A friend of mine was hit with a charge of #4 bird shot in a turkey hunting accident years go. He took over a hundred pellets in the chest, shoulder, neck and head from about 30 yards and it damn near killed him. He said it was the most pain he had ever experienced in his life and he truly thought he was going to die. They removed as many pellets as was practical but he still carries several in his sinuses, chest, neck and head. Some of the pellets were too close to vital organs/arteries/nerves to risk removing. He lost his left eye and a couple pellets penetrated the skull and are still lodged in his brain.
