Swedish elk hunter dead after partner's misfire
Published: 26 Nov 12 08:45 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/44652/20121126/
A hunter in southern Sweden died on Sunday after a member of his hunting team shot him in the head while aiming for an elk.
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The deceased man, a 60-year-old elk hunter, was out with his friends in the Kinda woods in Kisa, southern Sweden, when the incident occurred.
After the hunters caught sight of an elk and its calf, the 60-year-old found himself in the line of fire and took a bullet to the head.
“They had one calf left they were going to take and it was that calf they were aiming for,” explained Klingstedt.
The hunters alerted emergency services immediately.
A forensic investigation took place on Sunday afternoon, where analysts looked into the firing angles and the positions of the hunters and the prey, wrote the paper.
Several witnesses have also been questioned.
Police have launched an investigation into the matter, which has temporarily been labelled as involuntary manslaughter.
“A lot of things suggest that this will be reclassified. It appears as though it’s more or less an accident,” Klingstedt told the paper.
"This is completely horrible for everyone involved."
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In my area the Elg are a big tourist attraction,so I am a little puzzled by the hunting scenario.However, the biggest problem I find is the presence of alcohol,in quite large quantities, in this activity. I am most nervous driving on Swedish roads during the hunting season.
Whilst I recognise that the hunting is theoretically well controlled, incidences like this one do not enthuse me with a sense of safety upon the roads during the hunting season.
Pursuit of Tradition, without wolves roaming the land by their 1000s Elk have no natural preditors, so their numbers need controlling, when elk numbers rise, so do traffic accident and historically speaking, elk numbers are high now than they've been for 100s of years and life is less tough and they are hunted to the limit anymore, there are strict quotas and a season. (last day tomorrow for most).
Alcohol, having been involved in hunting for Elk, boar etc in Sweden for 10years, never seen a drop of alcohol drunk, before, during or after a hunt.. it might be done by hangers on, but 99.999% of hunters are very diligent, far more so than in other nations I've been to.
It sounds like the guy walked into the line of fire, but we'll wait for the verdict, rather than jump to conclusions.
Calf meat - how old do you think 1/2 the meat in the supermarket is? pork, beef, etc. ?
Who counts the numbers of elk?
Quotas are usually done per 1000hectare, so smaller hunting groups have to average down etc. This year the quota was harsher for the first week of the hunt when most people go out, to prevent the population taking a hit, it usually specifies things like only 2nd calfs and bull over 5 points for the first week, then slightly more lax quotas for the remaining few weeks.
So, you see compared to most styles of hunting I would say they is a fair bit of control. The only problem is that some hunters are city dwellers with purchased hunting rights and they may only hunt for a few days year, this can cause problems as they may only carry a weapon a few days per year and get a bit target orientated and their peripheral vision that may have picked up other activities just gets ignored, but likewise someone who is in the forest most days with a gun, could become complaciant, it's a question of balance.
and how many elk were hunted last year ( or this year)