I like to hunt in small groups. A large part of the pleasure I take from bird hunting comes from sharing it with friends of similar bent.
Hunting in groups takes dedication to safety and mistakes can happen. I've posted this video elsewhere to prompt discussions about group safety and been (maybe justly) criticized. I've got pretty thick skin though so I'm going to post it here in hopes that it might save somebody, somewhere some heartache.
Please keep in mind that 1) it was originally made for me to share with a small group of friends and 2) the language is pretty rough so turn down your volume. I'm also certain the second shot was ill advised but that most of us would, in those circumstances, pull the trigger. We shouldn't.
Finally, lest you think I'm terribly callous about the near miss be conscious of the fact that I'm actually laughing at something said before we walked in on the point not at his reaction.
We, and others, had a pretty serious (for us) discussion about what had happened over dinner that evening. I didn't think the shot was terribly close until I saw the video a couple days later. I sent this to all that were present to show them just how close a thing it had truly been.