MONUMENT BEACH — A 72-year-old man was taken to the hospital Saturday after he accidentally shot himself in the leg, a Bourne fire official said.

Shortly before 11 a.m., rescuers were called to the Monument Beach Sportsman’s Club on MacArthur Boulevard for a report of a leg laceration, said Deputy Chief Paul Weeks. Firefighters found the man had shot himself with a .40-caliber handgun in the lower right leg, he said.

The man was conscious and alert and the bleeding was controlled on the scene before the man was taken to Falmouth Hospital.