Two deer hunters die on firearms hunt opening day in Wisconsin

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Two hunters were found dead in their stands in the same county on opening day of the gun-deer season.

Both men died in Marquette County, one of natural causes and one from a gunshot wound, Coroner Tom Wastart said Sunday.

Three other hunters were reported wounded in firearms incidents.

An estimated 600,000 hunters headed into the woods throughout Wisconsin for opening weekend of the nine-day firearms hunt.

Also Saturday, two hunters contacted the Juneau County Sheriff’s Department after finding human remains. The unidentified remains were found in woods in the Town of Lyndon around 10:30 a.m., the department reported.

In Marquette County, a 62-year-old Shawano County man was found dead in his tree stand on private…

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