KSL Channel 5 Brigham, UT is reporting that, "A man was recovering Wednesday after being shot over the weekend by his dog." It appears that he and a friend were duck hunting from a small boat. When they pulled up on the shore, he placed his gun in the bow of the boat and disembarked. His dog, still in the boat, then somehow caused the gun to discharge, peppering his owner's rear with 26 pellets.

I'm not making this up, you can read about this hunting accident here: http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=18299091&title=dog-shoots-man

Despite the funny headline, it is fortunate this man is alive and that his injuries were not more severe.

Does anyone want to share some hunter safety tips, or a close call story?

This is more of a close call story. I was teaching my Aunt to shoot, had taught her the 4 basic rules of firearm safety and admonished her multiple times for not paying attention to where she was pointing the gun, and keeping her finger on the trigger. I was standing to the right of her, she turned to ask me a question and fired a round "over my bow", in this case about a foot in front of me and into the neighbors property! She jumped, almost dropped the gun, and has treated firearms with more respect since!