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2016 Reports
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December
- WA: 14-year-old shot while duck hunting
- CO: Teens recovering after accidental shooting
- PA: Duck hunter swept into creek rescued
- TX: Texas Game Wardens Search for Illegal Hunters
- SC: Coroner: 11-year-old hunting accident victim dies from gunshot wound to the head
- MA: Man, 18, injured in accident, shooting himself during hunting trip
- MO: Duck Hunter Falls Through Ice At Ted Shanks Conservation Area
- TX: Deer hunter shoots himself in his arm
- MA: Hunter falls from tree stand
- NY: Hunter died from heart attack in Fort Edward
- MA: Hunter falls out of tree in West Newbury, suffers serious injuries
- TN: Appalachian Trail Produces Deer Poacher
- MS: Man shot in Lauderdale County hunting accident
- WY: Deceased hunter evacuated from Little Sunlight
- MS: Kiln man killed in hunting accident
- AL: Flomaton Woman Killed During Illegal Deer Hunt
- SD: Search suspended for missing duck hunter
- AL: Alabama Football: Dakota Ball Out Indefinitely After Hunting Accident
November
- WY: Antelope hunter shoots himself in the foot
- IA: Hunter’s death turns family’s joy to grief
- WI: WI: Hunter paralyzed after fall
- WI: Hunter seriously injured after fall from tree stand
- WV: Medical examiner called after possible hunting accident
- WI: Hunter found dead in Lincoln Co. drowned in river
- MD: Hunter hurt near Hancock
- MD: Fatal hunting accident in Frederick, MD
- AR: Louisiana man identified as victim in fatal Arkansas hunting accident
- LA: One dead after Sabine Parish hunting accident
- FL: Duck Hunter Attacked By Alligator In Everglades
- MN: Missing St. Louis County Hunter Found Safe
- MI: Manton Man Hospitalized After Being Shot in Missaukee County
- TN: Hunting accident takes local man’s life in Sequatchie
- IN: Hunter Taken By Air Evac To Evansville Hospital After Tree Stand Fall
- AK: Duck hunter survives accidental shooting in face
- MO: Woman accidentally shoots dad with arrow
- CO: Aspen man injured while hunting near Meredith
- ME: 12-year-old shoots his own foot while hunting with father
- MT: Wilsall hunter died of apparent accidental gunshot wound
- AR: Sheriff: Woman mistaken for deer, fatally shot by hunter
- WA: Hunter pulled from river near Yakima dies
- MA: K-9 credited for finding missing hunter with Parkinson’s disease
- KY: Dad of missing Bardstown woman, Crystal Rogers, killed in hunting incident
- VT: Crews search for missing hunter in northern Vermont
- ME: Hunting accident lands Phippsburg man in hospital with gunshot wound
- MN: Hunter, 65, found dead near MN deer stand
- VT: Vermont police searching for missing hunter in Shrewsbury
- TX: Anderson County hunting fatality under investigation
- MN: Lake Park man shot while hunting
- IN: Indiana Conservation Officers Investigating Hunting Incident Causing Injury In Allen County
- CA: Lobster Diver Missing Near Manhattan Beach Found Dead
- TN: 79-Year-Old Hunter Falls From Tree Stand
- NY: Missing hunter found dead in Ellenburg
- NY: Two hunters die in season’s first weekend
- MI: Hunter still missing in Houghton County
- CO: Hunter Missing In White River National Forest Found Alive
- WV: Three hunting related accidents reported
- SC: Hunter mistaken for deer, shot, killed by brother on hunting trip
October
- PA: Man dies after hunting incident
- MT: Hunter struck by stray bullet in Musselshell County
- IN: Muncie deer hunter injured in fall from tree stand
- AK: Coast Guard Air Station Sitka crew rescues injured goat hunter
- ID: Lincoln County Search and Rescue finds missing hunter
- UT: Cedar City man dies following ATV crash
- NJ: Hunter hospitalized after 20-foot fall from tree stand
- KS: Bow hunter takes fall
- AR: Hunter Shot, Airlifted from Deer Camp
