KSDK.com: Hunter accidentally shoots hiker at August A. Busch Conservation Area

Man airlifted out of remote area and is in serious condition with life-threatening injuries

ST CHARLES, Mo. — A hunter in a remote area accidentally shot a hiker on a trail in the August A. Busch and Weldon Spring Conservation Area on Saturday. St. Charles County police report that the hunter mistook the man for a turkey.  

The hiker was airlifted via Arch to a local trauma center with serious, life-threatening injuries, according to a St.