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Hunting Fatalities
Down 1962-63 Season
Hunting fatalities in the Old Dominion during 196263 season were 50% below the previous season’s level, according to Game Commission Safety Officer J.N. Kerrick. Hunting accidents for the year totalled 40 comI pared to 44 for the previous i season but fatalities were j halved dropping from 10 to 5.
| Twenty-six of the reported hunting accidents, or 65%, involved a hunter who was nineteen years old or under, i “This emphasizes the need
j for hunter safety training j for people in this age group", Kerrick said.
Fourteen of the 40 accidents were self inflicted and | twenty-six were caused by
j another hunter. Twenty-nine of the accidents involved shotguns, six involved high powered rifles and five involved small bore rifles. Bath County had the worst
record with four accidents. Among the accidents caused by careless gun handling, stumbling and falling with a Ibaded weapon took the greatest toll followed closely by crossing fences. Only one j accident was blamed on a de| fective weapon. In the accidents where the hunter intentionally pulled the trigger victims mistaken for game topped the list. Victims moving into the line of fire or out of sight of the shooter were also important causes of this type of accident. Squirrel hunting was the most dangerous sport accounting for 10 of the accidents, two of which were fatal. Deer hunting ran a close second resulting in 8 accidents and two fatalities. Even rabbit hunting wasn’t much safer with eight accidents and one fatality. No sport was completely safe as accidents happened while hunting turkeys, coons, bobcats, quail, crows, bears, doves, skunks, blackbirds, and even wild dogs.
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