Deer Takes Down Hunter

[billjames]

It's getting harder out there every day folks.

ALBION, Ind. -- A northeastern Indiana hunter has died after struggling with a buck he had just shot.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says 62-year-old Paul Smith of Fort Wayne died Monday during a deer reduction hunt at Chain O'Lakes State Park about 20 miles northwest of the city. It says the Noble County coroner says the death was due to a lacerated liver, possibly suffered during the struggle. ...Full Story

 

[MA-Caver]

At least he wasn't shot by another hunter.
Wounded animals will fight until they're dead or safe. Simply shooting an animal will not guarantee that you kill it. Hitting the vitals and waiting a sufficient amount of time for it to die or finding a safer way to dispatch it is the key. Tragic for this hunter's family, but it's a risk going out into the wilds (even a state park). Everyone should know that.

 

[Scott T]

For some reason, I can't feel sympathy for the hunter. The deer, wounded, took out his agressor despite the agressor having a weapon.