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Wis. Deer Hunter Collapses, Dies in Iowa Co.

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By: Associated Press
Posted: Tue 4:42 PM, Nov 20, 2012

TOWN OF BRIGHAM, Wis. (AP) -- A 58-year-old Waunakee man has collapsed and died while deer hunting in Iowa County.

The Iowa County sheriff's office says Fred Laufenberg was pronounced dead at the scene in a field in the Town of Brigham.

The Capital Times reports Laufenberg had walked with his son about three-quarters of a mile off the roadway into a field when he collapsed Monday.

Authorities believe he died of cardiac arrest. An autopsy was scheduled Tuesday.


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