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WISCONSIN HUNTING 2017 ANNUAL PROGRAM REPORT Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Law Enforcement Pub-LE-0006-2017
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WISCONSIN HUNTING
2017 ANNUAL PROGRAM REPORT
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Law Enforcement Pub-LE-0006-2017
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Table of Contents
Contents Program Scope .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Program Contacts .............................................................................................................................................. 3 Program Summary ............................................................................................................................................ 4 Accident Investigation, Reporting and Administration ........................................................................................................... 4 2017 All Incident Summary .............................................................................................................................. 4 Animals being hunted .................................................................................................................................................................. 5 Type of firearm ............................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Contributing Factors ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Shooter Statistics ........................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Shooter age................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Shooter hunter education graduate .......................................................................................................................................... 7 Activity shooters involved in ....................................................................................................................................................... 7 2017 Deer Season Summary ............................................................................................................................. 8 History gun deer incidents .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Gun deer self-inflicted (SI) vs same party (SP) ...................................................................................................................... 9 Deer drives .................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Deer season firearms ................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Licensed hunters & Incident rate per 100,000 .....................................................................................................................10 Enforcement .................................................................................................................................................... 10 Safety Education .............................................................................................................................................. 11 Public Outreach ............................................................................................................................................... 11 Untracked Incidents and Treestand Safety ...................................................................................................... 12 Recreational Safety Warden Map .................................................................................................................... 13 Wisconsin hunting incident summary - 2017 .................................................................................................. 14
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ANNUAL PROGRAM REPORT Program Scope The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) Hunter Education and Bowhunter Education Program mission is to promote safety, conservation, and Wisconsin’s hunting heritage through a comprehensive educational program.
The Wisconsin DNR Hunter Education Program goals are:
1. To develop, deliver and maintain standardized curriculum that meets or exceeds the International Hunter Education Associations (IHEA) and the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) recommendations and standards for basic and advanced hunter education programs.
2. To enhance and sustain a progressive, professional, consistent, effective and efficient WI DNR Hunter Education Program.
3. To recruit, reactivate and retain safe, knowledgeable and responsible hunters. 4. To increase public awareness and understanding of the value and role of hunting in sound wildlife
management and conservation.
One of the Bureau of Law Enforcement goals is to enhance opportunity, safety and enjoyment of outdoor recreational experiences in Wisconsin. This strategy to accomplish this goal is to;
Enhance outdoor recreational sporting opportunities by reducing the number of incidents, fatalities, user conflicts and property damage through education and collaborative efforts with internal and external partners.
Hunting in Wisconsin is safe; as demonstrated by the continued downward trend in hunting incidents.
Wisconsin has a strong tradition of safe hunting, it is everyone’s responsibility to continue this tradition. Program Contacts Jon King, Hunter Education Administrator Keith Warnke, R3 Team Supervisor Bureau of Law Enforcement Bureau of Law Enforcement phone: (608) 575-2294 phone: (608) 576-5243 fax: (608) 266-3696 fax: (608) 266-3696 email: [email protected] email: [email protected]
Brenda VonRueden, Hunter Education Program Specialist Ashley VanEgtern, Hunter Education Program Assistant Bureau of Law Enforcement Bureau of Law Enforcement phone: (608) 267-7509 phone: (608) 267-7509 fax: (608) 266-3696 fax: (608) 266-3696 email: [email protected] email: [email protected]
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Program Summary
Accident Investigation, Reporting and Administration
Conservation Wardens conduct thorough investigations to learn what happened in hunting-related shooting incidents. The program’s lengthy historical data and inquiries into the circumstances of each incident is used to make effective modifications to the hunter education curriculum, regulations, media outreach efforts, and training o f our volunteers and department staff.
29.341 Duties on accidental shooting
(1) Any person who, while hunting any wild animal or bird, discharges a firearm or arrow, and by that discharge injures or kills another person, shall immediately give his or her name and address to the injured person, render assistance to the injured person and obtain immediate medical or hospital care for the injured person, and immediately report the injury or death to the sheriff or police of the locality in which the shooting took place.
