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Hunt Accident
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“The 45 hunting accidents ported to the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries during the 1966-67 fiscal year is significantly below the 57 reported during the two previous years" said Safety Officer James N. Kerrick. Only seven of last year’s accidents were fatal as opposed tc 9 fatalities the year before. Shotguns were the weapon involved in 29 of the accidents. High powered rifles and small bore rifles were involved in 7 acc idents each, and two accidents involved handguns. Twenty- three of those involved were hunting small game, 17 were in pursuit of big game and 5 were after nongame species when the mishaps occurred. Most of the accidents occurred in light to open cover and at less than 50 yards. Over half of the accidents were caused by careless gun handling including defect ive weapons which went off accidentally. Stumbling and falling with a loaded weapon was the leading offender in this category. Victims misjtaken
for game and moving into The line of fire were the most frequent factors in the cases where the shooter fired interHi tionally, and most of thefatali ties occurred in this type of accident. Over 36,000 Virginia youths have graduated from the Game Commission - National Rifle Association Hunter Safety course to date. Four of the graduates were involved in hunting accidents last year two sustaining self-inflicted wounds and two injuring other hunters. Over half of the accidents still involve hunters 19 years of age or younger, most of whom have not had the bene fit of hunter safety education.
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