# Dog Shoots Man **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 2012, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/635060 "2012-09-18T10:40:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/635060/1 "2012-09-18T10:40:22Z")
Looks like a certain [idiom](http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/bite+the+hand+that+feeds) needs to be [updated](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19630411). > [@](#): > > The shot blew off part of the huntsman’s right hand, which he had to have amputated after being flown to hospital in Bordeaux. > > But the victim, whose name was given as Rene, said he had only himself to blame for not applying the safety catch. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/635060/2 "2012-09-18T13:06:40Z")
That dog _will_ hunt. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/635060/3 "2012-09-18T13:13:14Z")
That’s really bizarre. How would his right hand get in front of the barrel as he’s carrying a shotgun? Even if he’s left handed, his right hand shouldn’t be in front of the barrel in any method of carrying a long gun I’ve ever used in the field. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/635060/4 "2012-09-18T13:20:02Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > That’s really bizarre. How would his right hand get in front of the barrel as he’s carrying a shotgun? Even if he’s left handed, his right hand shouldn’t be in front of the barrel in any method of carrying a long gun I’ve ever used in the field. Maybe (and I’m not, by any means saying this was correct or smart) he had the butt on the ground and had his hand resting on the muzzle (or somewhere in the vicinity of it). That, ISTM, would be just about perfect for a jumping dog to land on the trigger. ETA. For a visual, imagine if the gun was a walking cane. Holding it like that. Maybe even away from his body a bit to explain why it didn’t catch him in the head/neck/ribs as well. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/635060/5 "2012-09-18T13:25:50Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Maybe (and I’m not, by any means saying this was correct or smart) he had the butt on the ground and had his hand resting on the muzzle (or somewhere in the vicinity of it). That, ISTM, would be just about perfect for a jumping dog to land on the trigger. Yikes. No safety and hand on the muzzle? Guy is a Darwin Award waiting to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/635060/6 "2012-09-18T13:27:31Z")
Also, it could have just been an odd freak accident. Maybe he wasn’t holding it all. Maybe he was sitting on the ground with the gun next to him and as the dog ran across it, it shifted it in such away that it turned it towards him and pulled the trigger. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/635060/7 "2012-09-18T13:37:09Z")
Any way you slice it, there’s no non-dumbass way for this to happen. You don’t click the safety off until you’re about to fire. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/635060/8 "2012-09-18T13:49:34Z")
I hate to see a dog lose his right hand man. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/635060/9 "2012-09-18T13:54:59Z")
My dog is only allowed to shoot at the range. In the woods he just gets too excited when he sees a rabbit and starts shooting at anything. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/635060/10 "2012-09-18T14:13:16Z")
Apparently, this [isn’t the first time](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7068549.stm) this has happened. > [@](#): > > Alan Foster, a spokesman for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, told the AFP news agency it was not uncommon for hunters to be shot by their dogs. > > “I hear about it a couple times a year,” somewhere in the country, he said. It’s clear who the dogs are secretly rooting for. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/635060/11 "2012-09-18T14:17:17Z")
In other news, dog eats, shoots, and leaves. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/635060/12 "2012-09-18T14:50:06Z")
Now who will pet the dog? Poor thing. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/635060/13 "2012-09-18T15:28:49Z")
One of the liberal lefties I suppose (poor dog indeed). ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/635060/14 "2012-09-18T15:30:53Z")
Talk about biting the hand that feeds you.