44 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



HUNTING SEASON TAKES DEATH TOLL 



Nine Men Killed and Three Seriously Injured During 



the Year 1917 



Statistics collected through the office of the State Game Warden 

 disclose the deplorable fact that nine men were killed during the year 

 1917 while hunting in Oregon, and three were seriously injured. No 

 doubt others were injured, but if so the State Game Warden has not 

 been apprised of the fact. 



Fatalities 



Jack Campbell, aged 17 years, son of Mrs. Idaho Campbell, of 

 Eugene, a student at the Eugene High School, was almost instantly 

 killed October 28 while hunting near Harrisburg. He was out in the 

 fields after pheasants with his two cousins, living on a farm. About 4 

 o'clock in the afternoon, after the boys had stopped to rest, Campbell 

 grasped his shotgun to start on toward the house when, in some manner, 

 the gun was discharged and the entire load of shot entered his head 

 near the top of the forehead, blowing almost the entire top of his head 

 off. His companions said that his heart beat for half an hour after- 

 ward, but he died before assistance could be reached. 



Charles W. Arnold, of- Roseburg, wasi shot and killed by accident 

 September 16 by his brother, R. C. Arnold, while hunting deer in the 

 mountains. The bullet entered the head of the victim in two pieces, indi- 

 cating that the fatality was the result of the bullet glancing from a rock. 



August Carlson, of Allegany, Coos County, shot and killed Edward 

 Johnson, aged 12, his brother-in-law, on August 12, the shot being acci- 

 dental while Carlson was hunting deer out of season. The shot was fired 

 at a deer 200 yards away, missed the animal and struck the lad, who was 

 100 feet beyond the deer. 



P. E. Stickel, aged 35 years, an employe in the office of the Port- 

 land city incinerator, sustained a shotgun wound while hunting that 

 resulted in his death. The gun was accidentally discharged by Fred 

 Klem as the two men were climbing down an embankment. 



N. Y. E. Scott, of Philomath, accidentally killed himself August 24 

 while hunting deer. The accident occurred on Mary's Peak. Mr. Scott 

 and Tonis Lake had started a deer and wounded it. Scott started down 

 the mountainside after the animal when he tripped and fell, the auto- 

 matic rifle discharging a bullet through his neck, severing the jugular 

 vein. He died almost instantly. 



Lane Wyland accidentally shot and killed Dave Cottrell, a fellow 

 cattleman, in Jackson County in June while the two men were hunting 

 stock on the range. For 20 years Wyland and Cottrell had worked to- 

 gether in the cattle business, and, as usual, they started out together 

 to salt their herds. Both men were armed. They separated, but later, 

 when Wyland saw a bush move, thinking it was a deer feeding, he took 

 careful aim and fired. The agonized cry that followed gave Wyland 

 some premonition of his tragic mistake. Dropping his gun and rushing 

 to the spot, he arrived just in time to raise his friend's head, who, shot 

 through the neck, died in his arms. 



Robert L. Campbell, the 15-year-old son of Mrs. Lizzie Campbell, of 

 Sutherland, was mistaken for a deer by his friend and companion, Floyd 

 N orris, while hunting in the mountains of Douglas County, and shot and 

 killed almost instantly. 



