With what frequency are non-fatal hunting accidents prosecuted?
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My understanding is that it is not illegal to accidentally shoot someone while hunting.  If that is correct, then the answer is never.\n\nAccording to CNN, Cheney has been officially cleared and the shooting was ruled a hunting accident.
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not aware of an accident dont know what that is? So for now I would say 4 if your going to eat it and no if its a trophy I eat the deer meat and fish they catch. But as far as killing just to brag or whatever no. However I couldnt go with them I did once when I was little and my dad never took me again because I was makeing as much noise as possible to scare the animals away.
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Wildlife management is dependant on hunting. Not only for the financial resource (Pittman/Roberston Act) but as a contributing factor in maintaining healthy populations for a particular habitat. Take the emotions out of the question and the result is a scientific quota passed on to a growing number of ethical sportsmen who hold respect for the resource, firearm, law, landowners, themselves and the future of hunting.\n\nIt is my hope that anyone reading this will take the time to talk to a biologist and discover for themselves how hunting laws and ethical practices have helped game populations in the last 100 years. The activity may not appeal to you but it is beneficial and deserves to be understood.
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It depends on how often the offense has happened and the severity of it.
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I don't think it is. If you really want to know you should consult with your states Wildlife Conservation Office. They distribute hunting and fishing regulations which vary widely from state to state. The only way to make sure you are in compliance with the law is to understand the regulations on hunting and fishing. Most states also require that you have a license to hunt or fish. The money they collect from the issuance of these licenses goes to pay for wildlife management and conservation. The regulations vary from one year to the next because of population increases and decreases of different species of animals. When a certain species of animal's population decreases, the taking of that species is restricted. When overpopulation of a species threatens that species natural food supply, the taking of that species is less restricted. This helps to insure a more healthy wildlife population since under and over population is detrimental to that species. Hunting to control population of some animals is necessary since they have few natural predators. When a species becomes overpopulated their food supply is scarce and makes them susceptible to starvation and disease.\n\nIt's very important to follow the regulations. If you get caught violating certain specific regulations, you can be fined pretty heavily. They can also confiscate your guns, fishing equipment, boat, and vehicle. They can confiscate anything that they think was used in the crime basically. They take their wildlife conservation pretty seriously.
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No. I live in in a rural area of the country where it is commonplace for the farmers and avid deer hunters to have guns. It is common for teen boys to be given a gun and taken out to the woods, dad and son, to learn how to hunt and be responsible with it. Considering how prolific the guns are here yet there is very little crimnal use of them, I don't see a correlation of quantity of guns to use of them in crime. \n\nThat doesn't mean crime is non-existent here. Shortly after moving to this state I was called for jury duty. It was a murder trial. Of interest to this discussion, the man murdered was hunting and had a gun in his hands when the confrontation began. The murders had ready access to guns themselves. Though there were several guns present when the man was murdered, the guns were not used. The man was beaten and kicked to death. You don't need guns to kill. You just need hate mixed with alcohol to dull your self restraint.
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I believe the lions hunting success rate is around 25% or one out of every four attempts is successful. The African Wild Dogs have the highest success rate in Africa around 40% to 50% success rate.
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There are those who are opposed to hunting wildlife.  If I didn’t grow up in a quasi subsistence lifestyle, I might have felt different.  It is easy to see how hunting can be cruel.\n\nFor instance, if you walk into a restaurant and shoot a person at the salad bar, it is murder.  If you walk into a hay field and shoot a deer, it is dinner.  I have seen deer with arrowheads lodged inside and animals with injuries because of bad shots.  That is the dark side of hunting, the animal suffering that is thought of as a price the animal must pay.\n\nSo why hunt?\n\nSmall game animals have a sufficient number of predators to keep their numbers in check.  Even if there wasn’t, an overpopulation of squirrels and rabbits might be an annoyance, but not a real threat to humans and their health.  The habitat can usually support many more animals than current populations.\n\nAs animals get bigger, the number of predators get fewer.  Not many things that I have seen bother raccoons or geese.  Some animals will attack and kill these larger animals, but small animals tend to be an easier kill for a predator.  While overpopulation of these animals can cause a concern for humans.  Again, the habitat can usually support many more animals than current populations.\n\nAs you move to larger animals like deer, coyotes, and similar animals, there are few if any natural predators still around.  If the population is let go, the animals become a threat to humans either through predatory instincts or just by being in the wrong place at the wrong time (ie. Car deer accidents).  As the animals are large, they require greater amounts of food.  A large deer population can be devastating to a farmer’s crop, not to mention spread disease to livestock intended for human consumption (like bovine tuberculosis).\n\nEven small animals can be devastating to crops.  The dove population in Argentina is so large that a flock can eat thousands of tons of grain in a day.  Fields can be wiped out in under a day by the larger flocks.  \n\nHunting helps restore the balance that humans have destroyed.  As predators are gone, humans have become the predators.  Without the predators, animals like deer will consume all the food available in their habitat and either starve to death or die of diseases like CWD, bovine tuberculosis, or others  (neither sounds like a good way to die to me)\n\nSo what good is hunting?\n\n1.Keeps populations of certain game under control.  In some states, if hunting were eliminated for a year or two, the current deer populations would be well beyond the carrying capacity of the land.  Granted, many animals are not in the same predicament as the deer, but are getting to be.\n\n2.It provides an activity that allows families to spend time together and pass down traditions.  Yes, there are other things families can do, but hunting happens to be an activity built on tradition.\n\n3.It provides a heck of a lot of money into economies that otherwise wouldn’t have tourism.  I hunt deer in Tomah, WI.  Any other time of the year, there is nothing going on in the town.  However, when the gun deer season comes around, all of the hotels are full, the restaurants have waiting lists, the gas pumps are flowing, and local stores are selling things that the hunters need or forgot.\n\n4.Provides an overall boost to the economy.  Hunting is expensive (very expensive if you think about it).  Gun deer hunting requires a rifle, which a cheap one will run $500.  The rifle needs a scope which is another $250.  The scope needs rings which is $30.  A box of ammo will set a hunter back $20.  The hunter needs to sight in their rifle every year at $15 a visit.  Boots wear out at $100 a pair.  A GPS is needed after getting lost in the woods last year for about $150.  The kids stole my compass, making me part with another $10.  I can’t see over the brush anymore, so I need a deer stand at $160.  This goes on and on for any hunter (at least deer hunters…).  This money tends
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7 times. i rode my bike off a 40 foot cliff, fell out of two story building roof onto the fin off a home made go cart, hit by a car, fell out of tree from about 25 feet up and landed on my head, slipped down a huge hill while hiking and whacked my head on a rock (i got a concussion both in the tree incident and the hiking one) near suffication bean bag over my mouth wen i was 7 with a 17 year old sitting on it, and doing a back flip and hitting ym head on the diving board.
