Safer or the same -- catching and shooting over a bay?

Savoy, I understand the reasoning with the other dogs catching, but you really have no worries about lining up a shot or a stray bullet? I know one dog that got it's leg blown off and one dog that actually got killed from shooting over a bay. I think I've let Steve shoot over Sadie once, can't remember exactly, but he's the only one I trust to do that. And it's not because he's a great shot, it's because he knows without a doubt that if he shoots my dog then he's next! Plus, though this may not be as logical, I feel a lot safer with the pits. They take care of business every single time. If it was a big boar, I'd trust them over the possibility for human error.