30S TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONER. 



H anting Casaalties — l?o6 



Mr. W. E. Wolcott, Secretary of the Black River Fish and Game Pro- 

 tective Association, has kindly kept track of the hunting casualties during 

 the past season and furnishes the following list for the Adirondack region: 



October 26. Howard Johnson, Greene, aged 19, dangerously wounded 

 by the accidental discharge of his gun while hunting at Bracket's pond. 



October 27. Otto Schram, New York, while hunting in the woods near 

 Cranberry lake, St. Lawrence county, was mistaken for a deer and shot. 

 He died within an hour. 



October 27. Harold J. Becker, Albany, aged 17, while in camp at 

 Pitchfork lake, Franklin county, accidentally shot by a companion with a 

 revolver. He died the next day. 



November 6. Winfred E. Woodard, Newcomb, Essex county, aged 14, 

 accidental!} 7 shot in the stomach by his own gun while out hunting. Died 

 in a few hours. 



November 8. W. H. Curry, East Pembroke, mistaken for a deer while 

 hunting near Beaver river and shot in the left side. A critical operation 

 saved his life. 



November 14. H. J. Buell, Constable, aged 34, mistaken for a deer 

 while hunting near Kushaqua and shot dead. 



November 17. Robert Kimball, Vernon, aged 13, accidentally killed 

 while hunting, by the discharge of his own gun. 



November 17. John Driska, Little Falls, while fox hunting had his 

 hand lacerated badl} 7 by the accidental discharge of his own gun. 



November 18. Michael Creedon, Little Falls, accidentally wounded in 

 the legs by the discharge of a gun in the hands of a companion. 



The total number of hunting accidents in the Adirondacks reported 

 in 1905 was seventeen; for the past season it was but nine. 



Respectfully yours, 



John D. Whish, 



Albany, N. Y., December 30, 1906. Secretary. 



