yep !!! its either gross negligence or some kind of homicide made to look like a hunting "accident" -either way now that the perpetrator has fled the crime scene the charges are now leaning towards some form of murder- you can bet the police will be running around looking for shell casings ,picking up soda and beer cans in the woods for DNA , taking pictures of shoe and tire prints the whole nine yards
here in Florida about 15 years ago we had 2 hunting "accidents" in two different WMA's about a week apart , turned out that both of these folks were from the same town , and the perpetrator was never found , if I remember one of them was shot while in the tree stand - go figure
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