Wild hog hunter shoots girlfriend
Despite being my hometown's most famous denizen, Hogzilla was converted into bacon. (AP)
Even vice presidents accidentally shoot people, but a wild hog hunter in Florida had some ’splaining to do after blasting his girlfriend.
The Orlando Sentinel reports Steven Egan, 52, was hog hunting in Flagler County (north of Daytona Beach) with his girlfriend, Lisa Simmons, also 52, when he shot her through both thighs with a .30 caliber rifle.
The happy couple was hunting “from a tent” at a park on County Road 305, which sounds like as good a place as any to shoot a wild hog, except maybe for Berrien County (Ga.), home of the late Hogzilla.
Egan told police he heard a noise in the woods and fired, not realizing the noise was coming from Simmons.
No charges have been filed in the incident, and Simmons is recovering in a local hospital.
I’m not sure how you can win back the love of a woman you’ve shot after mistaking her for a wild hog, but I hope she gives him a shot.
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33 comments Add your comment
bigfoot
April 24th, 2012
7:42 am
maybe she was his game!
Ron
April 24th, 2012
7:47 am
Deer hunters call that a “sound shot”and usually done by 1st time hunters or young children.Agree that he should at minimum lose his license.
Road Scholar
April 24th, 2012
7:53 am
I wonder if Ted Nugent will get the same fate that the black bear he shot illegally had?
Wheels
April 24th, 2012
7:54 am
Love the “hope she gives him a shot”
roughrider
April 24th, 2012
8:01 am
Did the woman resemble hog?
Ron H
April 24th, 2012
8:10 am
I’ve heard of men saying that “the thrill of the hunt” is the best part of going after a woman, but this is a bit much…
Joe McLain
April 24th, 2012
8:12 am
I heard his name was Bobby Petrino
j
April 24th, 2012
8:23 am
oink
Florida Guy
April 24th, 2012
8:32 am
These people have got to be from Georgia (I’m thinking around the Athens area, and quite possibility recent thUGA graduates) LOLOLOL
Greg S.
April 24th, 2012
8:34 am
What part of “ALWAYS identify your target before shooting” does this guy not get?