The number of reported hunting accidents in Kansas dropped to 20 in 2005, down from 26 reported in 2004, according to Wildlife and Parks.

There were no fatalities, although there were several serious incidents.

Swinging on game, and its subset, victim-out-of-sight, accounted for 11 incidents. Both of the victims in the victim-out-of-sight-category were wearing blaze orange. Upland bird hunting was involved in more than half of the incidents, and there were four incidents on opening weekend of the upland season.

There was one incident of failure to properly identify a target (mistaken for game). It was a turkey-hunting incident and was serious but not fatal.

In those incidents where the age of the shooter was identified, the average age was 36. Two shooters were under 16. The youngest shooter was 11, and the oldest was 76.