Boy, I tell you....it doesnt matter where I live...here or there....its all pretty bad.

Five hunters gunned down in Wisconsin woods
Police: Dispute over deer stand apparently led to killings
Monday, November 22, 2004 Posted: 3:24 AM EST (0824 GMT) (CNN)
Sheriff's deputies are investigating the killings of fivehunters Sunday in northwest Wisconsin -- bloodshed apparently sparked by a dispute over a hunting spot. A suspect has been arrested. "This is completely nuts," said Chief Deputy Tim Zeigle of the SawyerCounty Sheriff's Department. "Why? I mean, five people dead because somebody was trespassing on property. It makes no sense."
Three others were wounded, said Julie Veness, an emergency medical technician in Exeland, Wisconsin. Saturday marked the opening of the nine-day deer season, and Veness said the shootings appeared to stem from a dispute over a deer stand -- an elevated position from which hunters can target deer."Apparently, the person was asked to leave and get out of his deer stand, and he didn't take it very well and he fired away at them," she said.
The suspect apparently got lost in the woods after the rampage. He was led out by a pair of hunters who were not aware of the shootings, according to Zeigle."We were very thankful to take him into custody. No one else got hurt," Zeigle said. "When he was taken into custody, his gun was empty."
Jennifer Greshowak, a spokeswoman for Lakeview Medical Center in Rice Lake, said three men from the same hunting party were brought to that facility after suffering gunshot wounds. One of the three was transferred to a hospital in nearby Marshfield, she said. The other two -- identified by relatives as Denny Drew and Lauren Hesebeck -- were recovering from surgery at Lakeview. Drew was inserious condition, while Hesebeck was listed in fair condition, their families said in a statement issued Sunday night.
"Our families certainly appreciate the thoughts and prayers of this close-knit community, and encourage you to think and pray for the other families involved," the statement said. Veness said the killings have shocked Exeland, a village of 219 people about 135 miles northeast of Minneapolis. "It just doesn't happen in this neck of the woods," she said. "We don't expect any of this to happen."