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Published September 28, 2004
Bowhunter mistaken for turkey, dies
Ammon D. Cerda of Independence was shot with an arrow while hunting near Laurie.
By Mike Penprase
News-Leader
An Independence man taking part in the bowhunting season for deer and turkey died Saturday after being mistaken for a turkey by a hunting companion, the Missouri Department of Conservation indicated Monday.
Ammon D. Cerda, 52, died Saturday evening in Lake Regional Hospital at Osage Beach. He was flown there by medical helicopter from a hunting site near Laurie, said Darrell Walden, Department of Conservation district supervisor of protection.
Laurie is near the north shore of Lake of the Ozarks, about 75 miles northeast of Springfield.
Hit by an arrow around dusk, Cerda was given CPR for about 15 minutes before the helicopter arrived, Walden said.
"At this time, it appears Ammon was mistaken for a wild turkey," Walden said. "He was wearing leafy camouflage and he was in a crouched position."
Cerda's hunting companion was not identified.
Hunting incidents that result in death or injury during bowhunting season usually involve a hunter falling from a tree stand or falling on an arrow, not being struck by an arrow released by another hunter, Walden said.
"To have someone killed by another archer, particularly in a mistaken-for-game type of accident, is incredibly rare," department spokesman Jim Low said.
Walden said he is completing a report for the Camden County Sheriff's Department.
Sheriff's Capt. Gary Bowling said Monday that the incident remains under investigation.
Along with the possibility of the report going to the county prosecutor, it will go to the Conservation Department's Hunting Incident Review Committee, which can take action to suspend or revoke a hunting license if negligence is involved, Walden said.
Saturday's incident illustrates the need for people who take part in the hunt, which lasts until Nov. 12, to exercise even more caution than they use during later fall hunting seasons, Walden said.
Because leaves remain on trees, and brush and obscure hunters' vision, it's even more important to positively identify a hunting target, he said.
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Bowhunter mistaken for turkey, dies
Ammon D. Cerda of Independence was shot with an arrow while hunting near Laurie.
By Mike Penprase
News-Leader
An Independence man taking part in the bowhunting season for deer and turkey died Saturday after being mistaken for a turkey by a hunting companion, the Missouri Department of Conservation indicated Monday.
Ammon D. Cerda, 52, died Saturday evening in Lake Regional Hospital at Osage Beach. He was flown there by medical helicopter from a hunting site near Laurie, said Darrell Walden, Department of Conservation district supervisor of protection.
Laurie is near the north shore of Lake of the Ozarks, about 75 miles northeast of Springfield.
Hit by an arrow around dusk, Cerda was given CPR for about 15 minutes before the helicopter arrived, Walden said.
"At this time, it appears Ammon was mistaken for a wild turkey," Walden said. "He was wearing leafy camouflage and he was in a crouched position."
Cerda's hunting companion was not identified.
Hunting incidents that result in death or injury during bowhunting season usually involve a hunter falling from a tree stand or falling on an arrow, not being struck by an arrow released by another hunter, Walden said.
"To have someone killed by another archer, particularly in a mistaken-for-game type of accident, is incredibly rare," department spokesman Jim Low said.
Walden said he is completing a report for the Camden County Sheriff's Department.
Sheriff's Capt. Gary Bowling said Monday that the incident remains under investigation.
Along with the possibility of the report going to the county prosecutor, it will go to the Conservation Department's Hunting Incident Review Committee, which can take action to suspend or revoke a hunting license if negligence is involved, Walden said.
Saturday's incident illustrates the need for people who take part in the hunt, which lasts until Nov. 12, to exercise even more caution than they use during later fall hunting seasons, Walden said.
Because leaves remain on trees, and brush and obscure hunters' vision, it's even more important to positively identify a hunting target, he said.
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Sounds to me like there's more to this story.
