IN: Hunter accused of poaching ‘deer of lifetime’
December 5, 2012 From Indianapolis News LYNN, Ind. — Austin M. Spain bagged an antlered deer that could have gone down in the record books. Instead, he faces a criminal record and being booked into…
IN: 2 area hunters hospitalized after falling from tree stands
December 4, 2012 From JournalGazette.net (Lakeville, Clunette)-Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating two separate hunting accidents which hospitalized the victims. Jason Dudley (46) of South Bend and Joseph Morehead (60) of Milford sustained serious injuries when…
AL: Phone saved hunter’s life
December 4, 2012 From AndalusiaStarNews.com A Perdido, Fla., man, who fell from a tree stand in the Conecuh National Forest, is recovering after using his cell phone to call for help Sunday. Sheriff Dennis Meeks…
VA: Injured hunter rescued in Rockbridge County
December 3, 2012 From WDBJ7.com ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, Va.— A hunter hurt himself in the Petites Gap area of Rockbridge County when he fell from a rock Monday and dislocated his shoulder and cut his head.
IA: Five Hunters Injured During Opening Weekend of Shotgun Deer Season
December 2, 2012 By Jay Knoll, KCRQ.com CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Overall, five people were injured, none fatally, on Sunday, the second day of the shotgun deer season in Iowa. Around noon in Monroe County,…
PA: Butler County hunter dies in Mahoning ATV crash
December 3, 2012 From TribLiv.com MAHONING — Mark Anthony Stawinski, 53, of Buffalo Township, Butler County, died sometime between 9 a.m. 4:45 p.m. as he was retrieving a deer he had shot earlier in the…
NY: Hunter Shot By Companion In Upstate NY
December 1, 2012 From WETMTV.com CHESTER, N.Y. (AP) – Terry Lavergne, 53, of Warrensburg, N.Y. was killed Saturday at about 8:20 a.m. in the woods near Chester. The Warren County sheriff’s office says he was…
IL: Former Wareco owner killed in Pike hunting accident
December 1, 2012 From WLDS.com Fifty-nine-year-old John Robert “Bob” Ware died of a single gunshot wound. The Pike County Sheriff’s Office received a call at 7:45 this morning of a hunting accident in rural Chambersburg.…
LA: Duck-hunting juvenile shot in head
Decembder 1, 2012 From TheAdvocate.com A 15-year-old boy was shot in the head with a 12-gauge shotgun and wounded early Saturday in a duck-hunting accident in Livonia. The teenager was one of three boys in…
SD: Man hospitalized after hunting accident
December 1, 2012 From AberdeenNews.com A man was taken to the emergency room at Avera St. Luke’s Hospital Saturday afternoon after a pheasant hunting accident in Spink County, said Nick Cochran, game warden with the…