BISHOPVILLE — A Selbyville man reportedly fell to his death from a deer-stand in a rural area near Bishopville in northern Worcester County on Tuesday morning, becoming the first deer hunting fatality reported in Maryland this year.
According to Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP), Richard F. Jenkins, 76, of Selbyville, left his home around 6 a.m. on Tuesday to go to his deer-stand on Delaware Rd. in Bishopville about four miles away. When his wife had not heard from him later on Tuesday afternoon, she contacted a family friend to go check on him. The friend found Jenkins on a concrete pad near a chicken house where the victim had set up his deer-stand.
The friend called 911 around 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday and NRP officers along with Bishopville Emergency Services and the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office responded. Jenkins was declared deceased at the scene, the victim of an apparent head injury likely caused by a fall from the stand, according to NRP Public Information Officer Candus Thomson.
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5 comments:
Where the helmet laws on this. Climbing to deer stands should require safety equipment.
I'm really getting sick of these senseless deaths. When are deer stands going to be made illegal? I'm not a hunter but I see deer all the time just fine and I'm on the ground!
12:58-I too prefer hunting while standing on solid ground.Every tree stand hunter I know has a story to tell about an accident or a near accident.I don't like tempting fate.
When you are elevated in a stand, a missed shot will bury itself in the ground. If you miss when standing on the ground, the bullet will go a couple of miles at 5 feet above the ground. Deer stand hunters are looking out for other folks' safety, as well as being able to see over thickets for more opportunities for success.
God bless him and his family, he died doing what he loved doing.
You have an excellent point 9:11 but something has to be done to ensure the safety of those using tree stands.
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