Investigators determined the accident occurred due to a “very extreme ricochet,” and that the hunter was not shooting in the direction of the victim

BY KATIE HILL | PUBLISHED JAN 20, 2023 7:13 PM

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Members of the Nez Perce tribe field dress a Yellowstone National Park bison just across the park border in Montana’s Gallatin National Forest in 2013.William Campbell / Corbis via Getty Images

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Amember of the Nez Perce tribe was hit by a stray bullet fragment while field dressing a bison near Gardiner, Montana, on Jan. 17. The injury was not considered life threatening and no charges will be filed against the non-Native hunter whose bullet fragment ricocheted, Sheriff Brad Bichler of Park County, Montana, tellsOutdoor Life.

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Bichler identifiedthe victimas Jackson Wak Wak…