The Traverse County Sheriff’s Department issued a release on Saturday on a hunting accident near Wheaton.

Around 9 a.m. Saturday Dimitry Binsfeld was finishing loading a deer in the back of his pickup when he accidentally discharged his 12-guage shotgun.

Binsfeld was struck in the buttocks and leg.

Binsfeld was airlifted to Sanford Medical Center in Fargo for treatment of his injuries, which were non-life threatening.

The accident remains under investigation.