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Man's best friend? I don't think so. - Dog shoots hunter.
December 03, 2017, 12:11 PM
Skins2881Man's best friend? I don't think so. - Dog shoots hunter.
The article says it all.
Dog shoots hunter after another hunter leaves shotgun on ground Fox Link quote:
A dog stepped on a 12-guage shotgun and shot a hunter in the back with bird-shot pellets in Wright County, Iowa.
On Wednesday, 36-year-old William Rancourt was shot when a hunting dog stepped on the trigger of a shotgun lying on the ground nearly 22 yards away from the man, causing the gun to fire, a news release from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources reports.
The man was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, the report continues.
“Shotguns are extremely dangerous at close range," Ken Lonneman, a DNR conversation officer, told the Des Moines Register. "In this case, there was a good distance between the muzzle and the wound, but if the victim had been closer, his injuries would have been more severe."
When Rancourt arrived at the hospital, he was alert and able to walk. X-rays were being performed Wednesday afternoon to ensure all pellets had been removed from Rancourts back, the Des Moines Register reported.
The New Hampshire resident had been hunting with his party in Wright County, Iowa. The group, which included two dogs, two Iowans and another man from New Hampshire, had been pheasant hunting around 1:20 p.m. when one of the men placed his loaded shotgun on the ground.
Rancourt’s injuries were “fairly moderate,” Lonneman said, but he hopes the incident serves as a reminder to all hunters to unload their guns and place the safety on before placing them down or leaving them unattended.
He also encourages increased safety precautions as the hunting season picks up.
"I would like to remind all hunters that no matter what season it is, but especially during a busy season like the one we are going into, to please be sure to identify your target as well as what's beyond your target before firing," Lonneman told the Register.
I'm sticking to cats.
Jesse
Sic Semper Tyrannis December 03, 2017, 12:19 PM
Sig2340Dog resented being awakened at zero dark thirty to go out into the cold to flush birds he couldn't eat.
Nice is overrated
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Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018
December 03, 2017, 12:47 PM
Dusty78Maybe don’t leave loaded guns laying on the ground
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Use thumb-size bullets to create fist-size holes.
December 03, 2017, 01:16 PM
sigmonkeyA dog named Cheney.
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! December 03, 2017, 01:18 PM
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December 03, 2017, 01:29 PM
YooperSigsImportant Safety Tip:
"Shotguns are extremely dangerous at close range"
Dogs too, evidently.
End of Earth: 2 Miles
Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles
December 03, 2017, 01:33 PM
rburgI know the rules, but I violate them on occasion. Particularly the one about the loaded gun. Mine all have this thing they call a safety. I use it. If you too have a safety, and know how to use it, this kind of thing won't happen. If I've got it in my hands, I try my very best to keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction. All the damn time. Pretty easy, really.
In my long and sorry life, I've only managed to shoot one friend. Had nothing to do with where the muzzle was pointed. It was directly at the fossilized power shovel. Right at the thickest part of the scoop, where I hoped the old milsurp bullet would penetrate. Wrong. A part of the jacket that looked like the thing you use to join boards came back and hit my spotter right in the forehead. It stuck. Back at his step fathers Nash Metro, we found the only likely tool, a pair of greasy old pliers. The slip joint kind. I found a rag and wiped off as much as I could. Then figured if I grabbed the part sticking out I wouldn't contaminate the "wound". The guy said ouch when I pulled. Fun times.
Unhappy ammo seeker
December 03, 2017, 02:27 PM
olfuzzyGotta watch those armed animals.
This reminded me of something that happened quite a while back. It took some time finding it because I thought it was in Arkansas.
Turkey Shoots Hunter by Triggering Shotgun
April 25, 1992|Associated Press
POTOSI, Mo. — A man showing off a turkey he thought he had killed was shot in the leg when the wounded bird thrashed around in his car trunk and triggered his shotgun.
To make matters worse, it turns out that Larry Lands and his 16-year-old son were hunting a week before the start of turkey season and will probably be fined, county Sheriff Ron Skiles said.
While the son was pulling the turkey out of the trunk, the bird began struggling, according to the sheriff, and its claw fired the gun. The shot went through the side panel of the car and into Lands' leg.
http://articles.latimes.com/19...y-shotgun-triggeringDecember 03, 2017, 02:31 PM
45 CalStupid hunter ,deserves it.Walking around with the safety off.
I do not think the dog is smart enough to take it off and shoot mr stupid
December 03, 2017, 02:34 PM
just1tymquote:
Originally posted by sigmonkey:
A dog named Cheney.
Regards, Will G.
December 03, 2017, 02:35 PM
mbinky"Stale kibble....empty water bowls...your spawn trying to ride me like a God dammed horse...never again....NEVER AGAIN!"
December 03, 2017, 02:43 PM
BytesSensible dog laws? No more dog show loop holes!
December 03, 2017, 03:34 PM
10-7 leo
Sic Semper Tyrannis
If you beat your swords into plowshares, you will become farmers for those who didn't!
Political Correctness is fascism pretending to be Manners-George Carlin December 03, 2017, 05:59 PM
shovelheadJust getting even for the neutering..........
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December 03, 2017, 06:04 PM
Sunset_VaWoof Woof! Bang!
美しい犬
December 03, 2017, 07:27 PM
TomSquote:
Originally posted by shovelhead:
Just getting even for the neutering..........
Best regards,
Tom
I have no comment at this time. December 03, 2017, 07:49 PM
coloradohunter44I carry an over/under most of the time when bird hunting. When we stop for anything, water the dog, cross a fence, you name it. The guns action gets opened up. No way it can go off in that mode.
"Someday I hope to be half the man my bird-dog thinks I am."
looking forward to 4 years of TRUMP!
December 03, 2017, 07:55 PM
bionic218quote:
Originally posted by Dusty78:
Maybe don’t leave loaded guns laying on the ground
There you go again, injecting common sense and logic.
December 03, 2017, 08:42 PM
TomSThis is a human issue not canine!
Best regards,
Tom
I have no comment at this time. December 03, 2017, 08:48 PM
IcabodDog Testimony: "Officer, I was walking by when the gun just went off."
“ The work of destruction is quick, easy and exhilarating; the work of creation is slow, laborious and dull.