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Hunting accident seriously wounds boy, 12

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[Why does it seem that there are so many more 12 year olds getting shot in hunting accidents this year? Could it be because so many more hunters are pushing their children in to it? And why aren’t they at least identifying their targets before pulling the trigger? How else do they get that alleged “good clean shot” they always like to brag about?]

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/oct/27/hunting-accident-seriously-wounds-boy-12/

Police say a 12-year-old Pullman boy was shot and seriously injured Saturday during a hunting trip in southwest Whitman County.

The boy was taken by private vehicle to Whitman Community Hospital in Colfax, then transported to Providence Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane. His injury was not life-threatening, the Whitman County Sheriff’s Office said.

The boy was hunting with members of his family when he was accidentally struck by a bullet around 8 a.m., police said.

The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife is leading the investigation.

Omaha man fatally wounded in weekend hunting accident

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[One can hardly keep up with all the carnage.]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20131021/NEWS/131029709

By Susan Szalewski / World-Herald staff writer

A 48-year-old Omaha man was fatally wounded in a weekend hunting accident, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.

The agency didn’t release the man’s name Monday.

The incident happened Sunday on the Omaha Indian Reservation in northeast Nebraska, near Macy. The man was among five hunters taking part in an early deer hunting season when he was shot in the buttocks with a rifle, said Jerry Kane, a spokesman for Game and Parks.

The victim was taken to the hospital in Winnebago, where he was pronounced dead.

Authorities ordered an autopsy.

The Game and Parks Commission, Nebraska State Patrol, Omaha Tribe officers and the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office were investigating the shooting death.

[To prevent this type of accident in the future, hunters may want to forgo the camo pants and wear blaze orange down there instead.]

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Photo Copyright Jim Robertson

Rodeo man killed in hunting accident in Mendocino National Forest

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[Any resemblance the victim might have had to a wild pig was purely coincidental, yet that’s exactly what he was mistaken for by another hunter who shot him from 70 yards away]…

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NORTH COAST, Calif. – A Rodeo man died on Thursday when he was shot while hunting in the Mendocino National Forest.

Edgardo A. Godoy, 52, was hunting near Covelo when another hunter shot and mortally wounded him, according to a report from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office.

At around 3:30 p.m. Thursday the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to mile post marker 11.2 on Road M1, located in the Mendocino National Forest, near Covelo, regarding the hunting accident, officials said.

Upon arrival sheriff’s personnel learned from a witness that a member of a hunting party saw a wild pig approximately 70 yards uphill and across a ravine from his location. Not seeing Godoy, the hunter shot at the pig.

When the hunter went to the area where he last saw the wild pig, he located Godoy, who had suffered a single gunshot wound, officials said.

The witness – whose name is being withheld as the investigation is continuing – immediately rendered aid to Godoy and called for help on his handheld radio. Other hunters quickly arrived at which time they assisted in rendering first aid as well, according to the report.

Godoy was moved to the M1 Road where first aid was continued until medical personnel from Cal Fire US Forest Service arrived. Sheriff’s officials said medical personnel from Cal Fire and the US Forest Service rendered aid to Godoy for at least 10 minutes, at which time a medical team from CalStar landed to assist.

When the medical flight team arrived, Godoy was pronounced dead, the sheriff’s office reported.

Upon further investigation it was determined that Godoy received a single gunshot wound to the lower abdomen, officials said.

The agency said the names of the witnesses and other involved parties to this incident are currently being withheld as the investigation into the shooting continues.

Two More Human Hunting Fatalities This Weekend

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[Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I enjoy reading or reporting on hunting accidents. I wish they’d all put down their weapons and pick up a camera or binoculars or hiking boots, and take up a less destructive pastime.]

 

Brighton teenager fatally wounded in  hunting accident

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10/20/2013

A 14-year-old Brighton  boy was fatally wounded by a gunshot  to the chest  Saturday afternoon while on a hunting trip with his family according to Chaffee  County Sheriff’s Office.

Early indicators suggest the incident was accidental, although additional  inquiry is being carried out according to investigators.

The boy, Dante Muro, was hunting in the San Isabel National Forest with his  father, mother and grandfather at the time of the incident.

The sheriff’s communication center was contacted at about 5 p.m. by the boy’s  father and grandfather.

The boy had gone off a short distance on his own and family members said they  heard a single gunshot and found the boy lying face up motionless nearby, his  rifle across his chest.

Medics from Chaffee County Emergency Medical Services determined that the boy  was deceased.

The victim’s name is being withheld until all relatives have been notified by  the coroner.

The incident occurred four miles west of County Road 221 near Forest Service  Road 222 on national forest land.

The body was taken to the county morgue in Salida. An autopsy is scheduled  for Monday.

