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Hunter shot in leg

 

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

http://www.ohio.com/bj/news/ohio/docs/018341.htm

 

 

A 19-year-old man accidentally shot his father in the leg while hunting Tuesday,

a state wildlife officer said. It was at least the fourth accident, including

one death, in the first two days of Ohio's weeklong deer-gun hunting season.

 

The man shot at a deer but missed, and the slug hit his father, who was standing

inside a shed, said Phil King of the Ohio Division of Wildlife. The two were

hunting in Licking County in central Ohio.

 

The father was treated and released from a hospital, King said. The men's names

were not released.

 

On Monday, William Jones, 67, of Grove City, was accidentally killed when a shot

from a 17-year-old hunting partner passed through a deer and struck him in the

abdomen, authorities said.

 

Franklin County Sheriff Jim Karnes said the slug went through the deer's neck,

through bushes and then between trees before striking Jones. He said those in

the hunting party were wearing blaze orange.

 

During last year's gun season, nine hunters were injured in accidental shootings

and misfires. Five of the injuries were self-inflicted. Three hunters were

killed during the season in 1998.

 

King said the number of accidental shootings has decreased over the last 20

years since Ohio started requiring hunting education. But there will always be

accidents during deer gun season, he said.

 

``You've got more hunters in the field over the six days than at any other time

during the year,'' he said. ``The more hunters in the field, the risk

increases.''

 

No charges had been filed Tuesday against a hunter who fired a shot that

shattered a window of a house Monday in Medina County. Sylvia Herman, 63, was

brushing her hair in front of the bathroom mirror when the slug from a shotgun

came through the window and landed on the floor 3 inches behind her.

 

Doug Miller, county wildlife officer, said the hunter did not realize the house

was in his line of fire.

 

Medina County sheriff's Sgt. Kevin English said the hunter should not have been

carrying a gun because he is a felon.

 

In Jefferson County in eastern Ohio, a 15-year-old boy hunting alone shot

himself in the hand with a .410-gauge shotgun while hunting Monday morning, said

Reno Reda, an Ohio Division of Wildlife officer for the region.

 

State law bars juveniles from hunting without adult supervision, Reda said. The

shooting was referred to the county prosecutor's office, which had not looked

into the case Tuesday.

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