Duck hunter shot by dog in hunting mishap Associated Press — Oct. 13, 2004 PORTLAND, Or. — A hunting dog stepped on a loaded shotgun, firing a blast into the arm of a Klamath Falls man, authorities said. Matthew Harper, 27, was taken to a Klamath Falls hospital after the accident and then transferred to Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, where he was in critical condition, the (Klamath Falls) Herald and News reported Monday. Harper, the son of state Sen. Steve Harper, R-Klamath Falls, was duck hunting with a friend, Steven Smith of Klamath Falls, in the Ball...