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Dog shoots Utah duck hunter in buttocks after stepping on shotgun left in boat
















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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A Utah bird hunter was shot in the buttocks after his dog stepped on a shotgun laid across the bow of a boat.

Box Elder County Sheriff's Deputy Kevin Potter says the 46-year-old Brigham City man was duck hunting with a friend when he climbed out of the boat to move decoys.

Potter says the man left his 12-gauge shotgun in the boat and the dog stepped on it, causing it to fire. It wasn't clear whether the safety on the gun was on at the time.

Potter says the man was hit from about 10 feet away with 27 pellets of birdshot. He says the man wasn't seriously injured, in part because he was wearing waders. The man was treated at a nearby hospital.

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I just love the gun store commandos that talk about bird shot acting like "a solid chunk of lead" at close range. Here we have a man wearing waders who takes a hit at a distance of only 10 feet and his injuries are minor. So much for all that garbage about the performance of birdshot as a close-range, self-defense load!
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IIRC, ballistic gelatin does not represent the average density of a human body. It most closely represents muscle tissue. I remember reading some comments from folks in the industry stating the muscle it most closely resembles that group of muscles you sit on!! So there you have it. Shot in the "ballistic gelatin" by man's best friend!:uhoh:

"For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction"

scm54449 said:

I just love the gun store commandos that talk about bird shot acting like "a solid chunk of lead" at close range. Here we have a man wearing waders who takes a hit at a distance of only 10 feet and his injuries are minor. So much for all that garbage about the performance of birdshot as a close-range, self-defense load!...

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I wonder if his lack of serious injury was due in part to the fact that the shotgun wasn't restrained from moving in the opposite direction of the shot and therefore dissipated much of the energy in just moving the shotgun backward? :idea:

SCM54449:

Apparently you didn't see the photos I posted about a year ago which pictured the damage a load of #4 .410 shot does to 1/2 inch plywood at 20 feet. As Dave Gran says there must have been other circumstances involved for the guy to have suffered only minor injuries. Because the guy was duck hunting the shotgun involved in this situation was more than likely a 12 or 10 guage and perhaps steel T shot 3inch magnum. The damage would have been horrific at 10 feet with a shouldered direct hit. Don't believe me or others. Try it yourself on a piece of plywood. In the last 60 years I have hundreds of thousands of rounds of all types and calibers of bullets. In my opinion as a home defense weapon nothing is more lethal than a slide action 12 guage shotgun loaded with #4 shot 3inch magnum shells.

Captain Nemo said:

SCM54449:Apparently you didn't see the photos I posted about a year ago which pictured the damage a load of #4 .410 shot does to 1/2 inch plywood at 20 feet. As Dave Gran says there must have been other circumstances involved for the guy to have suffered only minor injuries. Because the guy was duck hunting the shotgun involved in this situation was more than likely a 12 or 10 guage and perhaps steel T shot 3inch magnum. The damage would have been horrific at 10 feet with a shouldered direct hit. Don't believe me or others. Try it yourself on a piece of plywood. In the last 60 years I have hundreds of thousands of rounds of all types and calibers of bullets. In my opinion as a home defense weapon nothing is more lethal than a slide action 12 guage shotgun loaded with #4 shot 3inch magnum shells.

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Well, you know what they say about opinions and yours and mine will differ on at least two issues here. I can't speak to this hunter's setup or load though my steel load and the load picked by all the duck hunters I know has been steel deuces ever since that size shot became available. Countless goose hunters have learned that when shooting at canadians gliding straight in, steel BB's missing the head and hitting the body only often don't bring down the bird; even hits at short distances where you can see the impact and pattern of the BB's on the feathers.

Regarding actual shootings with bird shot I've been personally involved in only a handful of shootings which I know is a small number. I can say all involved 12 gauge and not all were "stops". I'm well aware of the limitations of testing with ballistic gelatin; though taken in perspective it can be informative. This site shouldn't be taken as gospel but it does show comparisons of penetration with shot sizes from #8 through 00 with several slug loads tested as well: http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=109958

I wonder why it is then that so many law enforcement officers, people that rely on firearms for their safety, carry Remington model 870 shotguns in their vehicle.

Captain Nemo said:

I wonder why it is then that so many law enforcement officers, people that rely on firearms for their safety, carry Remington model 870 shotguns in their vehicle.

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I should have been more clear that the shootings mentioned were all bird shot loads. I don't differ from you in my admiration of the shotgun as an incredible defensive weapon. In fact, my 870 spent its first years inside a squad. I do differ from you in the minimum shot size(s) I consider to be adequate and reliable across a variety of circumstances and the occasional influence of Murphy's Law.