I did get shot, Sunday

[huntersdad]

Now you get to retell your story every time you try to board a plane.

I was going to ask how he intended to get through security at the airport, but I see I got beat.

Glad you're OK.

 

[TheBman]

Appreciate you sharing- a great reminder to be more cautious!

 

[kwsmith]

that close-range shot could have been a really bad deal- the deke reallly did save you azz- frame it, hang it on the wall, and call it your "Hail Mary" deke. it'll be a good reminder.....

 

[10GAUGE19]

357bob...WOW!!! You just never think that things like that can happen!! I'm really glad that you are alright. I know that your post is going to make me take a look at how "safe" I'm being while out hunting. I hope you recover fast enough to get back out and kill a few before the season ends...

 

[NCBADGES]

Hey Bob

Glad you're ok. Don't feel bad, we ALL do "not so smart" things all the time. Some of us are just luckier than others.

Again, glad you're ok.

ncb

 

[duckhunter3635]

There was a guy that got killed that exact same way here last year. He was shot in the stomach and died on the way to the hospital. You are a lucky dude. This happened in Cheatham Co TN

 

[hunt'ngreen]

Glad your going to be o.k,..a reminder to everybody else to slow up and double check those guns,..it only takes once.

 

[Bluedog]

Now you get to retell your story every time you try to board a plane.

Probably not. I have a titanium rod the complete length of my tibia and I never set off the walk thru detectors. The handheld ones will pick it up every time and they will also pick up the screws in my other knee from ACL surgery. I normally always try and wear shorts when I fly just in case.

 

[SpaceDog]

Hope you recover as fully as possible. Wow

About 7 years ago, I laid my shotgun down with the safety button in the on position, but the gun was laid down on the side where the safey positon can be set to off if something presses on it. Well, my golden retriever step on the trigger guard and pushed on the safety and turned it off. Luckily, the gun did not discharge.

From that point forward, I've always checked the safety and always laid the gun down (when I've had to) with the safety positioned to be on if its stepped on or pushed on.

 

[LA.Call'emClose]

glad you are okay.

now you'll be setting off airport metal detectors everytime you have to travel

Seriously debated sharing this but I decided to let my pain perhaps serve as a safety reminder for others. Please keep the negative comments to yourself (I am well aware of how stupid this was) and let this just serve as a safety reminder. Copied from a local forum so I'll explain the location a little. We take a 2 mile boat ride to a dike crossing, and the go another mile from there. Crappy way to end a season.
Started out as a beautiful morning at the Bear River refuge with my son and brother-in-law. Had 5 ducks down despite an iced-over pond, the first being the most gogeous drake pintail I have shot in years.Had a nice greenhead sail out on us and during a break I decided to walk back to the boat and run out and pick it up( it had sailed about 200 yards before dropping straight out and the dog was having a tough time in the ice). My brother in laws dog decided to join me on the walk to the boat. I did the same thing I always do when it is just me going after a downed bird in the boat. I set my double barrel in the decoy box, walked around the front of the boat to get a better angle to push it out of the weeds and just as I had turned to cross the front of the boat and ( in case you haven't guessed) Boom, the gun goes off. I looked back and the dog had climbed over the side and stepped on the trigger. About a half second later I realized I had been shot. I fell down backwards in the water, just from the shock. Got up, called my in-laws because I knew I was gonna need a ride out and didn't to wait for the 3 mile boat ride back to the truck. I gathered my senses as much as possible and realized I had quite a bit of moisture down my legs and was starting to feel faint. I decided a 911 was probably in order. Try explaing to the dispatch how to find you at the winch pole dike crossing while passing out and boating through an inch of ice(lots of noise). Finally made it to the crossing and by Gods graces there was another boat just pulling up in the channel. They gave me a ride across the channel just as the ambulance pulled up. To cut it short(I know, too late) I ended up with 27 number 2's in my rear,1 in my hand and one through shot in my finger. They were able to remove all BUT 24 pellets (they pulled three,everything else was too deep) and the rest have found a permanent home. 35 years of hunting without any accidents, this was a stupid way to break a streak. Whe the end of my season? The 27 holes in my waders would have been tough enough to patch, no way to fix-em up after having been cut off by the EMT's