Here's a thought, and it's one that I'm surprised hasn't been brought up before now. In some of these incidents that seem intentional, could it have been an anti-hunter shooting at a hunter in an effort to kill two birds with one stone? The hunter might be killed, or scared into never hunting again, AND itmight be reported as a hunting accident too, resulting in more anti-ammo to get hunting banned or restrict it. Some of these stories might even have been made up or exagerrated to make it seem worse than it is.

Heck, threads like this could be bait for us hunters to give the anti's piles of stuff to use against us (Nothing personal MudChicken, just making a point). Personally, I think it is more beneficial to have these happenings out in the open so that all hunters who read it might be a bit more careful before shooting, and might think a bit more defensively when planning their hunts.

OOPS. I forgot I was wearing my conspiracy glasses. Sorry 'bout that.