Brief by Central Staff
Wildlife – October 2003 – Colorado Central Magazine
Hunting accidents happen to archers, as well as rifle hunters. A bow-hunter in the San Juans was looking for elk, but accidentally killed himself with an arrow.
James Bender, 36, of Union Town, Ohio, was found dead on Sept. 8 near Silverton. San Juan County Deputy Sheriff John Jacobs said that Bender was most likely walking with a notched arrow in his compound bow, ready to release it.
Then he either tripped or slipped and pierced his leg with the arrow, which severed the femoral artery in his thigh. Bender sat on a log, removed the arrow, and began to loosen his belt, probably to use as a tourniquet. But then he passed out, and died.
