The hunter in Maine was first charged with murder,but was acquited in trial.Maine law does not allow shooting within 100 yards of a residence and he was right at that distance.
I followed the case in the papers as we had just had an incident in Idaho where a man was killed as he sat on a stump smoking a cigarette. The person who shot him thought he was a bear. He got jail time and had his hunting priveledges revoked for life.
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