hells bells.....I have been hit by my own pellets as I shot straight up.....a number of seconds later it felt like rain. No biggie. hail would hurt a lot more.
One time a stranger with a beagle was running wabbits and I was viewing him and his dog in the distance. the dog was pushing a bunny straight at me...he was oblivious to me...as the rabbit reached me he fired.....pellets bounced off my winter blaze orange jacket (i looked like the bright orange koolade pitcher guy...dont know how he could not have seen me). not with enough force to break the skin if I had had no jacket. He had fired way too far out of range to kill the rabbit.
I did spew forth a series of expletives and left no doubt as to my displeasure with this clown. I believe he saw me and wanted to make sure that I did not take his hare from him, so he shot first.
This is the extent of my close calls for more than 40 years of hunting.
as the rabbit reached me he firedWow, that's one scary bunny.