Third hunter shot in two days

BIRDSEYE, Ind. (AP) - A wild turkey hunter has been shot by another at southern Indiana's Patoka Reservoir, the third to be shot in the opening two days of the state's spring turkey hunting season.

Conservation officers say 62-year-old Anthony Pavlench of Valparaiso was shot in the right leg Thursday when the 12-gauge shotgun of 53-year-old hunting companion Christopher Hanna of Chesterton discharged. They were about 30 yards apart at the time at the reservoir about 50 miles northeast of Evansville.

Officers say Hanna helped Pavlench walk to their vehicle, then drove him to a waiting ambulance. Pavlench was released after treatment at Jasper Memorial Hospital.

Hunters also were shot Wednesday in Morgan Monroe State Forest and in Orange County.