Contrary to what you might have read here of late Wisconsin had no firearm hunting related fatalities again this year during the 9 day gun deer hunting season. There were 7 people shot, 5 self inflicted, 2 to strangers. Not counted is the 1 death from falling out of a tree stand, and two suicides. The much maligned youth deer program had zero accidents. So yes, kids are safe to hunt in the woods.
Wisconsin (which Hillary Clinton lost contributing to her loss of the Presidency) is a big deer hunting state, roughly 600,000 firearm hunters, and 200,000 harvested deer. Yup, harvest, it means taken and used under controlled circumstances, like plucking a dog gone eggplant.
After Texas, Wisconsin Pennsylvania and Michigan, sell more hunting licenses than any other states. Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, now where have I heard of those three states? Seems like their names come up in conversation sometimes.
Wisconsin is also one of the first states outside of the west to have a chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, widely considered to be a lefty hunting org.
On 7 other years Wisconsin has had a fatality free gun season since 1945 when they’ve been keeping records
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