Although preliminary investigation indicates that the victim’s wound was  self-inflicted accidentally, the official determination of the cause and manner  of death will be released by the coroner after the investigation is completed,  the sheriff’s office said in a statement.

Read more: Brighton teenager fatally wounded in hunting accident – The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_24349985/brighton-teenager-fatally-wounded-hunting-accident#ixzz2iIbae72u Read The

……….Meanwhile, back in Georgia……….

One dead in Jones hunting accident

By WAYNE CRENSHAW — wcrenshaw@macon.com        

                                    One person died in a hunting accident in Jones County on Saturday.

Details of the incident are sketchy. Jones County Sheriff’s Sgt. Bobby Gay said it happened at about 12:30 p.m. on Union Hill Church Road near the Putnam County line.

“We don’t know exactly what happened,” Gay said. “They are still investigating.”

No names are being released at this time, he said, and no other information was available. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the sheriff’s department are investigating.

Saturday was the first day of deer season for firearms.

Teen airlifted to Harborview after hunting accident

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Teen airlifted to Harborview after hunting accident Credit: KING

Teen airlifted to Harborview after hunting accident

by KING 5 News/ KING5.com

October 18, 2013

A teenage hunter was injured Friday in a hunting accident in Pierce County and was flown to Harborview Medical Center for his injuries.

Captain Mike Smith from Greenwater Fire Department said the accident occured in the Bridge Camp area. It was unknown whether the victim, a 14 or 15 year old, was out alone or accompanied by an adult at the time of the accident.  Smith couldn’t confirm his condition, but said he suffered “serious injuries.”

King County Sheriff’s Office tweeted that Guardian 2 was currently on a mission to help a critically injured person near the town of Greenwater.

Today’s Hunting-Related Human Deaths

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Sorry, only a couple to report today…

Citrus County man dies in Ohio hunting accident

The Associated Press

Published: October 16, 2013

Authorities say a man from Citrus County died after being shot in an apparent hunting accident in northeast Ohio.

Investigators say 56-year-old Donald Pigg, of Beverly Hills, was shot Monday while hunting in Portage County and died early Wednesday after undergoing surgery at an Akron hospital.

Authorities say the shooting is under investigation by the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office and police in Kent.

The Record-Courier reports police aren’t releasing details about what happened, citing an ongoing criminal investigation. No charges have been filed.

http://tbo.com/news/citrus-county-man-dies-in-ohio-hunting-accident-20131016/

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HARPERS FERRY (KWWL) -A Harpers Ferry man died Monday night after falling from a tree stand.

The Allamakee County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called to 1338 Hawes Road in Harpers Ferry at around 7:52 p.m. Monday for a report of an unresponsive man in a wooded area.

Sheriff Clark Mellick says 70-year-old Serenus P. Platten was hunting from a tree stand and fell from the stand. He was found by a friend who was also hunting on the property.

Platten was pronounced dead at the scene.

The accident remains under investigation by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

Man shot in face, legs in hunting accident

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October 14, 2013

A man has been shot in the face and legs in a hunting accident in central western NSW.

The man, 21, was hunting on a Cowra property with the 33-year-old owner and the owner’s 35-year-old brother on Saturday, police say.

He was accidentally shot when the 35-year-old fell over.

He was taken to the local hospital and transferred to Orange with non-life threatening injuries.

Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/man-shot-in-face-legs-in-hunting-accident-20131014-2vhvy.html#ixzz2hopvHi6k

Hunting is Tearing Families Apart—Literally!

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Son Shoots Father While Hunting Woodcocks In NH

October 13, 2013

BOSTON (CBS) — A 55-year-old man was shot by his son as they were hunting woodcocks in New Hampshire.

New Hampshire Fish and Game says 55-year-old David Osgood of Berlin, New Hampshire, was struck by bird shot on his right side when his son, 24-year-old Cory Osgood of Notingham, discharged his shotgun at a woodcock in an over grown apple orchard off of Hill Road in Dummer.

David Osgood drove himself to the Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin where he was treated and released for approximately 7 puncture wounds from the shotgun pellets.

NH Fish and Game Conservation Officers met with the hunters and are currently investigating the shooting incident.

Police say both Osgood’s were wearing hunter orange at the time, but could not see each other when the incident occurred.

An American Woodcock (Credit: Ronald Slabke/Wikipedia)

An American Woodcock (Credit: Ronald Slabke/Wikipedia)

Tragic hunting accidents in France demand tougher measures

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[And they mustn’t forget the threat posed by naked men talking about sasquatch…]

Oct 6, 2013 in World

After a 61-year-old French hunter accidentally killed his own  son, mistaking him for a wild boar, and a six-year-old boy was also killed in a  separate incident this week, there will be increased pressure for safety  measures in hunting.

According to Ouest France (in French) on Thursday this week,  the 61-year-old hunter accidentally shot his own son during a hunting party in  the Ardèche region, after mistaking him for a wild boar.  Reports said that he  opened fire after seeing a shadow pass by.  However, tragically, the shadow was  his own son and not the wild boar he was hunting.