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Check with your local state fish and game department. In many states its illegal to take  big game using a rimfire cartridge.\n\nThe avg velocity of a .22 rimfire cartridge is 900-1200 feet per second. Not much in foot pounds of muzzle energy (which is what you would use to determine it effective use). \n\nAny cartridge is lethal.\n\nRegister to enroll in a Hunter Education class and learn more about  the right equipment, the ethical taking of game and the benefits hunting has on animal populations.
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Hang out by the road. I got hit by a doe a month ago. I saw her, slowed down and as soon as I got next to her...WHAM! She dented my drivers side door, broke my sideview mirror and dented the left front panel. I'm just glad I didn't hit her head on. I was on a 2 lane road, nowhere to go. No where to stop for another 5 miles. \nGet one for me.\n\nAnd for those who think it is cruel to hunt? The hunters help to control the deer population. I would rather the deer get shot, die quickly than be hit by a car and lay by the side of the road injured and in pain. Or God forbid, someone get killed in an accident after hitting a deer. \nHunters also donate the meat they won't use to homeless shelters.
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Hunting is NOT bad. Particularly deer hunting in my opinion. I grew up in an area where auto accidents caused by deer were extremely common - the deer were just EVERYWHERE. There are no more natural predetors around to cull the deer population, so hunting really helps to keep the population from getting TOTALLY out of control. Plus, there were several programs in the area that took donations of deer hunters killed, butchered them properly, and then donated the meat to homeless shelters and other causes.
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what does this have to do with hunting?
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When hunting ground birds, a dog normally runs out in front of the hunters.  When the dog goes on point, the hunters get an idea of whee the birds are (in this case it was a covey of quail).  The hunters move forward and at some point the prey is flushed (they startle out of their nests and fly away, toward, up, all directions, although usually away.  Usually when hunting ground birds two hunters go with one dog, but a line could be used....  \n\nThe dangerous part is when a bird flies back through the shooting line.  The shooter have to be disciplined enough not to shoot outside of their arc, in order to avoid the other hunters.  Now the arc changes slightly as the shooting line follows the outriders and the dogs.  If someone is out of line or a bird flushes toward a hunter, there is a risk of getting shot.  In this case, the man who was shot was out ahead and to one side.  \n\nWhen one tracks a ground bird, one tracks from where the bird flushes and aims a bit ahead with the shotgun.  So the muzzle of the gun moves from down to up.  It is easy to get hit when hunting quail, pheasant, partridge, etc.  Safety rules must be observed and the guide has to keep track of where everyone is.  \n\nIf you hunt birds you are going to catch some bird shot from time to time, I have been hit twice, although at longer range and with fewer pellets.  The more you hunt, the more likely you will get hit.  Other factors influence as well.  This incident happened late in the day when people were tired and the sun was low.  This is when a lot of accidents happen?  Hope this helps.
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A taxidermy of a hunter's head (kidding).. I guess I'm not a hunter but a animal lover. I dont find shooting an innocent deer as fun, its more cruel and inhumane but then again, those hunters would probably end up killing people if they cant kill helpless animals.
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RESULTS: In 1994 police reported 544 deaths and 793 injuries due to RTA while ambulance records noted 343 deaths and 2048 injuries. The capture-recapture analysis estimated at least 972 (95% CI: 912–1031) deaths and 18936 (95% CI: 15 507–22 342) injuries attributable to RTA during the study period. Official sources counted only 56% of deaths and 4% of serious injuries. The estimated rates for the year 1994 were 185 injuries and 11.2 deaths per 100 000 population. \n\n:> peace
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No, alcohol was not involved.  Nice try to spread rumors...\nNo he can not be criminally liable for what had happened.  Even if his license was not stamped for the fowl he was hunting, that is a simple ticket IF the game warden so chose to give one.   OH, and he has to be caught shooting and have collected that game without a license.  You know, something called burden of proof, and the bill of rights?