Dog shoots Iowa man during hunt

[davo]

LOL...

A man out hunting in Iowa was shot in the leg after a hunting dog stepped on his gun, authorities said.
The accident happened after James Harris, 37, put his gun on the ground to retrieve a fallen pheasant.

One of a pack of hunting dogs following behind stepped on the trigger, and up to 120 birdshot pellets hit Mr Harris in the left calf at short range.

A local official told a news agency the injury was "not life-threatening, but will give him trouble for a long time".

Alan Foster, a spokesman for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, told the AFP news agency it was not uncommon for hunters to be shot by their dogs.

"I hear about it a couple times a year," somewhere in the country, he said.

"They'll step on the trigger assembly and, if the gun for whatever reason wasn't on safety, it doesn't take a whole lot to trip a trigger."

Mr Harris was treated at Grinnell Regional Medical Center and later transported by helicopter to University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City, following the accident in Poweshiek County on Saturday afternoon.

An investigation into the accident is under way.

 

[guppy]

Yeah, sure it was an "accident", heheh. I can just hear the dog thinking, "Fetch this A#@$^&!"

 

[davo]

Yeah, sure it was an "accident", heheh. I can just hear the dog thinking, "Fetch this A#@$^&!"

lol

 

[Liam]

Stupid people... Stupid dog.

 

[Nabbig2]

Yeah, sure it was an "accident", heheh. I can just hear the dog thinking, "Fetch this <A href="mailto:A#@$^&!"[/quote">A#@$^&!"

haha...what an awesome dog.

 

[navygirl76]

i know its cruel and im probably going to hell for it, but i had to laugh.

 

[davo]

i know its cruel and im probably going to hell for it, but i had to laugh.

laughing at something that's funny...
that guy will be laughing about it once he's recovered...

 

[mike dunagan]

will the dog make it back from the next hunting trip or ride to the country...maybe he had seen old yeller recently...

 

[dysfunctionaljd]

i thought the whole point of taking dogs was so they retrieve the fallen birds?

 

[Vicious_Fish]

i thought the whole point of taking dogs was so they retrieve the fallen birds?

It depends on the breed of dog and the type of hunting you're doing. My dad has two yellow Labs for hunting. When hunting pheasants, they flush and and retrieve the birds. When duck or goose hunting they just retrieve.