Jimmy Carter breaks his hip while getting ready to go turkey hunting

Former President Jimmy Carter broke his hip in a fall Monday morning, but he's more worried about something else.

The Carter Center shared on Monday afternoon that the 94-year-old fell inside his home in Plains, Georgia, as he was leaving to go turkey hunting. Following a successful surgery at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, Carter is now resting at home with his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter.

His main concern now isn't his recovery, but rather that "turkey season ends this week, and he has not reached his limit," the Carter Center said in a statement. "He hopes the state of Georgia will allow him to rollover the unused limit to next year."

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