Wisconsin’s 3rd safest deer season, only 9 shot!
Wow..
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20081201/GPG0101/81201160/1978
With nine accidental shootings, Wisconsin’s tradition-steeped deer hunt was the third safest on record, the state Department of Natural Resources said today.
A 48-year-old Appleton man died after a partner shot him during a deer drive, and eight others were wounded — four of them with self-inflicted shots in the leg or foot, said Tim Lawhern, the agency’s safety administrator.
But the nine-day hunt was safe overall, Lawhern said: “We are well below the 10-year average of incidents for the season. The 10-year average is 15.”
The DNR measures safety based on the number of shooting incidents, not the number of fatalities.
The nine shooting victims were all males, ages 13 to 62, Lawhern said. Five of the shootings occurred during deer drives.
he number of deer killed won’t be known until Tuesday. The 642,419 licensed hunters had until late today to register deer with the DNR from the hunt that ended Sunday.
The total, however, was expected to be less than last year’s 343,644, partly because hunters registered 133,828 deer after the opening weekend, 22 percent fewer than a year ago, the DNR said. The opening weekend is often a barometer of hunting success.
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The most dangerous hunting season in recent times was 1987, when eight hunters died in 53 shooting accidents, Lawhern said.
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Wisconsin hunts have become safer since the state started its hunter education program in 1967, requiring training in gun safety and proper gun handling. Safety also improved once hunters were required to wear blaze orange, making them easier to see.
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Wow..
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20081201/GPG0101/81201160/1978
With nine accidental shootings, Wisconsin’s tradition-steeped deer hunt was the third safest on record, the state Department of Natural Resources said today.
A 48-year-old Appleton man died after a partner shot him during a deer drive, and eight others were wounded — four of them with self-inflicted shots in the leg or foot, said Tim Lawhern, the agency’s safety administrator.
But the nine-day hunt was safe overall, Lawhern said: “We are well below the 10-year average of incidents for the season. The 10-year average is 15.”
The DNR measures safety based on the number of shooting incidents, not the number of fatalities.
The nine shooting victims were all males, ages 13 to 62, Lawhern said. Five of the shootings occurred during deer drives.
he number of deer killed won’t be known until Tuesday. The 642,419 licensed hunters had until late today to register deer with the DNR from the hunt that ended Sunday.
The total, however, was expected to be less than last year’s 343,644, partly because hunters registered 133,828 deer after the opening weekend, 22 percent fewer than a year ago, the DNR said. The opening weekend is often a barometer of hunting success.
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The most dangerous hunting season in recent times was 1987, when eight hunters died in 53 shooting accidents, Lawhern said.
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Wisconsin hunts have become safer since the state started its hunter education program in 1967, requiring training in gun safety and proper gun handling. Safety also improved once hunters were required to wear blaze orange, making them easier to see.
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(As if the libtards would ever even think that thought. But, if they weren't lying scum hypocrites and they were genuinely concerned for people's safety, that's exactly what they'd do - or at least stop picking on law abiding gun owners.)
Either that or a lot of deer vision is happenning. Can you imagine how many near misses they must have.
