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St Charles County Missouri hiker shot in the chest after hunter mistook victim for turkey at Weldon Spring Conservation Area in St Charles County. St Charles County Missouri hiker shot in the chest after hunter mistook victim for turkey at Weldon Spring Conservation Area in St Charles County. Missouri hiker shot in the chest after hunter mistook victim for turkey at Weldon Spring Conservation Area in St Charles County. Shooting occurred during last weekend of turkey hunting season.   A Missou...

Posted By: Hewson Beattie May 10, 2021 @ 12:12 am Local News, News WELDON SPRING, Mo. (AP) — Authorities said a hiker was accidentally shot by a turkey hunter in the St. Louis area on Saturday. St. Charles County Police Department spokeswoman Val Joyner said the shooting appears to be “a really bad accident.” The shooting happened around 12:30 p.m. Saturday on the Lewis and Clark Trail in the Weldon Spring Conservat...

By Kenneth Garger May 10, 2021 | 12:05 AM A Missouri hunter mistakenly shot a hiker on Saturday who he thought was a turkey, a report said. The shooting occurred just after 12:30 p.m. amid a turkey hunt at the August A. Busch Memorial and Weldon Spring Conservation Area, police told KSDK. The male hiker was on the Lewis Trail loop when he was… ); } return false; }); $(#comments .commentlist .comment-content a).attr(target,_blank); });

Missouri hunter shoots hiker in the chest after mistaking him for a TURKEY The unnamed hiker was airlifted to hospital in a stable, but critical condition, after a shot to the chest Hiker was on the Lewis Trail loop, St. Charles County, Missouri, on Saturday  Accident happened on penultimate day of the turkey hunting season in Missouri  An investigation has been opened into the incident, but neither man was named 

Font Size: A hiker on a trail in Missouri was shot Saturday after a hunter mistook him for turkey, according to police. The shooting happened around noon in the Weldon Spring Conservation Area, which is nearly 8,400 acres, according to a statement by the St. Charles County Police Department on Facebook. The hiker was on the Lewis and Clark trail when the hunter shot him. The conservation area is located approximately 34 miles west of St. Louis.  Val Joyner, the spokeswoman for the St. Charles ...

Hunter accidentally shoots hiker in Missouri Rescue crews used a utility-task vehicle to reach the injured man and transported him by helicopter to an area trauma center in serious condition. Author: Kelsi Anderson (KSDK), Robert Townsend, Jacob Kuerth, Jeff Cavallin Published: 3:41 PM CDT May 8, 2021 Updated: 4:17 AM CDT May 9, 2021 ST CHARLES, Mo. — A hiker mistaken for a turkey was accidentally shot in the chest Saturday afternoon by a hunter...

Man mistaken for turkey, shot by hunter in Missouri Updated May 10, 2021; Posted May 10, 2021 A man was accidentally shot after being mistaken for a turkey while hiking in Missouri. (photo by Tyler Donaghy via Unsplash) Facebook Share A man was hiking on a trail in Missouri when a hunter accidentally mistook him for a turkey and shot him in the chest. The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon on the Lewis and Clark Trail at the August A. Busch Memorial and Weldon Spring Conservation Area in...

Missouri Hunter Shoots Hiker After Mistaking Him For Turkey, Police Say KEY POINTS Police are yet to reveal the identities of the hiker and the hunter  They said the hunter was fully cooperating A hiker in Missouri has been critically injured after being shot in the chest by a hunter who mistook him for a turkey. Officers reached the Lewis & Clark trail at August A. Busch Memorial and Weldon Spring Conservation Area around Saturday afternoon to investigate a hunting-related incident, St. Cha...

TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. WELDON SPRING, Mo. — A hiker was accidentally shot by a turkey hunter Saturday in the St. Louis area, authorities said. The shooting happened on the Lewis and Clark Trail in the Weldon Spring Conservation Area around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, St. Charles County Police Department spokeswoman Val Joyner said. “It sounds like it was just a really bad accident,” Joyner said to the ...

Hunter accidentally shoots hiker in St. Charles County KMOV     ST. CHARLES COUNTY, MO (KMOV) — A hunter accidentally shot a hiker near Weldon Spring, Mo. Saturday, believing he was a turkey, police told News 4. The shooting happened just before 12:30 p.m., on the Lewis Clark Trail, which is in the Weldon Spring Conservation Area near Highway 94. Crews had to use an utility task vehicle to get the the man in the wooded terrain. He was taken to was airlifted to a local hospital with serio...