Hunting season in 2004 was the safest in the more than 90 years Pennsylvania has been keeping records. The Pa Game Commission announced Monday that there were 56-hunting related shooting incidents last year, including four fatalities. The incident rate, at 5.56 per 100,000 participants was the lowest on record as well. Of the 56 incidents, there were 14 incidents self-inflicted, including one fatal self-inflicted injury. The breakdown of incidents by species hunted shows all four fatalities occurred in deer season, with 23 total incidents, while 14 incidents occurred while hunting wild turkey, 13 in small game and four in waterfowl hunts. Two were labeled other.
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