Dog Shoots Man

[iscooterliberally]

Source: Deseret News

BRIGHAM CITY — It wasn't his dog's bark or bite that had a Brigham City man concerned, it was his aim.

A man was recovering Wednesday after being shot over the weekend by his dog.

A 46-year-old Brigham City man and a friend were duck hunting Sunday about 8:30 a.m. on the north end of the Great Salt Lake near the bird refuge, about 10 miles west of Brigham City.

The two had their canoe-like boat in a shallow marsh area when the man got out of the boat to either set up or collect decoys. He laid his 12-gauge shotgun across the bow of the boat, said Box Elder County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Kevin Potter.

Read more: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705395125/Dog-shoots-man.html

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I know this isn't the first time this has happened.

[slackmaster]

1. No doubt there was alcohol involved

Boats, booze, firearms, and dogs are a bad combination.

[iscooterliberally]

2. The article didn't mention that, but you may be right.

Alcohol + firearms. It's a wonder I ever made it past elementary school.... :scared:

[pinboy3niner]

4. Never let your dog drink and captain your boat

Especially if he's got a shotgun!

[slackmaster]

19. Correct. An 8-year-old child is the best choice to pilot your boat while you drink.

Don't ask me how I know this.

[AnneD]

25. Well...this is Utah we are talking about....

I can see hunting, and a hunting dog being allowed to actually hunt, but I have some problems with dogs being allowed to drink....in Utah or anywhere else for than matter. They just can't hold their liquor and pee all over the yard, dump your trash can over, make a lot of noise coming into the house, oh, wait, that was my alcoholic ex.

Drink and guns do not go together, and if it were a real accident, I would never have admitted my dog did it. I would make up something better like I was drinking and the gun went off.

[dtexdem]

3. But did the dog have a license for the firearm?

And if booze was involved, unless the dog was at least 21, it was illegal for it to be drinking.

:-)

[iscooterliberally]

7. The 2nd amendment doesn't say anything about dogs using firearms.

As for the dog being old enough to drink, do we measure that in dog years? :beer:

[pschoeb]

17. If it was a Karelian Bear Dog, one could creatively come up with a Second Ammendment Right

;)

[iscooterliberally]

20. "KBD will hunt any kind of animal."

..at least according to the wiki...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karelian_Bear_Dog

Too funny! :rofl:

[femrap]

21. Must be Karma! nt

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Good, doggie!

[CJCRANE]

6. Rec for the perfect headline nt

[The Stranger]

8. Way to go, Dog.

[RebelOne]

12. Yeah, the hunter should have a taste of the shotgun

that he uses on the ducks.

[orwell]

9. That will teach him...

...to hold out on the doggie treats.

[tblue]

10. Guns don't shoot people. DOGS shoot people!

I the guns and hunting so, sorry dude. Get another hobby.

[ixion]

11. "He laid his 12-gauge shotgun across the bow of the boat"

A gun safety never-do. He should have unloaded the firearm and laid in the bottom of the boat.

[LanternWaste]

23. Should've s and Could've s

Should've s and Could've s are almost as common as the mistakes themselves...

[ixion]

24. If he had gone through a gun safety course, he would have known better.

Just sayin'...

[rfranklin]

28. But probably would have done it anyway...

He probably took a driver's ed course as well. But we all know how much influence that has on many drivers.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

13. Man and dog

Santorum said this would happen.

[PDJane]

14. There's a certain amount of justice in that.......

[Vincardog]

15. After the man got out of the boat, a dog inside the vessel jumped up on the bow and stepped on the g

gun. The gun fired and shot the man in the buttocks.

Medical crews later removed 27 pellets of birdshot.

"(The dog) did something to make the gun discharge," Potter said. "I don't know if the safety device was on. It's not impossible the dog could have taken it off safety."

[progressoid]

16. Dick Cheney's dog?

[Kolesar]

18. He better feed him better

Just in case

[SnowCritter]

22. Considering he was shot in the buttocks

I can't help but wonder if his last name was "Gump".

[SomeGuyInEagan]

26. "He'd be better off if you hadn't field dressed him," a deputy told his friend..

Sorry, couldn't resist. Old joke.

[JJW]

27. Is the dogs name.....

Dick Cheney?

[xchrom]

29. ...

:rofl: