N.H. hunter shot while using rope to hoist rifle

Full story: Thehour.com

OSSIPEE, N.H. -- A New Hampshire deer hunter has accidentally shot himself in the right hand while trying to lift his loaded rifle into a tree stand using a rope tied around the weapon.A state conservation officer says a branch or stick apparently got stuck in the trigger of Robert Lapointe's . . .Full Story

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