Bill ConnersOutdoorsView CommentsAD0:07https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.473.0_en.html#goog_16279170
It really irked me to have to report that there were three hunting fatalities during the 2020 big game season. All three were self-inflicted, all by experienced hunters. One of the three involved a crossbow.
The crossbow incident involved a hunter in the Syracuse area – Onondaga County – and happened when, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation Police, he was hauling his loaded and cocked crossbow into his tree stand.
According to the incident report, the victim had 10 years’ hunting experience. No matter how many times you go afield, you only have to be careless once.
I raise the specter of the crossbow incident because early Monday morning I received a call from anupstate contact and in the course of our conversation regarding anticipated changes to deer hunting regulations, heasked if I had heard about an incident involving a crossbow…
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Exposing the Big Game 
Well, if nimrods live by the gun, some die by the gun.