Overview

• The 2024-2025 season recorded 100 hunting accidents, reversing last season’s record low of 78 incidents.
• For the third consecutive season, only hunters suffered fatal shootings, with 11 deaths compared to six in each of the two prior years.
• Sixteen bystanders were injured—including three seriously—after no non-hunters were hurt in the previous season.
• Weapon handling errors caused nearly half of the fatal accidents, and three hunters died during emergency battues.
• Forty-four percent of active hunters have completed the ten-year refresher course introduced in 2020, with full compliance set for 2030.