" Climbing a fence with a loaded gun and having it go off"
" Raising or lowering a loaded gun to a tree and having it go off"
NEITHER of those are accidents. They are both brainless violations of basic firearms safety rules and plain negligence.
" Dropping a gun or falling and having it go off" Now, THAT could-might-maybe be an accident, if you' re handling the loaded gun with the safety ON.
They are all accidents because the gun was not purposely discharged. Yes they are all stupid and preventable (all accidents are) but none the less.......in all those cases the hunter didn' t intend or want to fire his gun.
When you point a gun at something and pull the trigger it is NO accident. He killed what he was aiming at just like he wanted to..........the problem lies with his stupidity in not identifying his target. He shot the guy on purpose.........he just did or didn' t know it was a guy.
A mistake is not the same as an accident.