2017 All Incident Summary There were 22 hunting incidents, including one fatality during the 2017 hunting season. Hunting is a safe activity in Wisconsin and continues to be safe, with 2017 incidents below the 10-year average.
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The point of always identifying your target, what’s in front of it and beyond it before shooting needs to be reinforced by all hunters! Never shoot at sound and movement. 18% of 2017 incidents contributed to the shooter failing to identify the target. Having a safe zone of fire and safe backstop are equally as important as knowing your target.
36% of the incidents were self-inflicted which means the muzzle was not pointed in a safe direction and towards the hunter’s body; this is a 9% increase from last year. Constant attention to the 4 basic rules of firearms safety are necessary to keep yourself and others safe while afield.
Even as we congratulate ourselves we must continue to improve on this record because as we all know any incident is ONE too many. In 2017, Wisconsin finished just below the 10-year average of 23 incidents per year.
Animals being hunted
Based on license sales gun deer hunting was the top hunting activity with the highest number of incidents.
The incident rate for gun deer hunting at approximately 0.22 per hundred thousand hunter days afield is the lowest of the species. Pheasant hunting has the highest incident rate at approximately 1.0 incidents per hundred thousand hunter days
Type of firearm Rifles and shotguns remain the type of firearm involved most often in hunting incidents. Shotguns (55%) Rifles (36%) and Handguns (9%). There were no incidents involving bows, crossbows, or muzzleloaders in 2017.
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Shotgun 1255%
Rifle 836%
Handgun 29%
Type of Firearm
Shotgun 12 Rifle 8 Handgun 2
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Contributing Factors
In every hunter education course, DNR Volunteer Hunter Education instructors stress the need to fully understand and follow the four basic rules of firearm safety. Protect yourself and your fellow hunting partners by following these essential four rules. The four rules of firearm safety can be remembered by the acronym TABK.
Treat every firearm as if it was loaded - Never assume a firearm is unloaded and never treat it that way, even if you watch as it is unloaded. Make it a habit to treat firearms like they are loaded at all times.
Always point the muzzle in a safe direction – A five-year average says 36% of all hunting incidents are self-inflicted injuries. That means the muzzle was pointed at some part of the hunter’s body. A safe direction is a direction where the bullet will travel and harm no one in the event of an unwanted discharge. There are no accidental discharges with firearms, only unwanted discharges.
Be certain of your target and what is beyond it - Positive target identification is a must. To shoot at something you only think is a legal target is gambling with human life. You must be absolutely certain and correct in judgment before deciding to shoot. Otherwise, it is reckless behavior. In addition to identifying the target, a hunter must know that a safe backstop for their bullet is present in every shooting situation. We don’t always hit our target, and, in some cases, the bullet passes through the target. A safe backstop guarantees that no one will get hurt.
Keep your finger outside the trigger guard until ready to shoot - Your finger has no business being anywhere near the trigger until you intentionally want to shoot something.
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Victim Out of Sight of Shooter
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Trigger Caught on Object
Carless handling/use of a Firearm
Firearm Fell, Insecure Rest
Shooter Stumbled and Fell
Victim Covered by Shooter Swinging on Game
Ricochet
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Contributing Factors
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Shooter Statistics
Shooter age 9% of the shooters were juveniles (under age 18) 91% of the hunting incidents were caused by adult hunters. Historically, on a ten-year average, juveniles have contributed to just over 20% of the total numbers of incidents.
Shooter hunter education graduate The Hunter Education Program is committed to teaching, developing and retaining safe, knowledgeable, and responsible hunters whether they are a novice or experienced hunter. 27% of the shooters involved in an incident had not completed a hunter safety education course and 73% were graduates of the hunter education program.
The average age of the shooter in all incidents in 2017 was 40. Hunter education is mandatory for anyone born on or after January 1, 1973.
Activity shooters involved in
The activity the shooter was involved in at the time of the incident helps focus hunter education lessons to include hunting methods and how to safely engage in each.
These activities include: still hunting, which involves stopping for extended periods to scan and listen for game; and, stalking, which involves following tracks.
Flushing of game birds was the highest incident activity in 2017 while still hunting and stalking remain among the most popular activities involved in hunting incidents.
