Iowa man recovering after being shot by hunting dog

[bronco1]

Iowa man recovering after being shot by hunting dog

Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa — A hunter is recovering after he was shot in the leg at close range by his dog, who stepped on his shotgun and tripped the trigger, an official said today.

James Harris, 37, of Tama, was hit in the calf Saturday, the opening day of pheasant season, said Alan Foster, a spokesman with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

"He had surgery and is doing pretty well," he said. "He took between 100-120 pellets in about a 4-inch circle to his calf."

Harris was listed in good condition today, officials at University Hospitals in Iowa City said.

Harris was hunting with a group about three miles north of Grinnell. The group shot a bird, and when Harris went to get it, he put his gun on the ground and crossed a fence. As he crossed the fence, his hunting dog stepped on the gun, Foster said.

The gun was about 3 feet away from his leg.

"The muzzle velocity is so great that the pellets don't have a chance to spread out," he said.

No one else was hurt, and the dog was not injured.

Foster said no citations have been issued.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/5257444.html

[6 MANDAD]

I need to find a dog that can shoot and fetch ;D

[tvc184]

Iowa man recovering after being shot by hunting dog

Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa —Foster said no citations have been issued.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/5257444.html

What citation would they have given the guy, having a dog hunt without a license?

[tvc184]

I need to find a dog that can shoot and fetch ;D

I guess it beats taking Dick Cheney quail hunting.

[6 MANDAD]

I wonder if perhaps this dog was trained by Dick Cheney

[Jasperfan]

I wonder if perhaps this dog was trained by Dick Cheney

:D

[TigerCat]

;D ;D

[Wildfire]

;D well i would have to get rid of that sucker and why did he put his gun down with one in the chamber with out puttin it on safty?? im a teen ager and i even knew better than that and plus with a bunch of other people around wut a smart one he was

[tvc184]

I am sure that he forgot to put the safety on. He broke a rule of gun safety by pointing a gun at something that he was not willing to destroy or kill, himself. The guy put the gun on the ground.. then walked in front of the barrel. A lot of good it does to ground the gun when you walk in front of it. If he would have reached to pick it up, the trigger might have hung on a vine or something and maybe shot in in the chest. Never get in front of the muzzle of a firearm whether it is loaded, unloaded, grounded, in someones hand, etc. The guy is lucky that he didn't shoot and kill himself.

There are three main rules of gun safety:

1. Always keep the gun pointed in a safe direction. (He didn't)

2. Always keep your finger off of the trigger until you are ready to shoot. (He did that but the dog broke the rule for him.... because he had already broken rule #1.)

3. Always keep the gun loaded until you are ready to shoot. (He broke that one also).

Three rules of gun safety and he broke two of them.... and you can see the result.

[DP#1FAN]

That dog told him it was to cold outside!