Post by LawrenceCoBowhunter on Oct 24, 2006 15:37:09 GMT -5
Have any of you ever been shot at while hunting?I think I was last year during gun season.After I shot a 10 pointer it was 20 seconds later a shot came near me,not to mention the guy was tresspassing on private property.After reading this story,some people don't need to have any guns or hunt for that matter..
Man suspected of shooting at nearby deer-hunting party
Gun crime
By Jason Bergreen
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated:10/24/2006 01:06:23 AM MDT
Click photo to enlargeJesse Buckley«1»A 23-year-old deer hunter, apparently upset over the proximity of two other hunters, took a shot toward them Monday morning, Wasatch County authorities reported.
No one was injured in the 9:20 a.m. incident, but a bullet from Jesse Buckley's rifle came within 10 yards of a member of a hunting party, said sheriff's Capt. John Rogers.
A witness told authorities that at least one shot was fired from a pair of hunters standing about 200 yards from two other hunters. It was unclear if the second group fired back, but Rogers said gunfire may have been exchanged.
The men who say they were fired at were standing near a felled deer when the bullet whizzed past them, Rogers said.
After authorities responded to the shooting, which occurred near Currant Creek in the east end of the county, Buckley was arrested and booked into jail on suspicion of unlawfully discharging a firearm.
The county attorney's office will review the case, but Rogers said the charge could be elevated to a felony because the man allegedly shot in order to intimate or scare the other hunting group.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources spokesman Tony Wood said this type of behavior is unheard of in the hunting community.
"This isn't a hunter. This is just a criminal in the woods," he said.
Buckley has been investigated by DWR in the past
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for weapons violations, Wood said. But, "this is the first time, to our knowledge, that an altercation has risen to where shots were fired."
Court records show that Buckley was convicted in February 2005 for carrying a concealed dangerous weapon, a Class A misdemeanor.
He was sentenced to 100 hours of community service, 12 months probation and ordered to complete a concealed weapons class and pay a $500 fine.
If charged and convicted of a felony in the new case, Buckley could be restricted from possessing guns in the future, Wood said.
DWR is also investigating the case to see if a charge of interfering with a lawful hunt, which wouldn't result in a license suspension, can be filed against the man.
Man suspected of shooting at nearby deer-hunting party
Gun crime
By Jason Bergreen
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated:10/24/2006 01:06:23 AM MDT
Click photo to enlargeJesse Buckley«1»A 23-year-old deer hunter, apparently upset over the proximity of two other hunters, took a shot toward them Monday morning, Wasatch County authorities reported.
No one was injured in the 9:20 a.m. incident, but a bullet from Jesse Buckley's rifle came within 10 yards of a member of a hunting party, said sheriff's Capt. John Rogers.
A witness told authorities that at least one shot was fired from a pair of hunters standing about 200 yards from two other hunters. It was unclear if the second group fired back, but Rogers said gunfire may have been exchanged.
The men who say they were fired at were standing near a felled deer when the bullet whizzed past them, Rogers said.
After authorities responded to the shooting, which occurred near Currant Creek in the east end of the county, Buckley was arrested and booked into jail on suspicion of unlawfully discharging a firearm.
The county attorney's office will review the case, but Rogers said the charge could be elevated to a felony because the man allegedly shot in order to intimate or scare the other hunting group.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources spokesman Tony Wood said this type of behavior is unheard of in the hunting community.
"This isn't a hunter. This is just a criminal in the woods," he said.
Buckley has been investigated by DWR in the past
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for weapons violations, Wood said. But, "this is the first time, to our knowledge, that an altercation has risen to where shots were fired."
Court records show that Buckley was convicted in February 2005 for carrying a concealed dangerous weapon, a Class A misdemeanor.
He was sentenced to 100 hours of community service, 12 months probation and ordered to complete a concealed weapons class and pay a $500 fine.
If charged and convicted of a felony in the new case, Buckley could be restricted from possessing guns in the future, Wood said.
DWR is also investigating the case to see if a charge of interfering with a lawful hunt, which wouldn't result in a license suspension, can be filed against the man.
