Five hunters killed in Wisconsin woods
Police: Dispute over deer stand apparently led to shootings
Sunday, November 21, 2004 Posted: 8:34 PM EST (0134 GMT)
Sheriff's deputies were investigating the killings of five hunters Sunday in northwestern Wisconsin, apparently sparked by a hunting dispute that turned violent.
Three others were wounded, said Julie Veness, an emergency medical technician in Exeland, Wisconsin.
Saturday was the opening of the nine-day deer season, and the shooting appeared to stem from a dispute over land in the heavily wooded area, Veness said.
"Apparently, the person was asked to leave and get out of his deer stand, and he didn't take it very well and he fired away at them," she said.
A state police official said a man wanted in connection with the shootings has been arrested, but no details were immediately available. The Sawyer County Sheriff's Department, which is investigating the killings, had no comment.
Jennifer Greshowak, a spokeswoman for Lakeview Medical Center in Rice Lake, said three wounded men from the same hunting party were brought to that facility after suffering gunshot wounds. One of the three was transferred to a hospital in nearby Marshfield; one was in surgery Sunday afternoon, while the third was in intensive care, she said.
Veness said the killings have shocked Exeland, a village of 219 people.
"It just doesn't happen in this neck of the woods," she said. "We don't expect any of this to happen."
__________________
2005 Bowtech Patriot VFT
Cobra Sidewinder
Goldtip Pro Hunter
Cablea's Mini Lazer Broadheads
I just caught the tail end of that story on my local news when I got back in from hunting tonight. I thought I heard that they asked him to leave because he didn't have permission to hunt there, more details at 10:00. Not a smart move by this person.
Wonderful, not only were 5 people killed and 3 wounded, but we now have another excuse for the antis of both the anti-gun and animal rights types to attack us. Fox news, supposedly "Fair and Balanced" We report the facts and you decide" reported the incident last night as having been done by a "Hunter" using an "Automatic" weapon.
Several of the posts here have already started to sound like a model for the anti crowd to copy, "Crazy gun hunters" for instance, and "that's why I gave up gun hunting years ago as a couple of examples.
Yes it is terrible, no it should never have happened and yes all of us are going to take a black eye over it, please try to keep things in some sort of perspective. With 15 million hunters afield each year and hundreds of millions of hours spent in the woods each year, this anomaly should not be viewed as a normal occurance and we must try to discuss it in that vain. One unbalanced individual has wreaked havoc on many families and potentially this incident can harm us all, let's not fan the flames with rhetoric to be used against us.
Fox news, supposedly "Fair and Balanced" We report the facts and you decide" reported the incident last night as having been done by a "Hunter" using an "Automatic" weapon.
What the hell should they have said? It WAS a hunter and it WAS a semi-automatic weapon.
__________________
We must be the change we wish to see in the world -- Ghandi
http://www.rightminded.net
I heard about this too.... Good God, what is up with some people?!?! [&:][][:@] This is just totally insane... Words can't describe it... Now this will really give the antis more fuel, if you know what I mean. [:'(]
CNN confirms gun hunters are crazy.
][:@] This is just totally insane... Words can't describe it... Now this will really give the antis more fuel, if you know what I mean. [:'(]
