2 more W.Va. hunters die during buck gun season
CHARLESTON, W.Va. --
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Two more hunters have died of heart attacks during the state's buck gun season, the state Division of Natural Resources said Tuesday.
The agency initially reported one hunting-related fatal heart attack. All three deaths occurred Monday.
Cumberland, Md., resident Charles Wilkinson, 67, was stricken while dragging a deer with a four-wheeler in the Germany Valley-North Mountain area in Pendleton County, the DNR said. According to the agency, another hunter tried to revive Wilkinson for an hour.
The DNR said a family member found Moorefield resident Randall Whetzel, 45, dead in his vehicle about 6 p.m. Monday in Hardy County.
Earlier, DNR had reported that Berkeley Springs resident Curtis Lane Walker, 73, died while hunting in Morgan County.
A fourth hunter was listed in stable condition after he slipped and shot himself in the ankle, DNR said.
The deaths marred a promising start to the state's main hunting season.
"We've had two nice days," DNR biologist Jeff McCrady said. "There's been quite a few deer brought in."
The agency doesn't expect more information on hunter success until several days after the season ends Dec. 5.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. --
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Two more hunters have died of heart attacks during the state's buck gun season, the state Division of Natural Resources said Tuesday.
The agency initially reported one hunting-related fatal heart attack. All three deaths occurred Monday.
Cumberland, Md., resident Charles Wilkinson, 67, was stricken while dragging a deer with a four-wheeler in the Germany Valley-North Mountain area in Pendleton County, the DNR said. According to the agency, another hunter tried to revive Wilkinson for an hour.
The DNR said a family member found Moorefield resident Randall Whetzel, 45, dead in his vehicle about 6 p.m. Monday in Hardy County.
Earlier, DNR had reported that Berkeley Springs resident Curtis Lane Walker, 73, died while hunting in Morgan County.
A fourth hunter was listed in stable condition after he slipped and shot himself in the ankle, DNR said.
The deaths marred a promising start to the state's main hunting season.
"We've had two nice days," DNR biologist Jeff McCrady said. "There's been quite a few deer brought in."
The agency doesn't expect more information on hunter success until several days after the season ends Dec. 5.
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The headlines to these articles seem strangely to blame the deaths on "Buck Gun Season." It is almost as if the headlines are posted to make folks who don't bother to read the story, and you know who you are, believe that the gun is to blame.
Watch for future pro gun control stories from the AP. Maybe I'm a little too sensative, but these stories and their titles remind me of the SUVs Kill garbage that we see.
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