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Shooter - Hunter Education Graduate
Age 12-179%
Age 18-3023%
Age 31-40 13%
Age 41-5023%
Age 51-6014%
Over 6018%
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2017 Deer Season Summary
Nearly 600,000 hunters head to the woods for the opening weekend of the annual nine-day gun deer hunt year after year. DNR Bureau of Law Enforcement's conservation wardens investigated 7 non-fatal hunting incidents in seven counties during the gun-deer season. One incident occurred in each of the following counties; Brown, Clark, Forest, Ozaukee, Shawano, Washburn and Waukesha. One of the incidents involved a deer drive. The average age of the shooter involved in these 7 incidents was 37 years of age. There were no fatalities during the nine-day gun deer hunt in 2017. As always, one incident is one too many, and our hearts go out to anyone impacted by a hunting incident.
Deer hunting in Wisconsin is safe; as demonstrated by our continued downward trend in hunting incidents. Six out of the last 10 deer seasons were fatality-free and nine out of the last 10 deer seasons involved single digit incidents.
Female participation in hunting continues to be a popular trend. Approximately 33% of the 20,000 hunter safety graduates in Wisconsin were female, not including archery. 11% of the licensed deer hunters were female and 29% percent of first time gun deer buyers were female, which remains steady.
History gun deer incidents
Note the downward trend in gun deer season incidents.
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Gun deer self-inflicted (SI) vs same party (SP)
Five of the seven incidents involved a self-inflicted injury (72%), 1 incident involved members of the same hunting party, and 1 incident involved separate hunting parties.
Always point the muzzle in a safe direction, away from yourself and others.
Having a safe zone of fire and safe backstop is equally important as knowing your target, what’s in front of it and beyond it.
Deer drives 14% of the gun deer incidents in 2017 involved same party deer drive incidents.
Planning your hunt and hunting your plan is essential; know where your hunting partners are at all times.
Deer season firearms
Shotgun, 1, 14%
Rifle, 5, 72%
Handgun, 1, 14%
Deer Season Firearms (2017)
Same Party14%
Self Inflicted72%
Different Hunting Parties
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Gun Deer SI vs. SP (2017)
Deer Drive14%
Non Deer Drive86%
Deer Drives (2017)
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Even though our number of licensed hunters has remained fairly steady over the past 50 years, our hunting incident rate has dropped substantially.
Licensed hunters & Incident rate per 100,000
The average annual hunting incident rate for the last 50 years broken into 10-year increments
Enforcement One of the goals of the warden service is to create a safe and enjoyable outdoor recreational environment for everyone. State conservation wardens provide guidance and education for a hunter who is unaware of law changes or makes an error. In the interest of public safety, Conservation Wardens place emphasis on safety violations, which include possessing loaded firearms inside motorized vehicles, discharging firearms across a highway, and hunting without the required color clothing during gun deer seasons.
Of the 1,031 total hunting citations issued, 26% were related to hunting safety violations.
HUNTING SAFETY CITATIONS FOR 2017 Place or possess a loaded firearm (other than a handgun), inside a moving or stationary motorized vehicle 97 Discharge a firearm from or across a highway or within 50 feet of the center of a roadway 43 Hunt within 50 feet of road’s center 36 Hunt without required color clothing during a gun deer season 23 Load (other than a handgun), or discharge a firearm in or from a motorized vehicle. 20 Shine wild animals while possessing a firearm, bow and arrow or crossbow 19 Place, possess or transport a loaded or an uncased cocked crossbow in or on a vehicle. 11 Hunt deer or bear before or after hunting hours. - less than 30 min 10 Hunt game (other than bear or deer) before or after hunting hours - less than 30 min. 9 Transport loaded or uncased firearm or a strung or uncased bow on ATV or UTV 7
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723 traditional hunter education courses 104 internet field day courses 172 adult test-outs 72 archery courses including adult online
certifications
Safety Education Due to the work of the volunteer hunter safety education instructor corps, conservation wardens, and the DNR’s Recreational Safety and Outdoor Skills Section, 2017 was another safe year, staying just below the 10-year average.
