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Hunter Gored By Wounded Deer
POSTED: 11:53 am MST November 5, 2007
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- State wildlife officials said a hunter was gored by a wounded deer that he or his companion had just shot in northwest Colorado. Division of Wildlife spokesman Randy Hampton said the incident occurred Sunday about 15 miles south of Craig.The man approached the deer, thinking it was dead, and it jumped up and gored him.
The hunter's name hasn't been released. Hampton said the man's injuries appeared to be significant. The hunter has been taken first to Memorial Hospital in Craig and then to St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction.
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