- CO: Bear attacks hunter
- UT: Body of overdue hunter found at bottom of cliff in Kane County
- MI: Authorities locate bodies of father and son duck hunters in Lake St. Clair
- WY: Hunter missing five days found safe
- LA: Deer hunter survives terrible fall
- MT: Hunter rescued after back injury near West Yellowstone
- CO: Hunter Sinks In Mud That Acted Like Quicksand
- MO: Missouri Trauma Surgeon Urges Hunters to Play it Safe in the Stands
- MN: Hancock man shot in hunting accident
- CA: Missing hunter found 2 days after getting lost
- ID: Calder hunter rescued
- NC: Hunter suffered fatal injuries from fall
- OR: One of Two Missing Hunters Found
- IN: 70-year-old Indiana hunter falls 25-feet from tree stand
- AR: Missing Sevier County hunter found after night in the woods
- ID: Hunter Rescued in Fremont County After Disappearing for Hours
- MO: Dad files suit after hunter from Clever dies in tree stand
- MT: Hunter injured in surprise encounter with bear near Ronan
- CA: Missing hunter found dead after apparent ATV mishap
- ND: 18-year-old Bismarck man dies in drowning incident while duck hunting
- WY: Injured hunter evacuated from North Fork on Sunday
- ID: Missing hunter found dead
- NE: Duck hunter rescued from marshy muck in northeast Nebraska
- IN: DNR: Local deer hunter injured in fall
- AK: 2 hunters rescued, 1 mauled near Hoonah
- ID: Hunter shot in Southeast Idaho
- MT: Hunter survives two ‘ferocious’ bear attacks
- WY: Grizzly Bear Attacks Hunter
- ID: Hunter rescued in North Idaho
September
- AK: Hunter found dead pinned under ATV in creek near Palmer
- MN: Anoka County Uses a Drone to Rescue Stranded Hunter
- WI: Duck hunter accidentally shoots himself
- AK: Bear mauls, injures Kentucky man on Alaska hunting trip
- MT: Body found at bottom of cliff in Crazy Mountains believed to be missing hunter
- ID: Man hunting in Riverside crawls for miles with broken leg before rescue
- AK: TMHS student dies of accidental gunshot
- MT: Two hunters hurt in separate Montana grizzly bear encounters
- WV: Man falls setting up tree stand on ridge between Crumpler and Windmill Gap
- ID: Hunter flown out of Idaho wilderness after fall from horse
- TX: Man killed after hunting incident
- NE: Man wounded while squirrel hunting, authorities say
- FL: Bartow teen’s body located
- ID: Man injured after being shot by his mother on hunting trip
August
- CA: Colusa man killed in hunting accident
- IN: Dove hunter shoots self in foot
- OR: Missing 75-year-old bow hunter found
- SC: Body found in Cottageville woods
- AK: Hunter drowns in Yukon River
July
June
- FL: Warren Sapp bitten by shark during lobster hunting trip
- OR: Teen squirrel hunter accidentally shot while hunting
- CA: Abalone diver dies off Mendocino Coast
- OH: 13-year-old shot in apparent hunting accident
May
- OR: Portland police chief shaking, had alcohol on breath when he first described hunting accident
- OR: Portland’s Police Chief Shot a Man in a Harney County Hunting Accident
- AK: Boy suffers accidental gunshot wound while hunting near Tok
- VT: Hunter shoots 16-year-old
- MI: Hunter mistaken for turkey, shot with crossbow
- VT: Boy, 13, accidentally shoots self in foot while hunting
April
- IN: Teen Shot In Hunting Accident
- OH: Turkey Hunter Shot
- MA: North Adams man seriously wounded in Williamstown hunting accident
- AK: Grizzly mauls bear hunter; hunting partner kills bear
- IN: Turkey hunter shot near Jim Davis Bridge
- IA: Deadly hunting accident leaves community in shock
- WI: Hunter killed in turkey hunting accident is identified
- SC: Man Killed in Aiken County Hunting Accident Identified
- CO: 12-year-old boy recovering after accidental shooting on hunting trip
- FL: Turkey hunter hit by bird shot
March
- AL: Hunting incident victim identified, incident ruled accident
