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Wisconsin V. Berseth case summary

Chippewa County, Wisconsin Hunter, Michael Berseth was muzzleloading during the final days of the 2001 hunting season. He was hunting with a .50 caliber muzzleloading rifle. He thought he saw a flash of a whitetailed deer. He shot. When he came upon what he shot he found the body of his 47-year-old neighbor Deborah Prasnicki, wearing a white scarf, who was out walking her two dogs.
Berseth immediately called for help over his two-way radio. Two of his friends came over. They both thought he had shot a buck.
Berseth had been hunting for many years and had used this particular rifle for 3 years. He and his friends...

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