Man head shoot hunting

[Lee Borgersen]

    Man  in head while duck hunting
 
 Sep 29, 2015 









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EMILY - A shotgun blast grazed the side of an 18-year-old Shakopee man's head Sunday morning while he was duck hunting near Crow Wing County Road 1 and Caraway Road in Emily, the Minnesota DNR reported.

 

 


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When the DNR and the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office arrived to the scene, several first responders were working on the Shakopee man identified as Derek A. Bonsante. Bonsante was talking and interacting normally and it appeared he had a grazing head wound from a shotgun round, the DNR's report stated.

Bonsante was transported by ambulance to Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby, where he was treated and released.

According to the incident report supplied by the DNR, there were five hunters and two of the hunters were in the canoe with Bonsante at the time of the accident. The hunters said some ducks were flying towards them. One hunter said he was going to shoot, and when he stood up to shoot, Bonsante stood up in front of him, grazing him on the side of the head with the shotgun blast.


The hunters said when they realized Bonsante was shot, they called the other hunting members and headed towards shore to call for help. The hunters in the party but not with Bonsante said they heard a shot, then heard someone scream shortly after.

Bonsante told the DNR that when he saw the ducks coming, he thought everyone but himself had shot. He said he was grazed by a shot and it was really loud, the report said.

The incident was reported at 7:23 a.m.





This is the hat an 18-year-old Shakopee man was wearing Sunday morning when a bullet grazed the side of his head while duck hunting in Emily. (Photo submitted by Minnesota DNR)

                                                 



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[snow1]

Stupidity at its best all over a duck!,I watch these outdoor shows and it amazes me more accidents like this don't happen,when shooting in groups like this the 10-n-2 shooting lanes are a must.

[Onin24Eagle]

Stupidity at its best all over a duck!,I watch these outdoor shows and it amazes me more accidents like this don't happen,when shooting in groups like this the 10-n-2 shooting lanes are a must.

Amen to that.

I love duck hunting but I will admit it is probably the most dangerous type of hunting there is, at least around here, when it comes to accidents.  I've witnessed several close calls including a gun going off accidentally while being loaded - thankfully pointed in a safe direction- and a canoe capsizing with two people in it in the dark - luckily in a shallow area with a solid bottom.  Last year I did a really stupid thing myself and went out in a small plastic 2 man duck boat with another hunter and headed for an island 300 yards out and over 20+ ft deep water, not thinking to more thoroughly check the weather forecast beforehand.  Winds kicked up to over 30mph and gusted over 40.  I don't know how we survived the trip back to shore at the end of the day.  I thought we were goners for sure.  Scariest boat ride I've ever been on, and I once fished halibut up in AK with 20 foot swells (which is now the second scariest boat ride I've been on).  Now I always check wind speed and direction rather than just seeing if it's going to be overcast or not before I go out - lesson learned.

The first thing that struck me in this article though is that they had 3 people in a canoe. This is OK if you're just paddling around but NOT OK if you're duck hunting, unless you plan on pulling up on shore and hunting with boots on the ground, so there is more than one element of stupidity here.  Hopefully they learned a lesson and will be more careful in the future.

Be careful out there if you're duck hunting.  Having several people in close quarters in small boats all carrying guns requires extra caution.