A couple years back I hunting pheasants in a cattail slough with my son. This slough was loaded with stones and rocks.
I assumed the landowner used this untillable ground to dump all the stones he'd collected from the adjacent farmland.
With the cattails, it was almost impossible to see rocks underfoot. My son fell twice in that field.
The second time the top barrel of his Win. 101 found a rock--it wasn't pretty but made for a teachable moment.
Fortunately for us, that slough was also loaded with pheasants and the barrel has long since been repaired.
As a pheasant hunter, getting in and out of vehicles can pose a risk if one is careless.
Duck hunting poses a whole different set of opportunities for dents.
IMO, hunting grouse and woodcock in the forest is the least threatening.
Trees aren't hard enough for my workhorse guns and there aren't rocks in the country I hunt in.
-jim
