Two hunters were shot over the opening weekend of the Minnesota Firearms Deer Hunting Opener.
Both incidents happened in northwestern Minnesota. The first happened around 8 a.m. near the 4600 block of 90th Ave. N in rural Clay County, where a deer hunter was shot in the head. No details about how he was struck by gunfire in the head have been revealed.
That man, who is from Dilworth, Minnesota, was taken to a Fargo hospital and his current condition is unknown.
The second hunter was shot north of Perley in Lee Township, Norman County, around 10:45 a.m. Saturday. The 37-year-old man suffered a single gunshot wound and was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Fargo for non-life-threatening injuries.
According to the Minnesota DNR, there had been seven hunting-related shootings with injuries in through Nov. 5 this year. Contributing factors to those shootings include :
– Pheasant hunter lost balance and shot self in the foot
– Bird hunter turned to shoot and shot a fellow hunter
– Hunter shot self “messing around” with their hand over the barrel of the shotgun