3 hunters tragically die over the weekend 🙏

Well, I hope you missed us as much as I missed you last week. 

I'm kidding, I was deer hunting. I didn't miss this sh*t at all.

If you're still lucky enough to be in the woods and away from technology, God Speed to you. If not, give yourself a pat on the back and buckle up for another edition of your favorite outdoors newsletter.

Grab your coffee or whiskey (no judgement) and let's get another Wednesday dispatch out the door.

Here's what's worth reading about so far this week:

• Tragic losses - 3 hunters die after string of accidental shootings 🙏

• School is in session- Michigan adding gun safety and hunting to curriculum 🎓

• 11-year-old Grand Slam - This little dude is a straight killer. 🧢

• Poached bulls- Maine officials on the hunt for moose poachers 🫎

• Trampled to death - Arizona woman killed while feeding elk 🌽

Thanks for following along. Don't forget to tell your friends.

-RYAN

TERRIBLE LOSS
THREE HUNTERS DIE OVER THE WEEKEND IN STRING OF ACCIDENTAL SHOOTINGS

IDeath, no matter what shape or form is always tragic. Maybe even a little more so when the deceased die doing something they love with friends and family.

Over a weekend when many gun seasons kicked off across the country, there was unfortunately no shortage of tragedies as well. A string of unrelated incidents claimed the lives of three hunters as they traipsed into the woods for the last time this weekend.

In two completely separate and admittedly odd cases coming out of one Kentucky county, two hunters slipped, fell and shot themselves. Both incidents took place in Garrard County and saw 77-year-old Russell Stillwell, of Indiana pass away on Saturday. While on Sunday, 26-year-old Benjamin Brogle, Jr., found the very same fate in a northern region of the same county.

According to Sheriff Willie Skeens, both men were walking when they accidentally shot and killed themselves. In 30 years of law enforcement, Skeen said he’d never seen anything quite like this...

🎓 Good grades: Michigan bill could add gun safety, hunting course to schools.

💰 Hunting is big biz: Deer season brings in $3 Billion to Arkansas each year.

🐶 To hound or not to hound: Wisconsin tore up over hunting bears with hounds.

🧢 11-year-old Grand Slam: Young hunter takes moose to complete 2023 slam.

😬 "Teeth scraping his skull": Alberta man remembers grizzly attack.

🎄 It's not even December yet: Buck found with Christmas decorations tangled in his antlers.

🏆 That's my trophy!: Police are searching for a man who poached the head from a legally killed buck.

A $3,000 REWARD IS ON THE TABLE
MAINE OFFICIALS ON THE HUNT FOR POACHERS RESPONSIBLE FOR TWO BULL MOOSE KILLINGS

The Maine Warden Service is reaching out to the public for help in solving a pair of poaching incidents in the Pine Tree State last week. Officials believe the two incidents are unrelated, which makes this particular case all the more hard to believe.

“What makes these two incidents egregious and maybe a little more alarming to the public is these moose were not only killed illegally – out of season and in an area that wasn’t open to moose hunting – but were left to waste in the field,” said Lt. Aaron Cross of the Maine Warden Service. “Some people wait their entire lives to get a moose permit. If they do, that one moose that they harvest legally could feed one family or multiple families for a long time.”

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🚪 Ding, dong, ditch: Watch as deer fools with Sheriff Deputy's doorbell.

🪟 The Big House: Deer jumps through U of Michigan window.

🥊 Backyard scraps: Two rutting bull moose destroy Alaska home.