SHIAWASSEE COUNTY, MI – A Michigan hunter was required to the health center after she was mistakenly shot by her dog.
According to a main report from the Department of Natural Resources, the event happened in late-January when preservation officer Lisa Taube reacted to a pheasant protect in Shiawassee County.
The female hunter was waiting on birds to be planted and had a gun raiding her body. The butt stock was on the ground and the muzzle was pointing up.
The hunter’s dog leapt onto her, and its paws struck the weapon triggering the safety to be disengaged and the trigger to be pushed, shooting the hunter in the left shoulder and cheek, according to the report.
She was transferred by ambulance to Hurley Medical Center in Flint for treatment.
Shiawassee County remains in DNR District 8 which likewise consists of Branch, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Hillsdale, Ingham, Jackson and Livingston counties.