LENOX - A Lenox teenager suffered an injury after the rifle he was carrying accidently fired into the calf of his leg while hunting Sunday in Taylor County.

Ely Will, 15, was reportedly crossing a ditch while hunting south of Lenox late Sunday afternoon when the .22-caliber rifle he was carrying fired hitting him in the left leg. He was hunting with Payton Glynn, 18, of Lenox, at the time, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

Will's injury was not life-threatening. The accident remains under investigation by the Iowa DNR.