We currently have more than 3,200 active volunteer hunter education instructors. 885 Internet field day certified instructors, approximately 20 WDNR staff support the adult test-out program and just over 800 archery instructors.
In 2017, over 20,000 students were certified. 15,187 in basic hunter education, 2,318 took the internet field day, 1,973 adults certified, and 1,305 students certified in archery.
Public Outreach Each year the hunter education program develops a media outreach plan related to hunting safely; the 4 basic rules of firearm safety, tree-stand safety and the promotion of getting enrolled in hunter education classes.
WDNR uses a multi-media approach including: digital advertisement, radio interviews, radio ads, social media, and news print releases. During the fall of 2017 there were a total of 71 radio spots during a six-week time frame over 82 radio network stations.
The hunter education program also maintains a presence at Wisconsin’s Midwest Outdoor Heritage Education Expo and other localized events throughout the year.
The DNR’s Webpage is updated with home page banners and features that link to safety videos and educational opportunities.
Multiple Facebook posts were used during the 2017-gun deer season reaching over 34,000 people with firearm safety and reaching over 30,000 people with tree-stand safety.
The 2017 digital tree-stand safety campaign hit over 2 million impressions and over 11,000 clicks, a 20% increase in impressions and clicks than in 2016. A tree-stand safety awareness campaign was also completed October 10th thru November 26th, 2017. 8 email blasts were sent to over 96,000 unique emails. The goal was to bring awareness to tree-stand safety and for hunters to further their education by taking a free tree-stand safety course.
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Untracked Incidents and Treestand Safety Every year, media outlets have reported on hunter deaths or injuries throughout the season. These reports are often related to death by natural causes or injuries from tree-stand falls. Although to hunting WDNR does not track or include these events in statistical reports. Our efforts to promote safe tree-stand behavior include public safety announcements each year leading up to and during hunting seasons. WDNR’s message reminds hunters to take the time and always inspect their stands, especially those that are left up all year. An inspection should include an inspection of the tree; checking the integrity of the straps to make sure animals haven’t chewed on them and they are not decayed; pulling on the stand and move it around to see how much it moves; and checking the hardware to make sure nuts and bolts are tight and make any adjustments that need to be made. The WDNR strongly recommends that people take the free Tree Stand Safety Course which is provided directly from our tree-stand safety web page http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/hunt/treestand.html.
Tree-stand safety is a mandatory part of the Wisconsin Hunter Education program with emphasis on the use of:
safety harnesses maintaining 3 points of contact with your ladder stand use of a haul line (to raise and lower) unloaded firearms and
bows use of a life line to keep you connected from the time you
leave the ground to the time you get back down regular safety inspections of all tree-stands suspension trauma
“Stay Connected”
“Live to Hunt Again”
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Recreational Safety Warden Map
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Wisconsin hunting incident summary - 2017
# Date/Time Final Report
Location Injury Descriptio
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Fatal Self-Inflicte
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Shooter Age / Sex /
Hunter Safety
Certified
Victim Age / Sex /
Hunter Safety
Certified
Type of Firearm
1. 04/01/2017 6:00pm
Yes Dodge Private
Welts to chest, right hand and chipped tooth
No SP - Same Party
32yr M Yes
66yr M Yes
20 Gauge Semi-Auto Action Shotgun
Synopsis:
The shooter was hunting pheasant. Bird flushed behind line of hunters and shooter shot hitting victim while swinging on game.
2. 04/17/2017 12:00am
Yes Dodge Private
Male: shrapnel abrasion to right shin Female: shrapnel abrasion to left shin and right leg just above knee
No SI - Self Inflicted
44yr M No
Victim #1 - 44yr M No Victim #2 - 74yr F No
.22 Caliber Semi-Auto Action Rifle
Synopsis:
The shooter was hunting a nuisance raccoon. Shooter shot raccoon straight down and bullet passed through raccoon and shattered on concrete floor causing shrapnel wounds to legs.
3. 05/10/2017 9:30am
Yes Oneida Public
Injury to left side of face/head
No SP - Same Party
64yr M No
42yr M Yes
20 Gauge Semi-Auto Action Shotgun
Synopsis:
The shooter was hunting turkey. Shooter shot at movement and what he thought was a turkey hitting victim in face and head area.
