December 3, 2012
From WCFCourier.com
NORA SPRINGS, Iowa — A rural Mason City man was hospitalized Sunday after suffering a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the foot while deer hunting Sunday afternoon.
Jeffrey A. Esser, 29, was moving through heavy brush southeast of Nora Springs in Floyd County when the .12-gauge shotgun he was carrying discharged hitting in the right foot at approximately 4 p.m. Sunday
Overall, five people were injured, none fatally, on Sunday, the second day of the shotgun deer season in Iowa. So far this year, there have been a total of 11 personal injury hunting-related incidents reported to the DNR.