Have you ever been shot?

sitting on a log in my ghillie suit, dekes on the river, finishing a committed teal. The teal locks up, coming straight at me. I rise to shoot and right at that very moment, three guys come charging *and firing* through the reeds on the opposite bank. Before I could pull off the bird, the reeds around me sounded with shot, at the same time I registered the shot spraying across my mid chest. Much cussing ensued, but the danger of the situation was apparent, and I turned my back on the three completely unrepentant jackasses. They took off as well, back the way they came. I have not hunted that SWA since.
 
Twice. Sort of.

Once in the lip while skeet shooting, presumably a ricochet off a target. Shocked me, for sure, and it definitely stung.

Second time was during what I now consider to be a questionable activity...a so called "European pheasant hunt" to which I was invited. If you arent familiar with the concept, picture 24 guys in a circle about 120 yds wide, two at each of 12 shooting stations. From the little shack on a hill in the middle of the circle, pheasants are released and fly for their lives trying to escape the circle...which doesn't happen often. So my partner and I are at the 5 o'clock station, the bird is trying to escape flying straight at the 6 o'clock position and the boneheads at 7 o'clock open up as the pheasant nears the bottom of the circle...and I get two pellets on the inside of my right thigh. Now THAT stung and gave me an opportunity to invent several brand new words to describe "idiot".

ALWAYS remember shooting glasses around other target shooters because you just never know
 
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