I may be going out on a limb here, but I’ll just bet there was some alcohol consumed before this happened.
Maybe if his buddy wasn’t barking up the wrong tree he wouldn’t have got shot.
Alcohol was involved? Ya think?
I remember like it was yesterday. I was right behind my father as we hunted for quail in Florida. I remember getting sprayed and saying ouch!
When I looked down, I was immediately covered in blood. I had been sprayed with bird shot from my head to my my wrist. FORTUNATELY, my ears and eyes were NOT hit.
I spent the afternoon at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, FLa (Univ of Fla) on the operating table getting bird shot removed.
The doctor and my mother became friends and he always sent her a Christmas card. She was a WWII vet nurse in Jacksonvile and gave my father he$$ because he took me hunting. The doctor and my mother were NOT impressed with my accident.
The shooter was a vet (I believe a retired major) and simply could not see us in the thick Fla underbrush as we were farther away than his quail target.
Whenever I get a head XRAY for dental, they always ask WHAT THE HELL IS IN YOUR HEAD? They have never removed all of the shot as the explanation is the birdshot gets encapsulated and is no threat. For years afterward, I would go to the doctor to get shot removed that had worked it’s way to the surface.
In my father’s hunting crowd, especially dove hunting, a few beers was normal while hunting. When I was shot, alcohol was NOT involved as quail hunting means walking long distances but dove hunting means sitting instead.