-year-old boy recovering after accidental shooting on hunting trip
- FL: Turkey hunter hit by bird shot
March
- AL: Hunting incident victim identified, incident ruled accident
- MS: Man shot in face by hunting partner in Carroll County
- FL: Hunter stuck in tree rescued
- AZ: Man shoots self while hunting snakes
- TX: Weatherford student killed while hunting in Wise County
- SD: Man seriously injured after shooting self in hunting accident
- TX: Texas man blames Remington defect for loss of leg
February
- TX: Magnolia fisherman dies in boat crash
- NY: Teen hunter shoots himself in foot
- MI: Man fatally shoots self while hunting coyotes
- MS: Accused headlighters caught, poacher convicted
- AL: Southside man continues to recover from hunting accident
- TX: ‘Highly respected’ Connecticut trooper dies in Texas hunting accident
- MI: Dad and Son, 4, Ice Fishing, Die After Falling Through Ice Into Lake in Michigan
January
- OR: Hunters injured in helicopter crash
- AK: Three moose hunters killed in boating accident
- KS: Hunter Drowns at Kansas Lake
- AR: Editor dies in fall from tree stand
- MO: Missing hunter’s body found in Scott County
- WI: Teen Accidentally Shot While Rabbit Hunting
- MS: Mississippi hunter arrested after admitting to killing dog
- MD: Search for missing duck hunters on Severn River suspended until storm passes
- IN: Garrett man shot himself while hunting
- OH: Hunter found shot dead in a field
- MN: Pheasant hunting injured Rochester doctor crawls 16 hours to survival
- MD: Poachers Who Shot Deer Decoy in St. Mary’s County Get Off Easy
- OK: Man shot in crane hunting incident
- MO: Search on for missing duck hunter
- MS: Hunter drowns
- VA: DC man charged in shooting death of Mechanicsville hunter
- WA: Hunter rescued after falling in Columbia River
- AL: Teen Shot By Brother In Hunting Accident
- OK: Norman man accidentally shot in hunting incident
- IL: Still no sign of missing hunter
- FL: Man killed in Oak Hill hunting accident, officials say
- NC: Friends still searching for missing Frisco hunter
2016 HUNTING / FISHING VIOLATIONS
July
June
- CT: Man Found Hunting On National Parks Service Property Pleads Guilty
- NY: Frogs, turtles confiscated from father and son hunting in Cayuga County
- MI: Facebook bragging costs hunter his license
- WI: Father and son investigated for poaching of world-class buck
- SC: Williams gets $75,000 fine, hunting ban in hawk-killing case
- IL: Wildlife traffickers sentenced in Illinois
- ID: Cortez gets 30 days for shooting bighorn
- SC: Lancaster men plead guilty to spotlighting in night hunt
May
- MT: Hays Man Found Guilty in District Court for Hunting Violations Involving Bull Elk
- ID: Archery hunter mistakenly shoots, kills grizzly in Idaho
- MT/WY: Crow Tribal Members Guilty of Illegal Elk Hunt
- WA: Hunter facing charges after death of beloved elk named Bullwinkle
- FL: Man cited for illegal hunting after gator foot found in dashboard of truck
- ID: Hunting violations
- MN: DNR Reports
- WV: Hunting violations can be costly
- CA: Live Oak hunter convicted of illegally baiting mourning doves
- ME: Eastbrook man sentenced to eight months for hunting violations
- IA: Guilty pleas entered to hunting violations
- LA: 2 cited for alleged alligator hunting violations
April
- IA: Richardson Pleads Guilty to Unlicensed Hunting
- ND: Man fined for acting as guide without North Dakota license
- ID: Cortez pleads guilty in bighorn sheep poaching case; judgement withheld
- CT: Hunter baited wild turkeys, hid behind blind
- CO: Mack outfitter guilty in bobcat-maiming scheme
- CO: Hunter guilty of illegally killing two trophy-sized elk
- MT: Great Falls man gets jail time over poached Elkhorn bulls
- PA: Hunter cited with shooting companion at Denver preserve
