Texas man dies in hunting accident in Colorado

DURANGO — Two hunters from Pennsylvania were trying to lure an elk successful southwestern Colorado erstwhile 1 of them mistook a bow huntsman for prey and fatally changeable him, according to an apprehension affidavit.

Gregory Gabrisch, 31, of Houston, died from a gunshot coiled successful the San Juan National Forest northbound of Rico connected Friday morning, and 1 of the Pennsylvania hunters was arrested connected suspicion of criminally negligent homicide, a felony.

The antheral who was arrested was hunting with a .50-caliber achromatic pulverization firearm arsenic his spouse utilized a calling instrumentality to lure elk into range, The Durango Herald reported. The instrumentality mimics the dependable a bull elk would marque erstwhile challenging different bulls oregon erstwhile trying to find a cattle elk.

Gabrisch was wearing acheronian brownish camouflage erstwhile helium was shot. Bow hunters successful Colorado are not required to deterioration daylight fluorescent orange, which breaks up the camouflage signifier needed to get adjacent to game.

Investigators accidental the 67-year-old huntsman from Elizabeth, Pa., who killed Gabrisch should person identified his people earlier shooting. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials urge wearing fluorescent orangish oregon florescent pinkish covering successful the tract adjacent erstwhile not hunting.