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

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."

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