4. 05/21/2017 7:32am
Yes Vernon Private
bullet entered right side of body underneath armpit
Yes SP - Same Party
15yr M Yes
17yr M Yes
.22 Caliber Semi-Auto Action Handgun
Synopsis:
The shooter and victim were at the vehicle planning a sneak up on turkeys they saw in the field. The victim asked the shooter to toss the handgun which landed on the console of the vehicle and discharged.
5. 05/21/2017 8:10am
Yes Dunn Private
3" #6 shot to inside front of left knee
No SP - Same Party
63yr M Yes
51yr M Yes
12 Gauge Pump Action Shotgun
Synopsis:
The shooter and victim were hunting turkeys sitting in low profile camouflage hunting chairs. Victim needed to get up so he passed the gun, stock first, to the shooter who grasped the gun near the curved portion of the stock with heavier weight gloves when the gun discharged.
6. 07/06/2017 8:30pm
Yes Barron Public
gun shot to middle toe of right foot
No SI - Self Inflicted
18yr M Yes
Same as Shooter
.243 Caliber Bolt Action Rifle
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Synopsis:
The shooter/victim was standing with gun loaded and resting on his foot. As he reached inside his vehicle to grab his keys the firearm slipped and when the victim grabbed the gun he pulled the trigger causing firearm to discharge.
7. 09/18/2017 6:30pm
Yes Dunn Public
bullet entered through the upper right leg, exited through inner right leg, and lodged in the upper left leg
No SP - Same Party
31yr M Yes
25yr M Yes
.22 Caliber Semi-Auto Action Rifle
Synopsis:
The shooter was hunting squirrel. Shooter wounded squirrel and chased it to a tree trunk that was approximately 3 to 4 feet off the ground. Shooter shot one time striking the victim who was standing on the other side of the squirrel’s location.
8. 09/19/2017 5:30pm
Yes Sheboygan Public
shotgun pellets to the right side of the back
No Neither 64yr M No
23yr M No
20 Gauge Action Unknown Shotgun
Synopsis:
The shooter was hunting squirrel. Shooter failed to identify target. Shooter shot at what he thought was a squirrel hitting victim in the back.
9. 09/30/2017 8:00am
Yes Milwaukee Private
bird shot to chest and thigh area
No SP - Same Party
61yr M No
61yr M No
12 Gauge Semi-Auto Action Shotgun
Synopsis:
The shooter and victim were stalking geese in shooters yard. Shooter and victim walked around house in two different directions leaving the geese in between them. Shooter discharged his shotgun three times in the direction of the victim and shooters home, hitting victim, and causing damage to window and siding of home.
10. 10/14/2017 12:00pm
Yes Calumet Public
single pellet wound to the right cheek on face
No SP - Same Party
52yr M Yes
26yr M Yes
12 Gauge Semi-Auto Action Shotgun
Synopsis:
The shooter and victim were hunting pheasants. Victim went after dog into wooded area and flushed bird in the meantime, shooter swung on the flushed bird and fired hitting victim with one pellet.
11. 10/15/2017 6:55am
Yes Chippewa Private
fractured clavicle, heavy bruising on right bicep, abrasion to bridge of nose and laceration to right hand between middle and index finger
No SI - Self Inflicted
49yr M Yes
Same as Shooter
12 Gauge Pump Action Shotgun
Synopsis:
The shooter/victim was hunting waterfowl. As the shooter/victim shot at passing ducks he shot once, the firearm blasted loudly, and the percussion from the discharge made him spin in a circle and fall backward 10feet, landing on his back. Loads were factory and not self-reloaded.
12. 10/20/2017 Unknown
Yes Rusk Public
numerous shotgun pellet
No SP - Same Party
56yr M No
72yr M Yes
12 Gauge Semi-Auto
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wounds to upper thigh and abdominal area
Action Shotgun
Synopsis:
The shooter was hunting grouse. Victim was approximately 40 yards to left of shooter and slightly elevated from shooter. Grouse flushed between shooter and victim. Shooter shot two rounds striking victim.
