(Red Willow County, NE) -- An Indianola, Nebraska man is seriously injured in a deer hunting incident in southwest Nebraska.
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says the shooting happened around 5:00 Sunday night in Red Willow County. The commission says the 20-year-old was accidentally shot by a rifle belonging to a 54-year-old man, who was following him and another hunter up an embankment. The man was flown to Bryan West Medical Trauma Center in Lincoln for treatment of his injuries.
Game and Parks says this is the fourth hunting incident reported in 2022 and the third in three days. In comparison, eight hunting incidents resulting in personal injury were reported in 2021 and five incidents were reported in 2020. The November Firearm Deer season closed Nov. 20.
Game and Parks is investigating the incident.