December 7, 2011
By Bobby Cleveland, ClarionLedger.com
Two Mississippians have died in hunting-related incidents but
overall the 2011-12 season has had a safe start, according to state
wildlife officials.
Jerry Carter, the education administrator for the Mississippi
Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, said both fatalities
involved deer hunting.
One death was caused by a fall from a treestand and the other was
firearm related.
Since the Sept. 1 start of the 2011 hunting season, 13 total
incidents have been reported, Carter said, with 12 of the 13
involving deer hunting.
The other reported incident was dove hunting.
Carter said over half - eight - of the accidents reported were
treestand related. The other five were firearm related.
It appears a safe start to the long season, at least as compared
to the accident total from the previous one, from Sept. 1, 2010, to
May 1, 2011.
There were 38 total incidents reported that season including six
fatalities - four by firearm and two by treestand falls.
Last year, 30 deer-related accidents were reported. There were
two incidents reported involving hogs and two involving dove. There
was one each involving quail, turkey, rabbit and squirrel.
