Mon Feb 13, 10:04 PM ET
GOLDEN TOWNSHIP, Michigan - A man was shot and injured when his
hunting partner mistook his elbow for a squirrel, authorities said.
Michigan State Police said George Arthur Sikkenga, 64, of Muskegon,
Michigan was wounded Sunday morning in Golden Township, in Michigan's
west-central Lower Peninsula.
Sikkenga was wearing camouflage clothing except for an orange hat,
which he had covered with a hood after sitting down behind a tree, The
Muskegon Chronicle reported.
His clothed elbow was all of him that was visible when his friend,
Gregory Scott Wood approached from behind the tree and fired his
weapon, which the Ludington Daily News described as a .17-caliber
rifle.
Sikkenga was transported to a local hospital, where he was treated
and released.
Police were investigating the shooting.
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