Vaucluse: a hunter accidentally shoots himself in the knee


According to France 3, the 71-year-old man received a discharge of buckshot in the leg. Seriously injured, his vital prognosis is not engaged.





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The man is seriously injured in the leg (illustration).
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Un hunting accident whose victim is none other than the hunter himself. In the Vaucluse, precisely at a place called Les Iscles in the town of Cheval-Blanc, a 71-year-old hunter injured his knee on Saturday morning around 8:30 a.m. A gunshot, loaded with buckshot, ammunition intended for the big game such as wild boar, has inadvertently left.

The individual is seriously injured, his leg being, according to France 3, particularly damaged. Its vital prognosis is not engaged, three vehicles and five firefighters intervened on the spot. The hunter was then taken to hospital in Avignon.

Falling hunting accidents

Eight people, including two non-hunters, died in hunting accidents in the 2021-2022 season, according to the results of the French Office for Biodiversity (OFB), which underlines a downward trend for twenty years. “Over the period 2021-2022, the OFB recorded 90 hunting accidents in total (bodily injuries related to the use of a hunting weapon), including eight fatalities”, counts the OFB.

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“Among the latter, two concerned non-hunting victims”, specifies the Office. “Despite a slight increase in accidents this season, the trend of a general decline observed for twenty years is confirmed and, for the second consecutive year, the number of hunting accidents is less than 100”, it is specified. In 2020-2021, 80 accidents, including 7 fatalities, were recorded, the lowest toll for twenty years. From 2001 to 2010, the number of accidents fluctuated between 146 and 203 per season, including 15 to 31 fatalities.




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