Man Is Shot By Fellow Hunter After Killing Deer Near Putnam County

PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- A Dutchess County man was shot by a fellow hunter while he was attempting to move a dead deer from the woods on Saturday, Nov. 15, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal.

A Dutchess county man was shot by a fellow hunter on the first day of regular hunting season.
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Joe Jenkins

11/17/2014 10:30 a.m.

The shooter saw the deer moving and thought it was alive. The victim was taken to Danbury Hospital with non-life threatening injuries to his hand and buttocks, the Poughkeepsie Journal reported.

Regular hunting season opened on Saturday at sunrise and runs through Dec. 7.

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