HUNTING PREPARATIONS Chief Logan State Park Lodge Hosts Hunting Academy
Reported by: Rachael Tarr
Web Producer: Bethany Simmons
Reported: Sep. 14, 2012 11:02 AM EDT
Updated: Sep. 14, 2012 11:50 AM EDT
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Logan State Park
, West Virginia
With gun buck season just about two months away, wildlife officers are preparing for hunters' annual pilgrimage into the woods. A Hunting Incident Academy begins this weekend.
Forty wildlife officers from 16 states will learn the finer points of investigating a hunting-related shooting.
Nine instructors from seven states will share their skills, knowledge and techniques on how they investigate a shooting incident involving a hunter.
The instructors have more than 350 years of experience and have investigated more than 2,000 hunting-related shootings.
The training sessions begins Sunday at Chief Logan State Park Lodge and will wrap up Thursday next week.
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Rachael Tarr
