Things that go bang in the woods

You've really got to watch your step in the mountains during hunting season. Just ask Greene County man Robert Warrings -- who, it is alleged, was shot at several times by a local sheriff's officer while tracking a bear. The Daily Mail reports:

The state Department of Environmental Conservation said Monday investigators are looking into potential violations connected with Greene County Jail Lt. Kenneth Leis, who was reported to have fired multiple shots at a fellow hunter.

The hunter, Robert Warrings of Round Top, was allegedly shot at while tracking a bear he had recently hit around 10 a.m. on Nov. 20, said DEC spokeswoman Maureen Wren.

Warrings reported to investigators that bullets “whizzed by his head” and that a bullet went through his backpack, said Wren.

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