An excited dog trigger a rifle, firing his master, who seem to was driving to a deer hunting location which has a friend with Pasco County upon Saturday, authorities said.
Billy E. Brown, 78, seemed to be opportunity inside his right quad and used to St. Joseph's Hospital around Tampa, mentioned Officer George Wells, spokesman for any Florida Fish along with Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Brown is general director connected with Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative, corporation spokesman David Lambert said.
Lambert explained Brown undergo surgery and it is recuperating. He is usually within important nonetheless good condition, his or her daughter, Laura Brown Melton, reported later Saturday.
Brown and a buddy were into your hardwoods in relation to 1 mile after mile through Old Pasco Road and Gillette Road, Wells said.
They have been travelling spanning a bumpy, limestone road if your bulldog, termed Eli, "got fired up inside truck" in addition to bumped the Browning 308, leading to it in order to hearth some sort of bullet into Brown, Wells said.
The brand connected with Brown's friend hasn't been released. The a couple are actually auto together to get more as compared with 25 years, Wells said.
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