- MS: Man shot in face by hunting partner in Carroll County
- FL: Hunter stuck in tree rescued
- AZ: Man shoots self while hunting snakes
- TX: Weatherford student killed while hunting in Wise County
- SD: Man seriously injured after shooting self in hunting accident
- TX: Texas man blames Remington defect for loss of leg
February
- TX: Magnolia fisherman dies in boat crash
- NY: Teen hunter shoots himself in foot
- MI: Man fatally shoots self while hunting coyotes
- MS: Accused headlighters caught, poacher convicted
- AL: Southside man continues to recover from hunting accident
- TX: ‘Highly respectedÂ’ Connecticut trooper dies in Texas hunting accident
- MI: Dad and Son, 4, Ice Fishing, Die After Falling Through Ice Into Lake in Michigan
January
- OR: Hunters injured in helicopter crash
- AK: Three moose hunters killed in boating accident
- KS: Hunter Drowns at Kansas Lake
- AR: Editor dies in fall from tree stand
- MO: Missing hunter’s body found in Scott County
- WI: Teen Accidentally Shot While Rabbit Hunting
- MS: Mississippi hunter arrested after admitting to killing dog
- MD: Search for missing duck hunters on Severn River suspended until storm passes
- IN: Garrett man shot himself while hunting
- OH: Hunter found shot dead in a field
- MN: Pheasant hunting injured Rochester doctor crawls 16 hours to survival
- MD: Poachers Who Shot Deer Decoy in St. Mary’s County Get Off Easy
- OK: Man shot in crane hunting incident
- MO: Search on for missing duck hunter
- MS: Hunter drowns
- VA: DC man charged in shooting death of Mechanicsville hunter
- WA: Hunter rescued after falling in Columbia River
- AL: Teen Shot By Brother In Hunting Accident
- OK: Norman man accidentally shot in hunting incident
- IL: Still no sign of missing hunter
- FL: Man killed in Oak Hill hunting accident, officials say
- NC: Friends still searching for missing Frisco hunter
2016 HUNTING / FISHING VIOLATIONS
December
- SD: Four area men charged with unlawful deer hunting, possession
- MD: Natural Resources Police Charge Three With Poaching
- CA: Two arrested for ‘spotlighting’ and other charges surrounding illegal deer hunting
- NY: Hunter Illegally Shot Mother Bear With Cubs
- MN: DNR Weekly Conservation Officer Report, Week Ending December 5, 2016
- OR: Moose shot and left to waste in Wallowa County
- MT: Men face charges for hunting violations
- MI: Man faces criminal charges for shooting at deer in city limits
- MA: Yarmouth Natural Resources seizes gun from unlicensed hunter
- NY: Poachers ticketed for spearing, netting trout
- MT: Hunter Hit with Costly Penalties After Mishap
- MI: Michigan poachers can’t duck state’s punishment
- CO: Southern Colorado undersheriff charged with violating state wildlife laws through his hunting outfitter
- IL: Lockport Fire Protection Dist. captain pleads guilty to hunting violation
- NM: New Mexico Nabs Poacher After Two Year Investigation
- NY deer hunter illegally shoots big buck: ‘I did it for my kid’
November
- NY: Upstate NY deer hunter arrested after shooting stepbrother on opening day
- KY: Fatal hunting accident emphasizes gun safety
- MN: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Nov 25, 2016
- DE: Fish and Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Oct. 31-Nov. 6
- MT: 2014 youth poaching ring case comes to close
- MN: DNR Report, Week Ending October 31, 2016
- DE: Fish and Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Oct. 24-30
- MN: DNR Weekly Report, Week Ending November 21, 2016
- MN: DNR Weekly Report, Week Ending October 28, 2016
- MN: DNR Weekly Report, Week Ending October 24, 2016
- MD: Maryland Natural Resources Police Charge La Plata Man and Juvenile With Illegal Deer Hunting
- OR: Pendleton hunter, outfitter pleads guilty to poaching mule deer
