Tree stands give hunters a great advantage. They reduce the hunter’s scent, remove them from a deer’s line of sight, and increase their camouflage. They provide a higher vantage point for a better shooting angle for the hunter, but this elevated height can quickly lead to disaster when using a defective tree stand. CPSC Issues…
Tree stands allow hunters to get a better view of their prey from above, but they’re also a leading cause of hunting accidents and injury. According to the University of Wisconsin, 55% of tree stand accidents have resulted in serious spinal injury. Read on to learn more about the leading causes of tree stand accidents.…
Keystone, IA (January 13, 2020) – A man from Blairstown was hospitalized after he was shot in his leg on Saturday, January 11th in Benton County near Keystone, Iowa. The accident took place on 13th Avenue. Brian McManemy, 41, was riding as a passenger with a group of friends in a pick-up truck on a…
Walterboro, SC (January 06, 2020) – A South Carolina man and his 9-year-old daughter were both shot and killed on the last day of hunting season when they were mistaken for deer during a hunt on New Year’s Day. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources stated that the victims were among a group of…
Texas Township, PA (December 20, 2019) – A man from Florida hunting in northeastern Pennsylvania was killed on Saturday, December 14th when his portable propane heater exploded. This incident delineated Pennsylvania’s third deadly hunting incident inside of a week. Chiefland resident Gregory Scheer, 81, was hunting from a ground blind in Texas Township when the…
Graham Co, KS (December 13, 2019) – Two men were injured in two different hunting accidents in Kansas over a two day time period earlier this week. The first critical injury took place during a pheasant hunting accident on Monday, December 9th in Graham County. Officials from the Kansas Department of Wildlife with the help…
Tyrone, PA (December 04, 2019) – A man was killed in Blair County on Monday, December 2nd when he was accidentally shot while hunting. Two men, both in their early 40s, were out hunting by the Old State Game Lands when the accident happened. Both the County Coroner and the Game Commissioner arrived on the…
Williston, SC (December 02, 2019) – The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources has confirmed that a 9-year-old boy was killed in a hunting accident on Thursday, November 28th in Orangeburg County. The victim, a 4th-grade student at Kelly Edwards Elementary School, was out hunting rabbits with his dad and friends of the family when…
Knox County, MO (November 23, 2019) – Police are actively investigating a fatal hunting accident that occurred in northern Knox County, Missouri this past Sunday. Authorities have confirmed that a 17-year-old young man from Baring, Missouri, was killed after suffering a gunshot wound that was the result of a hunting accident. The teenage boy was out…
Minong, WI (November 25, 2019) – At approximately 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 24th a hunter was walking away from his deer stand near E. Sleepy Eye Road. At approximately the same time as he was leaving his deer stand, he noticed two other hunters in the area and then heard a shot. Moments later,…