By Noelene Clark
Seattle Times staff reporter
A woman hiking on Sauk Mountain near Rockport was shot and killed Saturday morning by a boy who was hunting for a bear...
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/l ... er02m.html
Horrible. Tragic for the woman, and I am guessing very tramautic for the young boy.
-aaron
Hiker fatally shot by hunter in Wa.
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Re: Hiker fatally shot by hunter in Wa.
This is absolutely tragic and absolutely avoidable.
Some advice I always try to give hikers around hunting seasons:
Please wear hunter orange. Either a hat or a vest and that goes for the dogs also.... A scarf tied to the day pack or hunter orange ribbon tied to the day pack helps also.
If you are a hunter please always identify your target. Shooting at a sound or into the brush because "something" moved is unacceptable and unethical and dangerous and leads to tragedies like these.
Some advice I always try to give hikers around hunting seasons:
Please wear hunter orange. Either a hat or a vest and that goes for the dogs also.... A scarf tied to the day pack or hunter orange ribbon tied to the day pack helps also.
If you are a hunter please always identify your target. Shooting at a sound or into the brush because "something" moved is unacceptable and unethical and dangerous and leads to tragedies like these.
Re: Hiker fatally shot by hunter in Wa.
The boy will apparently be charged with first degree manslaughter:
http://www.katu.com/news/26879634.html
http://www.katu.com/news/26879634.html
Re: Hiker fatally shot by hunter in Wa.
bcostley wrote:The boy will apparently be charged with first degree manslaughter:
http://www.katu.com/news/26879634.html
Tragic. Very sad for all involved