BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 14, 2022
I strongly disagree with Jared Bornstein’s description of hunters in a recent Bangor Daily News column. He wants to educate non-hunters on how safe hunting is. Tell Karen Wood’s family how safe hunting is when she got shot dead in her own backyard by a store clerk. Tell my cousin who had a bullet hit the tree beside his head and then talked to the man who came out of the woods who said he’d gotten off a “sound shot.” We live in a rural area where deer cross our property frequently. I come from a family of hunters so I know that there are careful hunters out there, but there are many who are not careful. Sunday is the only day of the week in hunting season that I feel reasonably safe on my own property. Should I have to wear orange to go from my house to my garage or my clothesline other days? ~ Dorothy Gardner, Marshfield