https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/wisconsin/articles/2018-07-17/insurance-company-not-liable-for-hunters-injuries
An insurance company isn’t liable for a hunter who was accidentally shot in the head nearly four years ago.
July 17, 2018
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An insurance company isn’t liable for a hunter who was accidentally shot in the head nearly four years ago.
According to court documents, David Devine shot Patrick Humfeld in the head while both men were hunting on John Marsh’s property in Galesville in November 2014.
Humfeld sued State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Marsh’s insurance company, last year alleging Marsh was negligent because he failed to monitor hunters on his property.
A Trempealeau County judge ruled in favor of State Farm. The 3rd District Court of Appeals upheld that ruling Tuesday, finding Wisconsin‘s recreational immunity statute applies in the case. That statute generally limits property owners’ liability when a person is hurt engaging in a recreational activity on their land.
Humfeld’s attorney…
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Exposing the Big Game 
“Hello Mr. Marsh, can we play on your property? Our mommies said we should ask first. Mommy also said you should come out and babysit us so we don’t get hurt. We’re really big boys, we have our own guns, so just call us when you have lunch fixed for us.”
If the shooting was “an accident,” how was the landowner to have prevented it, other than not allowing them to hunt with guns? Hunters seem to have trouble accepting responsibility for their actions. When they shoot someone, it’s always an accident–never that they failed to clear the area, identify the target, and take a clean shot. When they wound an animal, they complain if it wants a bit of retribution in its dying moments.