THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



HUNTING ACCIDENTS. 



Hunters should never shoot at moving brush, leaves or grass 

 with the expectation of killing game. It is dangerous, for the 

 moving object is likely to be a man. Never shoot at any object 

 until you are absolutely positive of identification. 



At the beginning of the hunting season the State Board of Fish and 

 Game Commissioners had the above printed in the press throughout the 

 State to guard against accidental shooting. It was urged that every hunter 

 pursuing deer in the forest should wear a red cap, shirt, sweater, or some 

 other article of clothing that could easily be identified from game birds 

 and animals. 



Three very serious accidents and several minor ones has occurred dur- 

 ing the past month. 



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George Bingham of Oregon City was mistaken for a deer while hunting 

 on Trail Creek near the Jackson and Douglas County line. He was shot 

 and killed by Wilber Kime on October 30, the day before the season closed. 



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Elmer Conger, of Jacksonville, was fatally wounded October 17 by 

 his brother, A. P. Conger, who mistook him for a deer while hunting in the 

 Jenny Creek country, east of Ashland. The bullet penetrated both lungs. 

 The young man died the morning of October 18. 



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Mistaken for a deer while hunting in the mountains about six miles 

 north of Canyonville, on Canyon Creek, October 11, Albert A. Dixon was 

 shot and seriously injured by Peter C. Christianson. An examination of 

 the injuries revealed that the bullet entered the thigh, plowing its way 

 through the lower part of the body and lodged beneath the skin of the 

 opposite thigh. The wound was a horrible one, as it was inflicted by a 

 soft-nose bullet. Mr. Dixon may recover. 



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Herman Schmidt, of Grants Pass, was shot in the right leg and seri- 

 ously injured while hunting deer on October 23. The shot was fired by 

 his cousin, Fritz Gerbers, who saw a deer, but aimed high. The bullet 

 struck a rock or log and glanced, entering Schmidt's leg three inches above 



the knee. 



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In the early part of the season two Miller boys, aged 17 and 20 years, 

 residents of Leland, were hunting in the Myrtle Creek district when the 

 younger fired at the older brother, mistaking him for a deer in the bushes. 



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