IRON COUNTY, MI-- An Iron County hunter shot himself in the foot Tuesday.
State Police from the Iron Mountain Post received a call from the emergency department at Aspirus Hospital in Iron River. Doctors said an 18-year-old man had been out hunting in the early morning hours with his dad. The teen saw a deer, took his hunting rifle off safety, then slipped. The rifle discharged, sending a bullet through his right foot.
The man underwent surgery Tuesday.
State Police continue to investigate the incident.
