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\"Duck<\/a>

Cody Shipman (right) and Hayden James (left) have been hunting together since they were children.<\/p><\/div>\n

Warning: The following contains graphic images that might be disturbing to some readers.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

When Cody Shipman, 24, and Hayden James, 15, set out to hunt Mallards one frosty January morning on the Snake River in Oregon, they expected the excursion to end like any other: with birds in the boat. But what should have been a successful hunt turned near-fatal after a simple mistake left Shipman with a gruesome wound that\u2019s taken four surgeries to mend.<\/p>\n

The brothers have been hunting together for years. Shipman started pursuing birds when he was 10 and big game when he was 12, and James started tagging along as soon as he could. Suffice it to say, this isn\u2019t a story about green hunters making rookie mistakes.\"Duck<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cDefinitely a freak accident,\u201d Shipman told me. \u201cWe\u2019ve both hunted from the time we were able to, and he\u2019s my little brother, so we grew up hunting together on top of that. It\u2019s not like we were new hunting partners. Just one of those things, freak accident. We were laughing one second, and things got real the next.\u201d\"Duck<\/a><\/p>\n

The brothers and James\u2019 father set out from their home in Emmett, Idaho, where Shipman works as a painter and James attends school. They launched their boat from the ramp in Ontario, Oregon, around 6 am, and soon they had located some Mallards, set up their decoys, and started shooting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were only there about 20 minutes, and we\u2019d already had four or five flocks of birds come in,\u201d Shipman said. \u201cHayden lost his balance when he was shooting because we were in the muddy brush. He tipped over in the water, and we were laughing and having a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when things took a turn for the worse.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was kind of twisted and off balanced, so I fell backward,\u201d James recalls. \u201cWe were laughing, and he went to grab my gun first, and then he was going to help me up, and when he grabbed it that\u2019s when it discharged and hit him in the shoulder. It was still in my hand \u2013 I was still holding it.\u201d<\/p>\n

At first, James said, he didn\u2019t think he\u2019d hit Shipman.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought I\u2019d shot off to the side more. But he was like, \u2018Oh man, I think you\u2019ve shot me.\u2019 And I was like, \u2018Are you serious?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

It was true. The misfire from James\u2019s 12GA Beretta had taken a massive chunk out of Shipman\u2019s shoulder, and with help a six-mile boat ride away, their situation wasn\u2019t looking good.<\/p>\n

James\u2019s first worry was that his phone had gotten wet when his waders filled with water, but he soon fished it out, dry and functional, and called his father, who was with the boat. He then got on the phone with emergency dispatchers, who instructed him to apply pressure to the wound with something clean.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I didn\u2019t have anything clean,\u201d James said. So, he stripped off his jacket, sweater, and undershirt in sub-zero weather and used his undershirt to apply pressure to the wound.<\/p>\n

As they waited for the boat to arrive, James said his brother stayed calm.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was doing good the whole time. Really calm, given the circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shipman said the injury hurt, of course, but the experience wasn\u2019t as bad as he would have expected.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, it wasn\u2019t that bad,\u201d Shipman recalls. \u201cIt may have been just from the shock. My fingers were tingly and my shoulder throbbed. It hurt, don\u2019t get me wrong. But it wasn\u2019t as bad as I thought it\u2019d be.\u201d<\/p>\n

James continued to apply pressure as he sat next to his brother on the ride back to the boat ramp, where an ambulance was waiting to take Shipman to the hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was just really shocked. I was freaking out,\u201d James said. \u201cI was crying on the boat ride back. It was scary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Doctors had to perform three surgeries to remove the birdshot and dead tissue from Shipman\u2019s wound. The hunter lost two-thirds of his deltoid muscle, but the shot didn\u2019t hit any arteries or bones. Shipman was still hooked up to a wound vac when GunsAmerica spoke to Shipman in February, and he was waiting until the wound had healed enough for doctors to perform a skin graft. He won\u2019t be able to start physical therapy for several more weeks.<\/p>\n

The shells were 3-inch magnums with steel 3 shot out of a full choke.<\/p>\n\"Duck<\/a>\n

 <\/p>\n\"Duck<\/a>\n

Shipman had some advice for hunters who want to avoid a similar situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlways communicate,\u201d Shipman said. \u201cI\u2019m sure I\u2019m not the only person who has ever been shot this way. If I could think of one way to avoid it in that situation, it would be communication.<\/p>\n

“You\u2019re excited. Birds are coming in. Communicate and always watch where your barrel is pointed. That way they know their hand won\u2019t be on the trigger. They can put it on safety first.\u201d<\/p>\n

James echoed his brother\u2019s advice and added a piece of his own.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t ever get too comfortable with a shotgun,\u201d he said. \u201cMe and him have been hunting since I was 9. We go on a whole bunch of hunts together every year. I tell you one thing \u2013 I\u2019ll never get too comfortable with a gun like that again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe could have prevented that so many different ways. If I had just flipped my safety on. All that goes back<\/a> to, I think, don\u2019t get too comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked whether he planned to hunt again after his recovery, Shipman didn’t hesitate.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbsolutely.\u201d<\/p>\n\"Duck<\/a>\n

GunsAmerica reminds all shooters and hunters<\/a> to memorize and follow the four safety rules:<\/strong>
\n1.<\/strong> Treat every<\/i> firearm as if it were loaded.
\n2. <\/b>Keep your finger outside of the trigger guard until you are ready to shoot.
\n3. <\/b>Always keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction.
\n4. <\/b>Be sure of your target and be aware of what is beyond it.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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