I won't go into the details, but an incident very similiar happened to me many years ago. I was one scared pheasant hunter. I learned a lesson, but like this incident you can't have eyes in the back of your head. Luckily I was using light loads and Louie was a long ways off on my right. He still has the shot embedded in his scalp and reminds me about it everytime we meet.
"Luckily I was using light loads and Louie was a long ways off on my right."
Louie Louie, oh baby, we gotta go.
Louie Louie, oh baby, we gotta go.