- CO: 4 hunters sentenced for illegal hunting in western Colorado
October
- MN: DNR Weekly Report, Week Ending October 31, 2016
- MD: Worton hunter charged with trespassing
- WY: Hunter sentenced after poaching deer, displaying at expo
- MO: Men arrested for illegally trapping over 400 turtles
- LA: Denham Springs man arrested for alligator hunting
- MT: Law Enforcement
- DE: Wildlife law enforcement police blotter
- TX: Beaumont man sentenced to 5 years of probation for shooting two cranes
- MI: Conservation report: Poaching at Groen preserve investigated
- DE: Fish and Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Oct. 3-9
- MT: Montana lawmaker convicted of poaching trophy whitetail buck
- MI: Michigan Poachers Busted With 58 Illegal Ducks
- PA: Somerset man charged with baiting deer and drinking while hunting
- TX: Juveniles connected to multi-county road hunting investigation
- IA: Deer poachers caught by their own website
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September
- DE: Fish and Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Sept. 19-25
- KS: 2 charged with illegal hunting on Kansas refuge
- NY: Illegal bear baiting with donuts, trophy buck taken out of season: DEC tickets
- NY: Illegal bear baiting with donuts, trophy buck taken out of season: DEC tickets
- DC: Illegal hunting in DC
- MN: DNR Weekly Report
- ME: Lobstermen arrested for tampering, fishing unmarked traps
- TN: 20 hunters charged in bear baiting case
- DE: Fish and Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Aug. 29-Sept. 4
- MN: DNR Weekly Conservation Officer (CO) Report
- AK: Wainwright hunters charged with poaching muskox
- OR: Bow hunter indicted after partner fatally shot
- KS: Kansas Game Wardens catch dove hunting violators in Rooks County
- AK: Nushagak hunter cited for taking cow moose
August
- MI: Conservation Officer Catches Man Using Illegal Turtle Traps In Roscommon Co.
- MI: Hunter pleads guilty in deer violation
- WY: 6 hunters cited for illegal deer hunting near Hyattville
- CO: Hunter Pleads Guilty To Shooting Ultralight Pilot
July
- NY: DEC officers nab off-season frog hunter
- ME: Man indicted on 21 counts of night hunting, other violations
- ME: Fire chief admits to illegally shooting bear in 2015 hunt
- MD: Hunter arrested on 125 wildlife violations
- CO: Three charged for poaching large deer in Colorado
- CO: Men illegally killed elk in Garfield County
- WV: 8 arrested in West Virginia illegal black bear hunt
June
- CT: Man Found Hunting On National Parks Service Property Pleads Guilty
- NY: Frogs, turtles confiscated from father and son hunting in Cayuga County
- MI: Facebook bragging costs hunter his license
- WI: Father and son investigated for poaching of world-class buck
- SC: Williams gets $75,000 fine, hunting ban in hawk-killing case
- IL: Wildlife traffickers sentenced in Illinois
- ID: Cortez gets 30 days for shooting bighorn
- SC: Lancaster men plead guilty to spotlighting in night hunt
May
- MT: Hays Man Found Guilty in District Court for Hunting Violations Involving Bull Elk
- ID: Archery hunter mistakenly shoots, kills grizzly in Idaho
- MT/WY: Crow Tribal Members Guilty of Illegal Elk Hunt
- WA: Hunter facing charges after death of beloved elk named Bullwinkle
- FL: Man cited for illegal hunting after gator foot found in dashboard of truck
- ID: Hunting violations
- MN: DNR Reports
- WV: Hunting violations can be costly
- CA: Live Oak hunter convicted of illegally baiting mourning doves
- ME: Eastbrook man sentenced to eight months for hunting violations
- IA: Guilty pleas entered to hunting violations
- LA: 2 cited for alleged alligator hunting violations
April
- IA: Richardson Pleads Guilty to Unlicensed Hunting
- ND: Man fined for acting as guide without North Dakota license
