CLAY COUNTY, Minn. — The Clay County and Norman County sheriff’s departments are investigating separate hunting accidents on the opening day of the firearms deer season in Minnesota.

Shortly before 8 a.m., emergency personnel were dispatched to a report of a male who was struck by gunfire while hunting near the 4600 block of 90th Avenue North, which is a couple of miles southeast of Kragnes, Minn., in Clay County.

Deputies arrived to find a man who appeared to have a gunshot wound to the head, according to a Clay County sheriff’s office news release. Clay County deputies and a responding Minnesota state trooper immediately began administering first aid to the male hunter.

When asked if the injuries appeared to have come from the victim’s own hunting party or another hunter, Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting responded that more information would be released after the weekend.

Sanford Ambulance Service arrived and took over lifesaving efforts. Sanford Airmed was requested and its personnel assisted Sanford Ambulance and law enforcement personnel with lifesaving efforts.

The man, a 34-year-old from Dilworth, was transported to Sanford Hospital by Airmed. Empting told WDAY-TV that he did not have an update on the man’s condition Saturday afternoon, but described the injuries as serious.

The incident is under investigation by the sheriff’s office.

Just before 11 a.m., deputies in Norman County were called to an area north of Perley for a 37-year-old hunter who had been shot.

The man was taken to a Fargo, N.D., hospital by ambulance to be treated for a single gunshot wound.

Norman County Sheriff Ben Fall described the wound as non-life-threatening.

The incident is under investigation by the sheriff’s office and no further information will be released at this time, Fall said.

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