Hunter from Mississippi wounded on Iowa deer hunt

Published On: Dec 03 2012 06:45:42 AM CST   Updated On: Dec 03 2012 06:44:00 AM CST
MONROE COUNTY, Iowa (AP) -

Iowa officials are trying to determine how a Mississippi man was shot and wounded by a fellow deer hunter.

The state Department of Natural Resources says 48-year-old Clint Morgan, of Saucier, Miss., was wounded around noon Sunday.

Saucier was struck in the elbow by a slug fired by another member of his seven-member hunting party.

Saucier was taken to a Des Moines hospital for treatment.

The incident happened in Monroe County, southwest of Blakesburg.

Officials say fog was not a factor in this case. That's different than an earlier hunting accident near Indianola where 58-year-old Miles Sagen was wounded by a fellow hunter.

Both hunting incidents remain under investigation.

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