November 1, 2009, 07:05 AM
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Another Thing Not to do While Hunting
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33567671/ns/us_news/
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NH hunter shot while using rope to hoist rifle
OSSIPEE, N.H. - A New Hampshire deer hunter has accidentally shot himself in the right hand while trying to lift his loaded rifle into a tree stand using a rope tied around the weapon.
A state conservation officer says a branch or stick apparently got stuck in the trigger of Robert Lapointe's .50-caliber muzzleloader, setting it off at around 1:45 p.m. Saturday.
Mark Hensel of the state Fish and Game Department says the 63-year-old from Somersworth was hunting in Ossipee (AH'-sih-pee) on the first day of muzzleloader deer season.
Hensel says Lapointe has been taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland. A nursing supervisor there says he's being evaluated.
Hensel says Lapointe is expected to survive, but "shouldn't have been doing what he did."
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Sadly age does not equate wisdom in this case.
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