It happened Saturday afternoon in Olmsted County.JOE NELSON

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A hunter was shot in the leg during a deer drive in southeastern Minnesota at the weekend.

The incident happened just before 5 p.m. Saturday in an area near County Road 24 and 65th Street Northeast in Viola Township, which is a rural area northeast of Rochester in Olmsted County.

The Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office said a man was among a group of around a dozen hunters doing a deer drive when he was shot in the calf.

The sheriff’s office said approximately 48 shots were fired during the deer drive, though it’s unclear which hunter’s shot struck the man.

According to KAAL-TV, the victim finished field dressing a deer before going home, at which point his wife took him to the hospital.

The DNR is investigating the accident.

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