- ID: Cortez pleads guilty in bighorn sheep poaching case; judgement withheld
- CT: Hunter baited wild turkeys, hid behind blind
- CO: Mack outfitter guilty in bobcat-maiming scheme
- CO: Hunter guilty of illegally killing two trophy-sized elk
- MT: Great Falls man gets jail time over poached Elkhorn bulls
- PA: Hunter cited with shooting companion at Denver preserve
- ND: Father and son hunting guides charged with felonies
- NC: Elkin man who hoaxed big buck story pleads guilty to illegal hunting
- TN: Hunter arrested for trespassing found with drugs
- WI: Coyote hunter faces criminal charges for shooting death of pet dogs in Dane County
- PA: ‘Chronic poacher’ killed deer without license, officials say
- FL: Florida Fish and Wildlife Officers Arrest Two Men For Illegally Hunting Deer
- WY: A hunter who illegally killed a deer last year will spend time on probation as part of his sentence
- OR: Two men behind bars for poaching big horn sheep in Oregon
- OH: Two Plead guilty to hunting violations
- LA: Mississippi hunter cited for suspected baiting
March
- ME: Police chief guilty of baiting deer
- UT: Brothers charged with ‘party hunting’
- OH: Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Field Reports
- AL: License Violations Akin to Stealing
- LA: Angie man cited for turkey-hunting violations
- WY: Unusual mule deer poached in Wyoming, found at Utah expo
- OH: Wildlife officials crack down on poachers
- LA: Father, son found guilty of deer hunting violations on Kisatchie National Forest
- OR: Brothers convicted of killing dogs while hunting ordered to pay nearly $250, 000
- ID: Idaho farmer pleads not guilty to baiting, hunting ducks
- NY: Officers charge Norfolk man with trapping violations
- LA: Three Acadia men cited for hunting ducks out of season
February
- PA: Professional hunter pleads to baiting deer
- MD: Poacher suspended in dozens of states
- MD: Natural Resources Police Charge Three Charles County Men With Multiple Hunting Violations
- WI: Hunter considered medical miracle after surviving freak accident
- OH: Two charged for dead deer found in Avon Lake
- NY: Raccoon ‘trapper’ accused of starving, torturing animals
- TX: Hunting investigation leads to 2 arrests
- LA: Rabbit hunter allegedly a convicted felon in possession of a firearm
- MT: Northside trap violated city ordinance; mother won’t be cited for removing it
- FL: FWC Law Enforcement Report
- MI: Marquette man charged with illegal waterfowl hunting
- LA: Lafayette Parish man cited for hunting ducks and geese during closed season
- SD: Minnesota hunters fined for violations in Faulk County
- DE: Delaware man charged with more than 70 hunting violations
- ID: Man forfeits hunting for 2 years
- MI: Illegal hunter pays state for deer
- AK: Moose hunter charged with lying about Alaska residency
- AR: Three face charges in beating of deer
- NY: More than 20 pay DEC fines for violations
- TN: TWRA bans 2 poachers from hunting for life
January
- MN: DNR enforcement report – 1/20/16
- Hunting columnist reports on hunting violations
- WI: Politician has many hunting citations
- AZ: Ex-state lawmaker Antenori accused of hunting in closed area
- LA: Oak Grove man accused of hunting violations
- IA: DNR investigates possible illegal wolf hunting
- DE: Georgetown man facing drug, hunting violation charges
- LA: Arkansas man cited for hunting license fraud in Claiborne Parish
- MS: MDWFP: Shooting deer with the aid of lights on the rise
- NY: ACO charged in illegal trapping case that killed beloved pet
- LA: Three accused of night hunting
- VT: Hunter Receives six to seven days in jail
- NY: DEC Arrests Two Men for Illegal Trapping Activity at Seneca Army Depot
HARASSMENT BY HUNTERS
Documented: Emotional Stress, Physical Injury, and Property Damage Inflicted Upon Innocent People by Those Who Hunt, Fish, and Trap