[fabsroman]

Skyline,

I did a search to see if I could find any professional hunter accidents in Africa. I spent about 10 minutes looking and found absolutely nothing. However, I did run into a story of a professional hunter's assistant shooting a client in the back of the head as the assistant was trying to shoot a supposedly wounded grizzly. That was an interesting read.

I have had muzzles pointed at me in the past, by accident or ignorance, and it just never gives me a warm fuzzy feeling. For the most part, I am unlucky, so I can see myself being the first person shot in the back with a .458 by a professional hunter. I read too many true stories where negligence turns into death. Let's assume that the trigger does get caught on a twig and the client is shot in the back. I can guarantee that the PH would be liable to the family, at least based upon US law. Then again, the outfitter probably has the client sign a waiver/release/hold harmless agreement.