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[steepNdeep]

Thanks for checkin' first buddy! ;)

CBC - Last Updated: Sep 28, 2011 9:51 AM PT

A Victoria man is recovering in hospital after he was shot in the face by a friend who thought he was a bear during a camping trip on Vancouver Island over the weekend.

Police say the two 22-year-old men were camping near the Nitinat River on Saturday night, when one of them woke up to the sound of what he thought was a black bear trying to get into their tent.

He allegedly grabbed his rifle, and fired several shots through the tent — hitting his buddy in the face and arm. The victim was taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

RCMP and conservation officers are investigating, but Const. Grant Desmet said they believe it was an accidental shooting.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/09/28/bc-accidental-shooting-nitinat.html

[frenchbar]

next time wake me ..before ya start blastin...lol...

[Fixit]

half asleep? I could see that happening...ahh man.. sucks to be his buddy
ive often joked with my friends "dont sound like a bear if your getting up in the night to pee or you might get shot"

[steel_ram]

You've been out scooped.

http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/showthread.php?72426-B.C.-man-mistakes-man-for-bear-shoots-him-in-face

[Stone Sheep Steve]

One of my hunting partners is pretty hairy.... so I could see how this could happen.

SSS

[Phoenixmc]

Well Dick Cheney was just in Vancouver...

[308Lover]

Snoring-----another way to stop it.

[calvin L]

SSS you are such a light sleeper I could not get out of the tent or in with out you waking up. And I am not hairy it is a sweater vest !

calvin L