article_snippet.sent: A New Zealand hunter is lucky to be alive after a friend mistook a friend for a deer and shot a friend in the back with a .270 rifle.
article_snippet.sent: Max Verschuuren, 21, was bent over emptying rocks out of a friend boot on a friend way to a felled deer in the Te Urewera forest, North Island, on Saturday night when a friend mate blasted a friend back open. '
article_snippet.sent: A New Zealand hunter:
article_snippet.sent: Max Verschuuren, 21, has been hunting all his life - but on Saturday evening his accidentally became the hunted when his mistook his for a deer . '
article_snippet.sent: I love hunting, it's in me blood.'
article_snippet.sent: Mr Verschuuren is a keen hunter, telling Daily Mail Australia it's 'in Mr Verschuuren blood' Hospital stint: Local police have issued a warning to hunters, such as Max, to take appropriate safety measures .
highlights_snippet.sent: Max Verschuuren, 21, is lucky to be alive after friend mistook him for a deer .
  