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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Gayle snook
April 29th, 2012
8:23 pm
I think the husband should have to talk a firearms safety class be for he could go hunting again!!!!!!! The most important thing is always no what you are shooting at before u shoot!!!!! Plus make sure what is past it
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Henry Mitchel
May 14th, 2012
9:22 pm
It’s too bad for a hunter to shoot people. Especially his girlfriend.
This is why the state proposed short hunting course program before hunting. But I think it didn’t even work for him.