Sixth hunter shot in deer stand dispute dies
Authorities name suspect, but no formal charges filed
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 Posted: 7:49 AM EST (1249 GMT)


(CNN) -- The weekend shootings of a group of deer hunters in northwestern Wisconsin claimed a sixth life Monday, hospital officials and the man's family said.

Five others died in the immediate aftermath of the shootings Sunday afternoon, which Sawyer County Sheriff James Meier said were sparked by a dispute over a tree stand on the first weekend of Wisconsin's deer hunting season.

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"This is an incredible tragedy," Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle said. "One in which a great family tradition like a deer hunt has turned into such a great loss for the families involved. The whole state of Wisconsin feels the deepest sympathy and pain."



I kinda wonder if this is how the deer community feels every year...