Two men were wounded in hunting-related shootings Friday afternoon in Casco and Oxford.

The Maine Warden Service said the first incident occurred about 2:30 p.m. when Mark Mattson, 60, of Portsmouth, N.H., was target shooting in the woods off Quaker Ridge Road at the north end of Thomas Pond in Casco. Mattson was shot by Travis Wood, 29, of Windham, who was hunting in the same area with a partner.

Mattson was taken by LifeFlight helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, where he was listed in critical condition.

In the second incident, Steven Hutter, 26, of Hebron was hunting with Linton Thompson, 47, of Oxford near Thompson’s property on Allen Hill Road. They shot and wounded a deer about 3 p.m. and while tracking the deer, Thompson shot Hutter in the lower leg.

As of 8:30 p.m., Hutter was in surgery at Central Maine Medical Center, the warden service said.

As of 11 p.m., Central Maine Medical Center said Hutter was in fair condition. The hospital would not release Mattson’s condition.

The warden service said it was working with the Maine State Police, the service’s forensic mapping team and a warden dog in the investigation.

There have been no summonses or arrests.

 


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