{"id":8443,"date":"2015-04-20T16:50:15","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T20:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=8443"},"modified":"2017-04-14T16:30:28","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:30:28","slug":"nrp-investigating-hunting-accident-in-allegany-county-pa-man-wounded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2015\/04\/20\/nrp-investigating-hunting-accident-in-allegany-county-pa-man-wounded\/","title":{"rendered":"NRP Investigating Hunting Accident in Allegany County; Pa. Man Wounded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Pennsylvania man <a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/07\/NRPcolor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3897\" src=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/07\/NRPcolor-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Natural Resources Police Logo\" width=\"92\" height=\"92\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/07\/NRPcolor-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/07\/NRPcolor-30x30.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 92px) 100vw, 92px\" \/><\/a>was injured Monday morning in a turkey hunting accident at Green Ridge State Forest in Allegany County, the Maryland Natural Resources Police reported.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Robert Lee Verbeck, 70, of Philipsburg, is being treated for pellet wounds to his face and shoulder at Western Maryland Regional Medical Center in Cumberland after he was shot by a 16-year-old who was hunting with his father and a friend.<\/p>\n<p>The three hunters, from North East, set up their decoys not far from the intersection of Orleans Road and Dug Hill Road. Verbeck, who holds a valid Maryland hunting license, entered the area unbeknownst to the three hunters. Two shots were fired.<\/p>\n<p>NRP received the call for assistance at 7:30 a.m. The investigation is continuing.<\/p>\n<p>Maryland spring turkey season runs from April 18 through May 23. Only bearded turkeys may be harvested in the spring season. Hunters may use shotguns \u2500 loaded with No. 4 shot or smaller \u2500 crossbows or vertical bows. Hunting is allowed from one-half hour before sunrise to noon through May 9, and from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset from May 10 through May 23.<\/p>\n<p>The NRP Hunter Safety staff and the National Wild Turkey Federation offer these reminders:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be sure of your target and what is beyond it before you pull the trigger. Know the identifying features of the game you hunt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Leave the area if you suspect there\u2019s another hunter already working the same bird.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Resist the urge to stalk turkey sounds. It is nearly impossible to sneak up on a turkey and it could lead to an accident.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Never wear bright colors, especially not red, white, blue or black because these are the colors of a wild turkey gobbler.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Remain still and speak in a loud, clear voice to announce your presence to other hunters if necessary. Never move, wave or make turkey sounds to alert another hunter of your presence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Maintain a clear field of view when using a camouflage blind or netting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Pennsylvania man was injured Monday morning in a turkey hunting accident at Green Ridge State Forest in Allegany County, the Maryland Natural Resources Police reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-nrp-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8443"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8444,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8443\/revisions\/8444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}