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By Alexandra B<3gdanovic

Rappahannock News Staff Writer

Virginia game Warden Matt Miller’s easy-going smile vanished from his face as he addressed students in a hunter education program on Saturday.

“The press loves to use this phrase — but there is no such thing as a hunting accident,” he told his audience. “If one hunter shoots and kills another hunter, it is a homicide. If you (are hunting) in this county and you shoot and kill someone else, I will charge you with murder.”

The game warden was just as adamant about another topic: Hunting and drinking don’t mix, he said. There is zero tolerance for it.1

“Go out and (have a good time) hunting and then go home and have a couple of drinks (with your buddies),” he advised. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with swapping exaggerated stories about the day’s activities, he said.

During his presentation, Miller taught about 90 students about general aspects of game

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