Ripp, it happens all the time here in Spain too. Since most of the hunting is done here with shotguns the results are not usually fatal but my gardener has been hit 4 times in 4 years, the last time 3 weeks ago, pellets in hand and face (Ikeep telling him to wear shooting glasses) ! I took him on a partridge shoot two years ago and the guy on the next peg had brought along his 12 year old son who decided to shoot a rabbit running between us. There is a lot of flint in the ground here and four or five pellets richoched into my friends shoulder

I can tell you I have many times had a good partridge coming over me but have spotted one coming down low through the line and have ignored my shot and hit the deck to avoid being shot !! The legal culture doesn´t really exist here. When I asked my friend the other day after his trip to the hospital what was going on he just shrugged and said "It was an accident, he said sorry" ! best, Mike p.s. in the UK if that happened you would be escorted away and never invited again