RedactedNarrative: I, wdnr conservation warden was advised of an angler who suffered lacerations to both upper thighs following a boating incident on 06/04/22 at approximately 5:48 p.m. upon speaking with responding sawyer county deputies the following day, i learned that the victim had gone into the water to retrieve a fishing pole. The victim's adult son began operating the boat and at some point the victim's legs were cut by the prop. The victim was transported via helicopter to a trauma center. Responding deputies did not have reason to believe alcohol was a factor. 
  
  On 6/5/22 i made contact with the operator and victim's son. I was advised that the victim had jumped in to get a fishing pole and at some point his son noticed he was "not doing well". The son told me he tried operating the boat moving it closer to his father. Upon taking the boat out of reverse into neutral while his father was near the back of the boat, the throttle control went past neutral into gear at which time the prop cut the victim's upper legs. 
  
  The operator advised he did not have boater's safety and had not been operating the boat prior to the incident. Neither party was wearing life jackets before or after the incident. The operator told me he had less than 10 hours of boating experience. No citations were issued in this matter.
  