Show D. D Its It's the Same Old Story THE THE HE hunting season is here here and and as as usual it is accompanied by accident and death to the sportsmen Two hunters are dead t. t from heart attacks A third was killed by bya i a stray bullet from another hunters hunter's gun as ashe ashe he was working around camp A fourth was I killed by the accidental discharge of a gun left loaded after the hunt was over A woman 1 hunter was very seriously wounded by a stray j bullet A man was also very seriously wounded wound wound- ed by another stray bullet A youth shot off his nis right hand and forearm while unloading a shotgun after hunting ducks a deer hunter was wounded in the arm when he stumbled stumbled'S S 'S and fell and his gun discharged and another deer hunter was wounded In the thigh by the accidental discharge accidental discharge of a gun Its It's the same old story year after year And it is in almost every case a story of sheer carelessness There would be few hunting accidents if every hunter knew how to handle firearms and hunted in such a manner that he ne did not endanger others The hunting season is just opening There will be many other needless tragedies and injuries injuries in in- int t juries before it is over over and and with many many more hunters ou out this year and many of them new residents or novices unfamiliar with firearms firearms firearms fire fire- arms and uninformed as to the proper and safe technique of hunting this year may set seta a record for death and a accident Careless or inexpert hunters are a menace r to themselves and to others Dont Don't YOU be one Treat your gun with respect and handie handle han han- die dle it with care When you sh shoot ot be sure 1 t i z r- r you know what you ou are shooting at and where your our bullet will go It is better that you ou lose your game than that you or some other person should lose his life |