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Hunters Die of Heart Attacks While Dragging Deer

Doctors warn of the risks after three Michigan deaths and suggest preparation

(Newser) - A medical examiner is asking deer hunters to have a checkup before heading for the woods, after three Michigan men died of heart attacks in the opening days of the state's firearm season this month. Two of them were hauling away deer when they were struck, MLive reports. "...

9-Year-Old Girl Who'd Just Started Hunting Is Shot Dead

Lauren Drawdy, dad Kim Drawdy, accidentally killed by another hunter in South Carolina

(Newser) - New Year's Day was the last day of deer hunting season in Colleton County, SC, which makes what happened there this week even more tragic. WCBD reports that a father and his 9-year-old daughter were accidentally shot and killed in Walterboro while hunting, just a few weeks after the...

Stuck Deer Gets Ironic Help
Stuck Deer Gets Ironic Help

Stuck Deer Gets Ironic Help

A hunter gives her a leg up out of an empty pool in Germany

(Newser) - With a little help from a hunter, firefighters have freed a deer that got stuck in an empty swimming pool in a German town, reports the AP . The fire service in Wetter an der Ruhr, in western Germany, said it was alerted to the animal's plight on Monday. Five...

3 Hunters Busted in Double Student Shooting

Texas middle school boys shot at basketball tryouts

(Newser) - Three hunters have been busted in the shooting of two Texas middle school students who were struck as they were trying out for their basketball team in the playground. One was critically injured. A police helicopter spotted the hunters, one armed with a .223-caliber semiautomatic rifle, the others with .30-caliber...

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