Chicken owner shoots own leg while hunting opossum

[jeff of pa]

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- A northwest Washington man is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the leg while hunting an opossum that had been snatching his chickens

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[EE THr]

How do you get your rifle pointed at your thigh, anyway?

 

[ivan salis]

22 pistol not rifle -- still he's not too bright --rule #1 never point a loaded gun at any body parts -

 

[EE THr]

Oops, you're right.

He must have tried to quick-draw without practicing unloaded then slow-mo (mistake #2).

Actually, he should have used a .22 rifle (mistake #1).