Man shot, injured while bow hunting in Clinton County
10/04/2026
A 38-year-old man was shot and injured while bow hunting in Clinton County on Saturday.
According to the social media post by the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were sent to a residence on Lowe Road in Essex Township at around 5:50 p.m. after receiving reports that a man had been shot in the chest while hunting.
Deputies and other first responders arrived to find the man in his blind with a gunshot wound to the chest.
The man was taken to the hospital, where he remains in critical condition.
Following a preliminary investigation, it is believed that people were target shooting at a nearby property when a stray bullet hit the hunter.