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Dan Gunderson

2 hunters accidentally shot in separate incidents during youth deer hunts

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Two people were accidentally shot over the weekend during the Minnesota youth deer hunting season.
Dan Gunderson | MPR News 2021

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Two people were accidentally shot over the weekend during the Minnesota youth deer hunting season.

On Sunday morning, the Hubbard County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a man shot with a deer rifle south of Bemidji.

Deputies found 50-year-old Gary Peters bleeding from gunshot wounds.

Investigators determined Peters was hunting with a 10-year-old during the youth deer season. The child accidentally pulled the trigger while attempting to unload a rifle. Peters was airlifted to a Fargo hospital with serious injuries.

Also on Sunday, a 45-year-old man hunting with his 12-year-old daughter was shot in the leg.

The Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office says the girl shot a deer. She then accidentally fired the rifle again, striking her father in the leg.

The man, who was not identified, was taken to North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale.