A second deer hunter has died from an accidental shooting during Wisconsin’s nine-day gun season. Douglas County sheriff’s deputies said a man was accidentally shot by his hunting partner late the afternoon of Monday, Nov. 19. near Superior.Tree-stand deer hunting is one of the most pathetic ways I can think of to slaughter animals, but I certainly wouldn't wish anyone to die like that. The others are pathetic too, shooting each other, breaking the 4 Rules of Gun Safety at will.
Rescuers had to cut brush, so an all-terrain vehicle could reach the victim. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and his name was not immediately released.
A 22-year-old man, Thomas Stamborski, also died after being shot while hunting at Fort McCoy on the season’s opening day. Stamborski was the first hunter to be shot in Wisconsin since 2009.
The current deer season has claimed at least four lives. The Langlade County forestry director was found unresponsive in a wooded area near Gleason, and a Green Bay man died after falling from a tree stand west of Wausau.
It's pathetic, sick and pathetic.
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
Such a sensitive type you are. Do you also pick up worms from the sidewalk after it rains so they don't die from the sun?
ReplyDeleteThey're stupid deer, Mikey. They'd die a more painful prolonged death from infection and exposure if nature took its course. You should be thanking hunters for alleviating the suffering of these poor animals.
The biggest lie about hunting is that it's all about saving the poor animals for unnecessary suffering.
DeleteYour side is noted for its inability to understand what a lie is, and here's another example.
Delete"The biggest lie about hunting is that it's all about saving the poor animals for unnecessary suffering. "
DeleteYou're confusing a reason for hunting with a benefit of hunting. You're fooling no one.
No, you hunting defenders are the ones confusing that. I recognize the humane culling of a herd as a positive side effect in some cases. You are the ones who keep touting it as the reason for doing the sick business of slaughtering animals. And when you do it by hiding in a tree stand, you are particularly sick.
DeleteName one.
DeleteApparently you never been hunting cause its not easy sneaking up on a deer
ReplyDeleteSick and pathetic for a human being to hunt a deer, but noble and appropriate when the deer falls victim to disease? How about when another animal predator kills a deer? Deer are prey. That's the function that they play in nature. We've removed most of the predators from their environment long ago.
ReplyDeleteBut if you want to go on about accidents, remember that the total number of deaths due to accidental gunfire is around six hundred in a year--from all types of accidents. If falling out of a stand is what worries you, more than 10,000 die every year from falls of various kinds.
Mikeb, life is dangerous. Your hyperfocus on one particular danger must be a defense mechanism to avoid facing the total risk that we all face.
Generally speaking, hunting is relatively evenly split between stalking and waiting. In this respect, tree-stands are no different than any other type of 'blind hunting', except perhaps for the slightly better field of view, and the greater risk of falling (which you have conveniently attempted to camoflauge as a 'gun death'). So your moral hysteria on that score is an utter straw-man, intended as distraction and camoflauge.
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting
"Moral hysteria?" I'm just expressing my opinion. What might the distraction and camouflage be? I thought I was pretty clear about it.
DeleteYou are quite the idiot. Overpopulation is bad and hunting is great bonding time with family and its good for the freezer. If people would be careful in a tree stand then the acidents would be greatly be reduced.
DeleteAnyone who disagrees with you is an idiot, right?
DeleteYou're another true sportsman who sits in a tree stand waiting to surprise an animal, but you do it for the animal's good and to bond with the family.
You are an American hero, my friend.