(Sibley)– A weekend deer hunting accident in Osceola county injured a Sheldon man.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says 29-year-old Luke Sietstra of Sheldon was hunting deer with others north of Melvin around 5:00 p.m. Saturday when a shot was fired at a deer running between him and others. The slug struck Sietstra in the arm and shoulder.
Sietstra was taken to the Sheldon hospital and was later transferred to a Sioux Falls hospital. There was no immediate word on his condition.
The incident remains under investigation by the DNR.
It was one of four hunting accidents statewide this past weekend.
