Turkey hunting-related shooting investigated May 8, 2008
POMFRET -- Vermont state game wardens are investigating an
apparent hunting-related shooting Wednesday that left two Vermont
men hospitalized.
Two parties of two hunters each were turkey hunting after
separately viewing and stalking the same turkey in a field off South
Pomfret Road in Pomfret. The shooter fired one shot from his
12-gauge shotgun, striking two other hunters approximately 60 yards
away, in the hand, torso and head with No. 5 shot. The victims were
transported to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H.,
with non-life threatening wounds.
One of the victims, a man from Thetford Center, was released. The
other man, from Barnard, underwent surgery to remove pellets from
his head and torso. He is expected to remain in hospital for a few
days.
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