A Missouri hunter accidentally shot a hiker he thought was a turkey

• A man was seriously injured after being mistaken for a turkey and shot by a hunter in Missouri.
• The injured man had to be transported to a trauma center by a medical helicopter on Saturday.
• There was an ongoing turkey hunt at the time the man was shot, KSDK reported.

A Missouri hunter mistook a hiker for a turkey and shot him, the St. Charles County Police Department said in a statement.

The hiker was seriously injured and transported for medical treatment, KSDK reported.

Police said they responded to the scene at the Lewis and Clark Trail at the August A. Busch Memorial and Weldon Spring Conservation Area at around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday after dispatchers received a call that a man had been shot.

KSDK reported that the rescue crews had to use a utility-task vehicle to get to the injured man, who was later transported via a medical helicopter to a nearby trauma center.

Neither the identity of the wounded man or the hunter was released by police.

There was an ongoing turkey hunt managed by the Missouri Department of Conservation at the time the man was shot, KSDK reported.