(Buffalo County, NE) -- A Hickman man is injured in a hunting incident Friday morning along the Platte River in Buffalo County.
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says the man was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney for injuries to his arm that were not life threatening. Game and Parks says an initial review of the scene showed he was unintentionally shot at close range by another member of his hunting party.
This is the second hunting incident reported in Nebraska this year.
Since the introduction of mandatory hunter education and hunter orange requirements in Nebraska, Game and Parks says annual hunting incidents have decreased by over 70%. The incident remains under investigation by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.