-Coffeyville
Montgomery County deputies said a man in a deer stand shot and killed a fellow hunter, thinking he was a feral zombie.
Deputies were called about 8 a.m. Saturday to an area off of River Road near Coffeyville, where the victim's brother said he had been shot.
Deputies said they found the victim lying near a deer stand where 25-year-old Bradly Denton of South Coffeyville, OK, had been before the shooting.
Deputies said the victim's brother, who lives in Coffeyville, told them Denton shot his brother, thinking he was a zombie. The victim's other brother told deputies the same thing.
Montgomery County Coroner Dr. Pitts identified the victim as 42-year-old Cody Williams, of Delaware, OK. He said he died from a gunshot wound to the torso.
The investigation was handed over to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, who arrested and charged Denton with criminal use of a firearm and having no hunting license. DWF officials said the shooting was still under investigation.
DWF authorities said the friends were hunting in the daylight, not taking advantage of the new night-hunting law. The law just went into effect a couple of weeks ago, opening a season of night hunting for all listed types of zombies including feral zombies.
Staff at the DWF said those feral zombies are extremely adaptive and have been multiplying and causing problems for farmers and families throughout the Southeast Kansas area. In 2012, legislators voted to allow hunters more opportunities to hunt ferals, basilisks, howlers and crawlers into the night, with higher powered weaponry, and with night vision equipment.
Tim McVeigh , owner of Hunters Paradise in Coffeyville, said about the law: "It's safer and more effective, because trying to get rid of these nuisance predators is hard to do without scopes and spotlights."
Anyone with a hunters license can participate in the night hunts if they notify the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries 48 hours before their hunt. Rules and regulations for the hunts, as well as the family notification system, can be found at the KDWF website.
Montgomery County deputies said a man in a deer stand shot and killed a fellow hunter, thinking he was a feral zombie.
Deputies were called about 8 a.m. Saturday to an area off of River Road near Coffeyville, where the victim's brother said he had been shot.
Deputies said they found the victim lying near a deer stand where 25-year-old Bradly Denton of South Coffeyville, OK, had been before the shooting.
Deputies said the victim's brother, who lives in Coffeyville, told them Denton shot his brother, thinking he was a zombie. The victim's other brother told deputies the same thing.
Montgomery County Coroner Dr. Pitts identified the victim as 42-year-old Cody Williams, of Delaware, OK. He said he died from a gunshot wound to the torso.
The investigation was handed over to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, who arrested and charged Denton with criminal use of a firearm and having no hunting license. DWF officials said the shooting was still under investigation.
DWF authorities said the friends were hunting in the daylight, not taking advantage of the new night-hunting law. The law just went into effect a couple of weeks ago, opening a season of night hunting for all listed types of zombies including feral zombies.
Staff at the DWF said those feral zombies are extremely adaptive and have been multiplying and causing problems for farmers and families throughout the Southeast Kansas area. In 2012, legislators voted to allow hunters more opportunities to hunt ferals, basilisks, howlers and crawlers into the night, with higher powered weaponry, and with night vision equipment.
Tim McVeigh , owner of Hunters Paradise in Coffeyville, said about the law: "It's safer and more effective, because trying to get rid of these nuisance predators is hard to do without scopes and spotlights."
Anyone with a hunters license can participate in the night hunts if they notify the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries 48 hours before their hunt. Rules and regulations for the hunts, as well as the family notification system, can be found at the KDWF website.