I guess I will avoid VT if you ALL treat Alaskans this way....

[Mike Raburn]

Man sentenced for shooting Alaska hunter

Associated Press - September 9, 2009 4:04 PM ET

NEWPORT CITY, Vt. (AP) - A Newport Center man will serve more than two months in prison for shooting and wounding a fellow hunter.

Twenty-2-year-old James Rowell was sentenced Friday for shooting Theron Willard, of Anchorage, Alaska, in the hip last November in Coventry.

Rowell, who pleaded no contest to simple assault with a weapon, says he thought he was shooting at a deer when he hit and wounded Willard.

Police say that Rowell heard screaming after he fired the shot and then went to help.

Willard was taken to North Country Hospital in Newport and then transported to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., with a non life-threatening injury, the Caledonian-Record reports.

Information from: The Caledonian-Record, http://www.caledonianrecord.com

[trussell]

2 months? I think you get in a lot more trouble than that for shooting a DEER out of season!  Last time I checked, there was no open season on Alaskans around here...

[dearon]

I agree, know your target! Since when does a human look like a deer, bear, wolf or any other creature they seem to report mistaking you for.

[PotterFXFD]

 This is a mistake that "NEVER" should happen. 2 months is way to light in my mind.

[formerfxfd15]

I guess that is what happens when people simply shoot at Noises, instead of waiting to identify what it is they are shooting at.  2 months is ridiculous.  Potter is right, these types of shootings should never occur in the first place.