SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah bird hunter was shot in the buttocks after his dog stepped on a shotgun laid across the bow of a boat.
Box Elder County Sheriff’s Deputy Kevin Potter says the 46-year-old Brigham City man was duck hunting with a friend when he climbed out of the boat to move decoys.
The man left his 12-gauge shotgun in the boat and the dog caused it to fire, hitting him with 27 pellets. He was not seriously injured.