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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (4351)	10/30/2007 10:44:10 PM
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Accident? Iowa man recovering after being shot by hunting dog in freak accident Published: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 \| 12:02 PM ET Canadian Press: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DES MOINES, Iowa - A hunter is recovering after he was shot in the leg at close range by his dog, who stepped on his shotgun and tripped the trigger, an official said Tuesday. James Harris, 37, of Tama, Iowa, was hit in the calf Saturday, the opening day of pheasant season, said Alan Foster, a spokesman with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. "He had surgery and is doing pretty well," he said. "He took between 100-120 pellets in about a four-inch (10-centimetre) circle to his calf." Harris was listed in good condition Tuesday, officials at University Hospitals in Iowa City said. Harris was hunting with a group about five kilometres north of Grinnell. The group shot a bird, and when Harris went to get it, he put his gun on the ground and crossed a fence. As he crossed the fence, his hunting dog stepped on the gun, Foster said. The gun was about a metre away from his leg. "The muzzle velocity is so great that the pellets don't have a chance to spread out," he said. No one else was hurt, and the dog was not injured. Foster said no citations had been issued. cbc.ca