- ND: Father and son hunting guides charged with felonies
- NC: Elkin man who hoaxed big buck story pleads guilty to illegal hunting
- TN: Hunter arrested for trespassing found with drugs
- WI: Coyote hunter faces criminal charges for shooting death of pet dogs in Dane County
- PA: ‘Chronic poacher’ killed deer without license, officials say
- FL: Florida Fish and Wildlife Officers Arrest Two Men For Illegally Hunting Deer
- WY: A hunter who illegally killed a deer last year will spend time on probation as part of his sentence
- OR: Two men behind bars for poaching big horn sheep in Oregon
- OH: Two Plead guilty to hunting violations
- LA: Mississippi hunter cited for suspected baiting
March
- ME: Police chief guilty of baiting deer
- UT: Brothers charged with ‘party hunting’
- OH: Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Field Reports
- AL: License Violations Akin to Stealing
- LA: Angie man cited for turkey-hunting violations
- WY: Unusual mule deer poached in Wyoming, found at Utah expo
- OH: Wildlife officials crack down on poachers
- LA: Father, son found guilty of deer hunting violations on Kisatchie National Forest
- OR: Brothers convicted of killing dogs while hunting ordered to pay nearly $250, 000
- ID: Idaho farmer pleads not guilty to baiting, hunting ducks
- NY: Officers charge Norfolk man with trapping violations
- LA: Three Acadia men cited for hunting ducks out of season
February
- PA: Professional hunter pleads to baiting deer
- MD: Poacher suspended in dozens of states
- MD: Natural Resources Police Charge Three Charles County Men With Multiple Hunting Violations
- WI: Hunter considered medical miracle after surviving freak accident
- OH: Two charged for dead deer found in Avon Lake
- NY: Raccoon ‘trapper’ accused of starving, torturing animals
- TX: Hunting investigation leads to 2 arrests
- LA: Rabbit hunter allegedly a convicted felon in possession of a firearm
- MT: Northside trap violated city ordinance; mother won’t be cited for removing it
- FL: FWC Law Enforcement Report
- MI: Marquette man charged with illegal waterfowl hunting
- LA: Lafayette Parish man cited for hunting ducks and geese during closed season
- SD: Minnesota hunters fined for violations in Faulk County
- DE: Delaware man charged with more than 70 hunting violations
- ID: Man forfeits hunting for 2 years
- MI: Illegal hunter pays state for deer
- AK: Moose hunter charged with lying about Alaska residency
- AR: Three face charges in beating of deer
- NY: More than 20 pay DEC fines for violations
- TN: TWRA bans 2 poachers from hunting for life
January
- MN: DNR enforcement report – 1/20/16
- Hunting columnist reports on hunting violations
- WI: Politician has many hunting citations
- AZ: Ex-state lawmaker Antenori accused of hunting in closed area
- LA: Oak Grove man accused of hunting violations
- IA: DNR investigates possible illegal wolf hunting
- DE: Georgetown man facing drug, hunting violation charges
- LA: Arkansas man cited for hunting license fraud in Claiborne Parish
- MS: MDWFP: Shooting deer with the aid of lights on the rise
- NY: ACO charged in illegal trapping case that killed beloved pet
- LA: Three accused of night hunting
- VT: Hunter Receives six to seven days in jail
- NY: DEC Arrests Two Men for Illegal Trapping Activity at Seneca Army Depot
HARASSMENT BY HUNTERS
Documented: Emotional Stress, Physical Injury, and Property Damage Inflicted Upon Innocent People by Those Who Hunt, Fish, and Trap
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Funny thing–the last thing I seem to worry about is hunters shooting themselves or each other.
Good point.
I worry more about their not shooting themselves and each other.
Now that’s a fright.