JVS Report post Posted January 17, 2007 Remember to be careful out there. I, along with hundereds of other hunters have hunted the same hills this gentleman was killed on. Sounds like a misfire, possibly as a result of a hair trigger? Be safe. I pulled the article from mysouthernaz.com. OHIO MAN DIES ON GV HUNTING TRIP A Pima Police Officer, ambulance personnel, and Graham County Deputies were dispatched to an area approximately 16.7-miles south of Highway 70, on Klondyke Road in response to a report of a man who had been shot with a rifle. According to Graham County Under-Sheriff David Boyd, three men from Ohio, who had been coming to the Gila Valley for several years to bow hunt for Javalina were camped off of Klondyke Road. All three men were successful hunting Javalina and Monday morning were "varmit hunting". 25-year-old Milan M. Hershberger was using a 25-ot-6 rifle and a shotgun while varmit hunting. Hershberger had decided to use the 25-ot-6 to shoot a varmit that he was calling and then at the last minute decided to use his shotgun. Hershberger was standing near a gully and put the 25-ot-6 down in some rocks and picked up the shotgun. The 25-ot-6 slipped down the side of a rocky bluff, landed on the stock, the rifle discharged and the bullet hit Hershberger underneath his right arm-pit while he was aiming the shotgun. According to medical personnel, the bullet hit an artery and exited out his shoulder blade. The other two hunters were not able to stop the bleeding and Hershberger bled to death. The call came into dispatch at 8:15am, Monday morning, and Hershberger was pronounced dead at 8:59am. The two Ohio men told Sheriff's Deputies that they had arrived in the area on December 31st. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted January 17, 2007 How unfortunate, a really avoidable accident. That's one of the reasons I don't hunt with a round in the chamber of my .270. Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
