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Here’s what’s worth reading today, Friday, October 4, 2019:
California man gets jail for fatally shooting protected mountain lion: A man who acknowledged shooting and killing a protected mountain lion that roamed the mountains near Los Angeles has been sentenced to 30 days in jail. The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday that Alfredo Gonzalez must also perform community service and pay restitution. The 60-year-old pleaded guilty to the unlawful killing of the protected cougar, known as P-38, and vandalizing its tracking collar.
Raffle offers deer hunt with ‘modern-day Teddy Roosevelt’ Donald Trump Jr.: A sports hunting advocacy group is offering the chance to hunt deer with Donald Trump Jr., whom the group calls a “modern-day Teddy Roosevelt.” For $10 per raffle ticket, people can purchase the chance to win a three-day Pennsylvania trip to hunt whitetail deer with President Trump’s oldest son. “You will have to go a long way to find a bigger advocate for our hunting lifestyle, a more passionate hunter and conservationist than Don, Jr. The opportunity to share a hunting camp with him is truly priceless,” writes Hunter Nation, the group operating the raffle. Applicants have until Oct. 15 to buy tickets. The hunt is planned for December, according to the group’s website.
Indiana man faces hunting-related charges for killing deer worth around $4,500 without the proper license: A Putnam County man is facing charges after officials used his cellphone records to bust him for multiple hunting violations. The investigation started last November after a complaint of someone hunting from an off-road vehicle and trespassing. Around that same time, 37-year-old David McCollough, from Greenecatle claimed he killed a “trophy class deer.” Conservation officers checked their records and found inconsistent reporting of the killed deer. McCollough allegedly sent messages describing the deer he killed with time and date stamps from about 45 minutes before he bought the correct license online.
A Michigan man was infected with tuberculosis while hunting deer: Tests have shown a Michigan man was infected with pulmonary tuberculosis while hunting deer, but an Iowa wildlife expert says hunters here face no increased risk. Rachel Ruden, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ wildlife veterinarian, said the outbreak of deer-transmitted bovine tuberculosis has been contained to four counties in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. Iowa monitors for deer TB but have seen no signs they should test for the disease, Ruden said. Bovine tuberculosis is most commonly found in domestic cattle and captive and wild white-tailed deer, bison and elk. Most U.S. cases of bovine TB in humans are caused by eating or drinking unpasteurized dairy products. Hunters can contract the it by breathing it in or through cuts, but the likelihood is small, experts say.
Straight-wall rifle cartridges are making a comeback in deer hunting: Throughout the Midwest and other parts of the country, deer hunters are swapping their slug guns and muzzleloaders for rifles chambered in straight-wall cartridges thanks to changes in legislation that make these rounds legal to use. For decades, states such as Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan prohibited the use of traditional bottleneck centerfire cartridges for deer, citing safety concerns in areas with high human-population densities. But the limited range of straight-wall cartridges makes them ideal for these places.
Man accidentally shoots self in face while raccoon hunting, police say: A man accidentally shot himself in the face while raccoon hunting Wednesday evening, police said. The 63-year-old from Inkster was hunting raccoons near Sharon Valley Road in Norvell Township when he accidentally shot himself with a .22 caliber rifle, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said. He then walked to a nearby residence for help, and was taken by ambulance to Henry Ford Allegiance Health in critical condition, police said.
Man who survived bison goring goes on date, his date gets attacked by a bison: Kyler Bourgeous was gored and trampled by a bison at Antelope Island State Park in June. His date, Kayleigh Davis, said she wasn’t trying to get a selfie or antagonizing the animal in any way. Instead, she was trying to get out of the way of some bikers. “All of the sudden, I see the bison charging me, so I start running towards the lake away from it, and it flips me up,” Davis said. She hit the ground, fracturing her ankle and her thigh gushed blood from where the bison gored her. Through the pain, she remained calm as she braced for a second attack. She remembered what Bourgeous had told her about his own attack and didn’t move. “I’ve heard from his story — just stay still so it doesn’t come charging at you again,” she said.
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