My brother and I were hunting Ducks on Grizzly Island back in 1973. I was using my Winchester Model 24 12GA. I took a shot at a duck flying directly overhead when the gun doubled. I missed the duck and was holding the buttstock and forend. The barrels had come off and they hit me between the eyes. My brother told me it was the funniest thing he had ever seen. I traded that shotgun in on a Remington Model 1894 16GA CEO which I still have.
Another time I was deer hunting in Siskiyou County. We had parked our truck and I had to take a crap. There was frost on the ground and it was still dark so I found a near by tree to go behind and did my business. I heard a buzzing and discovered I had chosen a yellow jacket nest to do my business on. I was sure glad it was cold out. I got stung once and my buddy got stung twice just for knowing me. We returned to the truck that afternoon and they were still swarming around looking for revenge.
