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TexasTowelie

(116,744 posts) Sat Jan 12, 2019, 02:49 AM Jan 2019

Ex-LSU player's leg amputated after dog shoots him: 'His pants were just soaked in blood'

A former Louisiana State University offensive lineman had his leg amputated and is in intensive care at University of Mississippi Medical Center after being shot by a dog while duck hunting near Eagle Lake in Mississippi.

Micah Heckford said he and a group of friends were on an annual duck and deer hunting trip in Mississippi on Dec. 28. The outing took place on land farmed by family members of Heckford's best friend, Matt Branch, who played football for LSU from 2008-2011.

"They farm all the land around Eagle Lake," Heckford said. "Every year we go over there.

"For the most part there's five to eight of us that have been going six or seven years now. We deer hunt in the evenings and duck hunt in the mornings."

Read more: https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/sports/college/lsu/2019/01/09/matt-branch-lsu-college-football-shot-dog/2522992002/

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Ex-LSU player's leg amputated after dog shoots him: 'His pants were just soaked in blood' (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2019 OP

Shot by a dog? Stargazer09 Jan 2019 #1

Naturally I'm worried about the dog now. Laffy Kat Jan 2019 #2

The didn't hurt the dog. TexasTowelie Jan 2019 #5

I agree Stargazer09 Jan 2019 #6

The dog declined to give an interview. TexasTowelie Jan 2019 #3

Ugh Stargazer09 Jan 2019 #7

Dog shoots man PJMcK Jan 2019 #4

I'll leave it to the ducks to donate to his gofundme. roody Jan 2019 #8

Stargazer09

(2,159 posts)

1. Shot by a dog?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Jan 12, 2019, 02:59 AM

Jan 2019

I’m not an expert on firearms, but I’ve been around them enough to question how an excited retriever could have pulled the trigger.

Disabling the safety, yes. That’s often just a button on the side that could easily be switched by the dog’s weight.

But the dog pulling the trigger? How is that even possible?