While efforts were made to resuscitate  the 35-year-old man, he tragically died at the scene.  His father collapsed,  overcome with grief and shock, and had to be admitted to hospital.

In the same week another fatal accident  caused the death of a six-year-old boy in the north of France, some days after  being shot during a hunt near the village of Saveuse, west of Amiens in the  Somme region last Sunday.  In that incident, the boy was shot in the groin and  succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday.

In that incident, initial findings show  that the accident may have been a tragic freak of nature.  Apparently the hunter  left his gun on the ground, so that he could relieve himself, first taking care  to remove the cartridges.

A second person then passed by, put the  cartridges back into the gun and left the weapon lying “on a fence or on a  tree.”

A dog passed by and accidentally  knocked the weapon, which fired, hitting the boy who was standing close by.   Both father and his 16-year-old son, who it is believed reloaded the gun, were  arrested by police on suspicion of manslaughter.

These two fatalities come after an  incident with an 82-year-old deaf hunter left two mushroom pickers seriously  injured, one critically.  He reportedly mistook them for a pheasant.

The 82-year-old was banned by a court  in Perigueux in the south west of France from hunting and from owning a gun for  five years.  His hunting license was cancelled and his rifle confiscated.

All these tragic incidents will no  doubt lead to renewed calls for more stringent safety measures to be introduced  during the hunting season.

The Association for the Protection of  Wild Animals (ASPAS – in French) is campaigning for more safety measures  to be introduced as well as for a ban on Sunday hunting.  A spokesman denounced  the “tragedies that can be added to the list of accidents that is already too  long.”

Earlier this month, Pierre Athanaze,  head of ASPAS, spoke to The Local and said laws needed to be changed in France to  prevent more deaths.

He said:

“France is the only country in  Europe where people can hunt every day, which is why we are the country in  Europe with the most accidents.” 

“Hunting needs to be stopped on  Sundays, because this is the most dangerous day. There are more and more people  heading out into the countryside on a Sunday, whether it’s walking, mountain  biking or collecting mushrooms. We want an end to it.”

Referring to the incident with the  82-year-old man, Athanaze said that many people who hunt in France these days  are elderly and are “not subject to any medical checks” to ensure they have  their wits about them and are capable of spotting the difference between a  pheasant and two mushroom collectors.

“They need to introduce medical checks  for hunters,” he added.

The group is also campaigning to demand  a change in the law, whereby hunt organizers can be held responsible in the case  of serious accidents.

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Naked man talking about Sasquatch attacks hunter

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You don’t hear about this happening every day, unfortunately…

Deputies: Naked man talking about Sasquatch attacks hunter

By KATU.com Staff Published: Oct 10, 2013 at 11:28 PM PDT

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. – A naked man talking about Sasquatch usedSmalfut a rock to attack a hunter in rural Washington County on Thursday morning, deputies said.

Investigators said the naked man hit the hunter repeatedly in the head with a rock, but the hunter managed to eventually fight off his attacker. He held the man at bay with his hunting rifle until deputies arrived.

The hunter suffered broken fingers, a dislocated shoulder and an eye injury, but will recover, according to his daughter.

According to Sgt. Bob Ray with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, the attacker was 20-year-old Linus Norgren of Banks. The daughter said Norgren was a neighbor.

Norgren used an apple-sized rock to hit the hunter and also tried to strangle him with a piece of clothing, Ray said. Investigators said they aren’t sure why Norgren attacked the hunter or why he was naked.

The victim told police that Norgren was making Sasquatch references. Investigators said he was under the influence of something, but they haven’t said what.

The 58-year-old hunter, Jeff McDonald, managed to call deputies once he had Norgren at bay. County deputies and state police troopers searched the heavily wooded area near Manning and used air horns to try to find the victim.

As they closed in on foot, the deputies heard the hunter blow a whistle and eventually found the man, Ray said.

The search took more than 90 minutes because the forest was so thick and steep, Ray said.

McDonald is not an avid hunter, but was out in the woods behind his neighborhood where he often hikes, his daughter, Sierra, said.

McDonald and his accused attacker know each other – at least a little, because they are neighbors. Sierra said she met Norgren at least once before and never thought he would be capable of attacking her father.

She said Norgren was yelling that he came from a long family line of Sasquatches.

In reality, Norgren’s father is a well-known mushroom picker. He owns a street-side stand off Highway 26 that’s garnered national attention.

No one was there Thursday and no one wanted to talk at their home.

Norgren was arrested and faces charges of assault, strangulation and menacing. Ray said more charges could be filed as the investigation continues. His bail is set at $250,000. He’s scheduled to be in court Friday.

KATU News reporter Erica Nochlin contributed to this report.