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Ga. boy killed hunting

Associated Press

Monday, Oct. 12, 2009 7:36 a.m.

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — An 11-year-old boy is dead after he accidentally shot himself in the head during a hunting trip in north Georgia.

Dawson County Coroner Ted Bearden told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that John Wayne Corcoran died Friday night at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite. He said the shooting was just before 6 p.m. Friday in the Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area.

The firearm season for hunters begins next Saturday in Georgia, but state officials say Friday was a special adult-child hunt where children under 18 can hunt with an adult.

From the Monday, Oct. 12, 2009 online edition of The Augusta Chronicle

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