1960s: 1,030 accidents, 142 hunters killed.
1970s: 414 accidents, 49 hunters killed*
1980s: 146 accidents, 45 hunters killed.
1990s: 319 accidents, 29 hunters killed.
2000s: 251 accidents, 17 hunters killed.
[But just wait until we tally up this year (It’s been a crazy one so far… !]
Posted Wednesday, November 2, 2022 7:10 pm
Marshall Helmberger
It’s the opening of the regular firearms deer season in our area on Saturday and, like most recent years, the Department of Natural Resources is putting out its annual safety message. I know some folks like to pooh-pooh such things. It’s become fashionable to dismiss those “nanny state” messages as just another example of government overreach.
But here’s the thing. All that nanny overreaching has made a huge difference when it comes to your odds of being shot while out in the woods this deer season.
In years past, heading out in the woods on the deer opener was akin to entering a war zone and it took a serious toll on hunters. I never realized just how much of a toll until I was paging through one of my mother’s scrap books and found a small clipping from the 1930s, naming one…
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