HUNTING ACCIDENT STATISTICS

INTERNATIONAL HUNTER EDUCATOIN ASSOCIATION

http://www.ihea.com/incidents/ihea1997.pdf

In 1997

	Two Party Accidents			Self Inflicted Accidents
Animals Hunted	Fatal	Non Fatal	Subtotal	Fatal	Non Fatal	Subtotal
Deer	38	174	212	11	140	151
Turkey	4	101	105	1	6	7
Total For all animals	66	635	701	27	291	318

4/66 (6%) of turkey hunting accidents which involved two parties that occurred across Canada, USA and Mexico were fatal.
101/635 (16%) of turkey hunting accidents of turkey hunting accidents which involved two parties that occurred across Canada, USA and Mexico were non fatal.
The deer hunting accidents indicate a much higher incident rate possibly due to the fact that it is a more popular game. But should still be considered a dangerous statistic since 38/66 (58%) of all fatal accidents in hunting were deer hunting accidents.

In 1998

	Two Party Accidents			Self Inflicted Accidents
Animals Hunted	Fatal	Non Fatal	Subtotal	Fatal	Non Fatal	Subtotal
Deer	37	169	206	15	135	150
Turkey	6	80	86	0	6	6
Total For all animals	65	603	668	28	291	319

6/65 (9.2%) of turkey hunting accidents which involved two parties that occurred across Canada, USA and Mexico were fatal.
80/603 (13.3%) of turkey hunting accidents of turkey hunting accidents which involved two parties that occurred across Canada, USA and Mexico were non-fatal.
The total number of deer hunting accidents involving two parties decreased from 212 to 206 incidents in one year compared to the total number of turkey hunting accidents which decreased from 105 to 86 in one year.

The following statistics are from 1998, as recorded by the IHEA

22 accidents were caused by mistaken for game judgement calls in two party hunting accidents. This number greatly exceeds and of the other judgment factors analyzed.
The shooters who caused the most fatalities and non fatalities in both two party and individual accidents were between the ages of 10-19 and 30-39 years.

SHOOTER'S AGE	Fatal	Non-fatal	Subtotal	Fatal	Non-fatal	Subtotal
1-09	1	10	11	0	5	5
10-19	17	113	130	7	93	100
20-29	10	96	106	0	57	57
30-39	17	121	138	9	65	74
40-49	8	96	104	4	33	37
50-59	6	51	57	4	24	28
60 and Over	4	47	51	4	12	16
Unknown	2	69	71	0	2	2
TOTAL SECTION 4	65	603	668	28	291	319
SECTION 5 CONTRIBUTING FACTOR	TWO-PARTY ACCIDENTS			SELF-INFLICTED ACCIDENTS
HUNTER'S JUDGMENT FACTORS	Fatal	Non-fatal	Subtotal	Fatal	Non-fatal	Subtotal
Victim Moved into Line of Fire	2	34	36
Victim Covered by Shooter Swinging on Game	3	139	142
Victim Out of Sight of Shooter	19	151	165
Victim Mistaken for Game	22	117	139
SUBTOTAL	41	441	482

In 1998 hunting accidents were 4 th highest on the list of fatalities during popular outdoor activities. Hunting had 92 fatalities in 1998 compared to 1700 from swimming accidents, 836 from boating and 97 from scuba-diving.

WISCONSON DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/es/enforcement/safety/huntstats.htm

-provides a list of hunting accidents which occurred in the 2002 hunting season.

-Listed below are some of the most horrifying cases.

SI = Self Inflicted
SP = Shooter and Victim in Same Party
H.E. Grad = Hunter Safety Education Graduate

	Date	Time	County	SI/SP	Age/Sex shooter	H.E. Grad	Age/Sex victim	H.E. Grad	Type of Firearm
	4/13/02	8:30 am	Pierce	S.P.	50/Male	Yes	19/Male	Yes	12 gauge slide action shotgun
Injury Description- Two #5 shotgun pellets, one to chin and one to neck just under skin.
Cause/Circumstance- Victim set up 200-300 yards from shooter to do some turkey hunting. Victim moved to a new location and shooter was unaware that victim had moved. Shooter shot once at turkey hitting victim whom was approximately 51-100 yards away directly in line with turkey and shooter.

	Date	Time	County	SI/SP	Age/Sex shooter	H.E. Grad	Age/Sex victim	H.E. Grad	Type of Firearm
	5/08/03	7:00 am	Grant		46/Male		30/Male		12 gauge semi-auto shotgun
Injury Description- Multiple hits to the upper torso and head from the discharge of shotgun.
Cause/Circumstance- Shooter was seated against a tree along a field edge. Victim was walking along field edge still hunting turkeys. Shooter thought victim was "struting" and also thought he saw some red. Shooter shot victim at a distance of 142 feet. No white, blue or red was displayed on victim.

	Date	Time	County	SI/SP	Age/Sex shooter	H.E. Grad	Age/Sex victim	H.E. Grad	Type of Firearm
	10/09/02	4:30 pm	Sawyer	S.P.	25/Male	Yes	27/Male	Yes	12 gauge semi-auto shotgun
Injury Description- BB to right cheek, below eye and bb to left upper thigh.
Cause/Circumstance- Hunting grouse, shooter attempted to flush grouse that they hit back toward victim. Shooter shot twice at the bird and struck victim.

Date

Time

County

SI/SP

Age/Sex
shooter

H.E. Grad

Age/Sex
victim

H.E. Grad

Type of Firearm

10/15/02

8:00 am

Door

62/Male

53/Male

Yes

12 gauge pump shotgun

Injury Description- Pellets to upper-right chest. One pellet to face below left eye.

Cause/Circumstance- Shooter was shooting at turkey. Victim was investigating the person trespassing on his property when struck by the pellets.

Date

Time

County

SI/SP

Age/Sex
shooter

H.E. Grad

Age/Sex
victim

H.E. Grad

Type of Firearm

15.

10/26/02

9:30 am

Dunn

S.P.

62/Male

54/Male

12 gauge shotgun

Injury Description- Injuries to neck, chest, abdomen and a collapsed lung.

Cause/Circumstance- Shooter heard and saw what he thought was a turkey in front of him. He shot once and heard his friend yell. Victim was at a distance of 46 yards. Both dressed in cam.

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