Conservation officer talks safety following fatal hunting accident
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Staying aware of your target and its surroundings is one of the key rules of hunting and one a conservation officer is reminding others of after a tragic accident.
“Keep your finger off of the trigger and only shoot things you want to shoot,” Prince Albert Conservation Officer Rich Hildebrand said.
The reminder comes after the tragic death of a 23-year-old man from Prince Albert. He and another man were hunting at the same time, in the same area, near Weirdale. Shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday night, police were called to a rural field where they found the victim dead from an apparent gunshot wound. The incident was reported to police by the other hunter, a 22-year old man who remained at the scene. Police said the two men were not known to each other and the death is not considered suspicious.
“Unfortunately, it does happen on occasion and yet we have a lot of things that we try and do to get across to hunters to make sure that they are being safe,” Hildebrand said.
