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Hunter's be safe!!!
westernMDhunter
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For all that are going hunting this season Good Luck and #1 be safe. Safety Harnesses while in a treestand seems like a hassle but they can save your life, Use them. Opening day of W.Va. deer season has already taken four lives and we don't need no more.
From Staff Reports
Cumberland Times-News
CAPON BRIDGE, W.Va. - The state Division of Natural Resources reports that a fourth hunter died on the opening day of West Virginia's two-week gun season for deer.
DNR spokesman Hoy Murphy identified the victim as 63-year-old Edmond Thomas of Stuarts Draft, Va.
Thomas' body was found by a friend Monday after he failed to return to his vehicle. The pair were hunting near Capon Bridge in Hampshire County.
Murphy said it appears that Thomas fell from an elevated hunting stand. His body has been taken to the medical examiner's office in Morgantown.
Murphy said another hunter is in stable condition after falling from his tree stand Monday and breaking his leg in four places.
Three other deaths included a 37-year-old San Antonio, Texas, man who died in Wetzel County after being overcome by carbon monoxide from a lantern inside a trailer.
In Marshall County, the sheriff's office reported the death of 68-year-old Bernard Davidson of Wheeling, who apparently died of natural causes.
In another report, 70-year-old Berton Austin of Natural Bridge, Va., was killed in Ritchie County after flipping his all-terrain vehicle, which then rolled on top of him, according to Murphy.
From Staff Reports
Cumberland Times-News
CAPON BRIDGE, W.Va. - The state Division of Natural Resources reports that a fourth hunter died on the opening day of West Virginia's two-week gun season for deer.
DNR spokesman Hoy Murphy identified the victim as 63-year-old Edmond Thomas of Stuarts Draft, Va.
Thomas' body was found by a friend Monday after he failed to return to his vehicle. The pair were hunting near Capon Bridge in Hampshire County.
Murphy said it appears that Thomas fell from an elevated hunting stand. His body has been taken to the medical examiner's office in Morgantown.
Murphy said another hunter is in stable condition after falling from his tree stand Monday and breaking his leg in four places.
Three other deaths included a 37-year-old San Antonio, Texas, man who died in Wetzel County after being overcome by carbon monoxide from a lantern inside a trailer.
In Marshall County, the sheriff's office reported the death of 68-year-old Bernard Davidson of Wheeling, who apparently died of natural causes.
In another report, 70-year-old Berton Austin of Natural Bridge, Va., was killed in Ritchie County after flipping his all-terrain vehicle, which then rolled on top of him, according to Murphy.