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April 27th, 2023, 06:48 PM
#1
Be Careful Walking In!
Tuesday walked in around 5:00, didn't make it 100yds got caught up on a small log and down I went ...hard! I also bumped my head on a different log. Once I got my wits about me I tried to shoulder my gun but no dice so home I went. I took my shirt off in the bathroom and noticed my right arm wasn't where it should be. Off to Emerg and sure enough it's dislocated. So my season may be over before it started. Yes I was using a headlamp but I just didn't see the small log which was leaning on the larger log I bumped my head on. TC
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April 27th, 2023 06:48 PM
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April 27th, 2023, 06:53 PM
#2
I hope you get better so you can get a couple of hunts in. Yes its easy to fall especially in the dark. Stay safe everyone
"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, Teach a man to fish and he eats for the rest of his life"
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April 27th, 2023, 06:59 PM
#3
Ouch! Hope you recover quickly. Dislocations are not fun.
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April 28th, 2023, 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by
trky chsr
Tuesday walked in around 5:00, didn't make it 100yds got caught up on a small log and down I went ...hard! I also bumped my head on a different log. Once I got my wits about me I tried to shoulder my gun but no dice so home I went. I took my shirt off in the bathroom and noticed my right arm wasn't where it should be. Off to Emerg and sure enough it's dislocated. So my season may be over before it started. Yes I was using a headlamp but I just didn't see the small log which was leaning on the larger log I bumped my head on. TC
Glad you made it out OK. Some hunters don't. Hopefully,you're a fast healer to get some action this season,yet.
If a tree falls on your ex in the woods and nobody hears it,you should probably still get rid of your chainsaw. Just sayin'....
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April 28th, 2023, 09:41 AM
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Holy Moley, I've had a few close calls, but never that bad....
Hope you recover soon....
TJ
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April 28th, 2023, 09:43 AM
#6
It will be sore for a while but you will be back out the next day, I have had many shoulder dislocations.
National Association for Search and Rescue
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April 28th, 2023, 11:02 AM
#7
Sorry that happened to you. Hopefully you can still get some turkey hunting in. If you hadn't been able to get out on your own, did you have an emergency plan ready to go? Many hunters don't.
I fell hard this week. Running, and slipped on a carpet. Cracked my knee cap and half tore my tendons beside my knees. 10 weeks to recover the Dr says. Am on a crutch. 
" We are more than our gender, skin color, class, sexuality or age; we are unlimited potential, and can not be defined by one label." quote A. Bartlett
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April 28th, 2023, 02:32 PM
#8
Saw a fracture guy today who was happy with the x-rays and suggested I do therapy,which I will. He said recoil from firearms won't bother it and that at my age I only have a 10% chance of it recurring. Just have to wait for the pain to subside before I can shoulder my gun. TC
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April 28th, 2023, 03:07 PM
#9
It will heal fairly quickly.
You gotta work on improving your night vision and do without the light.
Guess I’m lucky that I’ve always been able to see well in the dark walking into the woods to get to a blind without using any light.
Went in to a brush blind inside the bush this morning with no problem seeing at 5:00 am, and I will be turning 76 in a week!
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April 29th, 2023, 07:16 AM
#10
My theory is he walked into a booby trap set by the turkeys !
Good Luck & Good Hunting !
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