Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) is investigating a Dec. 10 report of a hunting accident that occurred the morning prior in St. Mary’s County.
A male individual from Chaptico was part of a group of about 14 hunters who were hunting deer in the Wicomico Shores area. At about 10:15 a.m. another member of the party allegedly shot the individual in the arm.
The individual drove himself to St. Mary’s Hospital where he was treated and released with non-life threatening injuries.
The names of those involved were not released by NRP.
In a separate incident, NRP received a report Dec. 10 of a hunting accident that occurred at 4 p.m. in Kent County. John E. Wiesner, 58, of Townsend, Delaware, was hunting deer on private property off of Black Bottom Road near Golt.
Wiesner was hunting from the ground sitting between three trees with his shotgun leaning against one of the trees. Wiesner told NRP that he saw a deer and while reaching for his gun, knocked the firearm over which caused it to discharge. A shot struck him in the left foot.
Wiesner then walked to his vehicle where he met his son who drove him to the Christiana Hospital in Delaware.