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November 25, 2017, 07:34 PM | #1 |
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State Summaries Of Hunting Accidents/Incidents
Some states summaries of hunting accidents and incidents are available online. This is the Wisconsin hunting incident summary for 2017:
http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/hunt/Inciden...ntCurrent.html |
November 26, 2017, 01:07 PM | #2 |
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Funny....as rare as pheasants are in the state, how dangerous it is to hunt them, especially compared to deer hunting, which everyone thinks is the most dangerous.
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November 26, 2017, 01:19 PM | #3 |
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Thanks Thalub.
Interesting the only fatality was from tossing a .22 cal handgun that fired when it hit the car console.
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November 26, 2017, 01:26 PM | #4 |
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Here's the Texas link. Also pretty informative:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Hunting Fatalities report 2016 It's also interesting that since hunting safety classes were required, the # of accidents and fatalities has dropped to about 20% of what it was about 50 years ago. And 14 of the 23 fatalities were from shotguns (and 1 from an air gun.)
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November 26, 2017, 02:48 PM | #5 |
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Probably why most states require one to complete a hunter safety class before they can buy a license, eh?
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November 26, 2017, 06:54 PM | #6 |
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Always good to read these things. Makes us more safety aware.
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For Missouri firearm incidents for deer season are included in the final deer season reports (I'm not sure about other seasons).
https://mdc.mo.gov/newsroom/mdc-repo...ds-185000-plus Last year (2016) they were three reported Quote:
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December 3, 2017, 07:47 PM | #8 |
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Yes, informative. It's usually someone in your own party, or to oneself, loading or unloading.
I did a fair amount of grouse hunting with the 13 y/o Son this Fall. I went over a good bit of the directions one can shoot should a bird flush. Many get caught up with a flush, swing, and forget about any partners or dogs nearby. One these hunts I usually walked close & somewhat behind to give away most opportunities anyway. I noticed there were plenty of older, likely experienced hunters involved. It just goes to show one should never let their guard down or think it can't happen to them. A good number of the accidents stemmed from outright carelessness. |
December 3, 2017, 07:56 PM | #9 |
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December 3, 2017, 07:58 PM | #10 |
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In Iowa;
Every late winter of the new year, we have state-wide Hunter instructors Workshops. We all receive this report and it's really well done and very detailed. The DNR conducts a CSI type investigations. This year it looks like we are going to have one that started out initially as a hunting accident and switched over to a homicide. If it turns out to be so, It is not counted as a hunting accident. I'm sure that all stated have a similar process and documentation. .....
Be Safe !!!
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