13. 10/21/2017 5:15pm
Yes Washburn Public
shotgun pellets to left arm, hip and leg
No SP - Same Party
29yr M Yes
30yr M Yes
12 Gauge Break/Hinge Action Shotgun
Synopsis:
The shooter was hunting woodcock. Woodcock flushed between line of hunters, shooter fired hitting victim.
14. 10/21/2017 9:23am
Yes St Croix Private
#6 shot to head, neck and upper torso, unable to see out of right eye
No SP - Same Party
13yr M Yes
73yr M No
20 Gauge Semi-Auto Action Shotgun
Synopsis:
The shooter was hunting pheasant. Pheasant flushed between group of hunters. Shooter shot twice at pheasant failing to identify his safe zone of fire hitting victim.
15. 11/12/2017 10:00am
Yes Fond Du Lac Private
shotgun pellets to the face, wrist, hand and lower leg
No Neither 45yr M Yes
45yr F No
12 Gauge Action Pump Shotgun
Synopsis:
The shooter was hunting pheasant. Victim, non-hunter was retrieving dog that was chasing a pheasant, pheasant flushed and flew near shooter who shot one time hitting victim. Victim was not participating in the hunt.
16. 11/18/2017 5:21am
Yes Brown Private
right ankle injury
No SI - Self Inflicted
49yr M Yes
Same as Shooter
270 Caliber Bolt Action Rifle
Synopsis:
The shooter was hunting deer. Shooter/victim was preparing the rifle prior to getting into hunting stand when the firearm discharged striking victim in right ankle.
17. 11/18/2017 9:20am
Yes Forest Public
gunshot wound through upper right leg and lower left leg
No SI - Self Inflicted
49yr M Yes
Same as Shooter
30-06 Caliber Bolt Action Rifle
Synopsis:
The shooter was hunting deer. Upon spotting a deer, the victim manipulated a loaded 30-06 rifle positioned in the cab of vehicle when it discharged hitting victim in the right upper leg and exiting the lower left leg.
18. 11/18/2017 1:10pm
Yes Shawano Private
45 caliber handgun wound to upper right thigh, entry and exit wound on the same side
No SI - Self Inflicted
51yr M No
Same as Shooter
45 Caliber Semi-Auto Action Handgun
Synopsis:
The shooter/victim was walking to deer stand when he bent over to pick up a turkey feather. When he stood up and took a step the holstered handgun fired hitting victim in the upper right thigh.
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19. 11/22/2017 12:25pm
Yes Ozaukee Private
bullet passed through upper leg
No SP - Same Party
24yr M Yes
53yr M Yes
30.06 Caliber Semi-Auto Action Rifle
Synopsis:
The shooter was one of two posters/standers in a deer drive. Antlered deer was jumped and doubled back towards the drivers. Both posters/standers shot hitting victim in upper leg.
20. 11/23/2017 9:38am
Yes Clark Private
bullet went through top of left foot and exited right side
No SI - Self Inflicted
27yr M Yes
Same as Shooter
300 Caliber Semi-Auto Action Rifle
Synopsis:
The shooter/victim was walking through an open plowed cornfield when the firearm started to discharge. At least three rounds went off with one of the rounds hitting the victim in the top of left foot.
21. 11/24/2017 7:25pm
Yes Washburn Public
gunshot wound to top right foot in the ankle area exiting out the bottom of foot
No SI - Self Inflicted
24yr M Yes
Same as shooter
7mm Caliber Bolt Action Rifle
Synopsis:
The shooter/victim was retrieving hunting ground blind and chair after hunting hours (dark). While carrying the hunting equipment victim heard safety click off. Victim reached down to put the safety back on, tripped, and inadvertently hit the trigger causing a discharge striking victim in the top of foot.
22. 11/26/2017 1:15pm
Yes Waukesha Public
bullet struck both legs
No Neither 32yr M Yes
32yr M Yes
12 Gauge Action Pump Shotgun
Synopsis:
The victim was waterfowl hunting from a kayak. The victim was struck by a stray bullet from a deer hunter.
