Hunting Accident

Sauk County Sheriff’s Department

News Release

December 31, 2017

On December 31, 2017, at about 10:35 am, the Sauk County Sheriff’s Department received a call regarding a hunter who had fallen out of a tree stand and suffered fatal injuries.  The individual was hunting on public hunting land with a family member along Tower Rd in the Township of Greenfield.  Baraboo District Ambulance Service, Baraboo Fire Department, and the Sauk County Sheriff’s Department all responded.

The initial investigation indicated that Jacob Herr, age 50, of Milwaukee, was deer hunting and using a self climbing stand to scale a hardwood tree.  Herr was located by his hunting companion near the base of his tree with the tree stand still approximately 15 feet above the ground.  Herr was wearing a safety harness, but it had not been attached to the tree.  It is believed that the incident occurred during the initial climb up the tree between 4:30 and 5:00 am on December 31, 2017.

No foul play is suspected.

 

Sheriff Chip Meister

Sauk County Sheriff’s Department