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Conference vmsnet::hunting$note:hunting

Title:	The Hunting Notesfile
Notice:	Registry #7, For Sale #15, Success #270
Moderator:	SALEM::PAPPALARDO

Created:	Wed Sep 02 1987
Last Modified:	Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1561
Total number of notes:	17784

572.0. "HUNTING NEWS BRIEFS" by WJOUSM::PAPPALARDO () Wed Dec 06 1989 12:22

    
    
    @ Maine may cut 4 weeks off Bear season in 1990.
     
    
    @ Maine Moose hunters ended the 89 season with an official kill of 922,
      down just 1 percentage point from 1988 of 932. The largest taken was
      970lbs dressed. It was an adult Bull shot in Long A Township, south
      of Millinocket in Penobscot County.
    
    @ Preliminary harvest figures of 1,740 deer taken by Mass hunters on
      the 1st day of the shotgun opener are the highest ever recorded in
      the state. The total is 683 higher than the 1988 opener
    
    @ New Hampshire is also up. As of Nov-20th, 5,860 deer had been taken,
      more than 500 than last years total on this same date. Both numbers
      include the Bow, muzzleloader seasons. Biologists expect the final
      kill to surpass last years fall total of 6,125.
    
    *************
    Overseas News
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    @ This just in from Lyngdal, Norway- A dog shot his master while
    hunting rabbits in southern Norway. The 50 year old hunter suffered
    minor injuries when he was hit by pellets from a shotgun accidently
    fired by his dog. The hunter and his companions had laid their guns
    down when they stopped to rest during the hunt. The dog was near the
    guns and accidently hit the trigger. The Sheriff would not name the
    hunter saying it would be to embarrassing for a hunter to get shot by
    his dog..... LESSON HERE:: MAKE SURE THE SAFE IS ON!!!
    
    If any-one has other news from local rags, put it here. I'm sure it
    will be of interest to everyone.
    
    Rick...

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
572.1	Unload it!	GENRAL::BOURBEAU		`Wed Dec 06 1989 14:26`	6
	More appropriately, be sure that your gun (pistol, rifle, handgun or what have you) is UNLOADED and the action open before you put it down and leave it unattended. Accidents don't just happen. George
572.3		SAC::PHILPOTT_I	Col I F 'Tsingtao Dhum' Philpott	`Fri Dec 08 1989 05:23`	8
	Dog shoots man cropped up recently here (Britain). A man put down his shotgun, leaning it against a haystack. The dog knocked it over and it shot the man's teenage son in the leg. Doctor's fear that the leg may have to be amputated. /. Ian .\
572.4	Game Warden shot?	VLNVAX::DMICHAELSON		`Thu Feb 15 1990 15:13`	12
	I didnt know where to post this, and I didnt want to start a new note. It is a news brief, all be it tragic. I heard that a game warden at the Mass Div. of Fisheries and Wildlife was shot and killed. I believe it happened at the field headquarters in Westborough, MA at about 11:00 AM today. If it was an accident someone is in deep sh*t. If it was murder, What in the world is going on!!! Don
572.5	?????	LUDWIG::STEVENS	Bear It All	`Thu Feb 15 1990 22:59`	10
	I heard the same.... Only i heard there was 2 shootings... They were trying to see if both were related.... I think they both took place in Westboro.... Anyone hear anything else??? Jeff
572.6	not much info	VLNVAX::DMICHAELSON		`Fri Feb 16 1990 09:50`	12
	I missed the guy's name that was killed. Apparently he was shot by a co-worker at the field HQ in Westboro. The rest of the details are very sketchy. The State Police had arrested 3 men (one of which was shot and wounded) about the same time as the shooting at the Field HQ. At first it was thought that the incidents were related but they are not. My sympathy goes out to the killed man's family...
572.7		GIAMEM::J_AMBERSON		`Mon Feb 19 1990 08:41`	13
	Here are the details the best I know them. At aprox. 7:45 Thurseday morning Pete Otis was shot and killed at the Westboro field Headquarters. A co-worker has been arrested and charged with the murder. Soon after the shooting three individuals from Westboro stole a car and were chased down Rt.135 where they ditched the car and ran into the WMA. They were chased by a multitude of police officers who thought that they were involved in the earlier shooting. Shots were fired when they refused to stop. One individual was hit in the leg. It was later determined that the shooting of Otis and the stolen car chase were unrelated incidences. Moral of the story: Don't steal a car on the day of a murder. Jeff
572.8		EUCLID::PETERSON	GOVERNMENT is a VERB!	`Mon Feb 19 1990 12:45`	6
	One of the butt-heads had a can of Mace-he got shot. I know one of the others-and I'm embarassed and pissed!