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State hunters set safety record in '05

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Game Commission announced Thursday that 2005 was the safest hunting year in the more than 90 years that records have been kept.

Last year, there were 47 hunting-related shooting incidents, including three facilities.

In 2004, the year the previous record was set, there were 56 incidents, including four fatalities.

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