Snuffers can hurt you (pic)

[indianalongbowshooter]

Posted a week ago about running a 125 gr Snuffer into the base of my thumb while sliding it onto a steel insert, hand slipped and it went into my thumb about a inch.. It cut a bunch of muscle and nerves barely missing the main artery and nerve that feeds the hand..My thumb is now totally w/o feeling on over 1/2 the pad and Doc says may or maynot be permanent...done it a thousand times but it just took a split second to really mess my hand up, broadhead didnt move a inch and probably wasnt 15# pressure to do that much damage so guys just be careful...
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[houseman]

I hope it heals up ok for you.  Best of luck.

[tradtusker]

i often fear that when im gluing adapters in! im goin to be even more careful now.

hope you recover well and get feeling back buddy!

[Jeff Roberts]

Dang boy! That be a tough lesson for sure. I hope you have a full recovery.

[Froggy]

Put them heads in a leather padded vise. It's what I do anyway.... Hope you heal up 100%.

    Froggy

[Lawrenceu]

Ouch!  I hope you heal up completely.  I can relate all too well. I had a run in with a tablesaw about two years ago (four sideing raw oak is dicey regardless of how long you've run those tools and what safety equipment you have in place.)and by the grace of God didn't lose my thumb.  I don't have feeling on the inside 1/2 of my thumb.  But, praise God I still have it!

[Pat B.]

Good luck with that hand...

I think I'll be a bit more careful too...

[indianalongbowshooter]

Thanks guys and you know what really sucks is I didnt even need to be messing with it all my bows are already set up ready to hunt was just bored and decided to stick one on and try to shoot it...I always preach to my buddies to be careful when messing with this stuff, think Im going to rig me up a vise or something like Froggy said, theyve got me about 1/2 scared of them now..  

[Steelhead]

Thats nasty.good luck with your healing Dean.I am sure it wont keep out of those Hoosier woods with all those nice bucks you got running around.Keep it clean.Dont need an infection to start up.

shoot straight

[Mr.Magoo]

Hope your hand heals well.  I try to never sharpen until after I'm done tinkering with the heads.

[chris K.]

Dean, it will never heal, it is only going to get worse so I think I should get first dibs on your bows since I do live the closest! Just joking, well kind of,ha,ha,ha.

[Seeking Trad Deer]

I sharped a dozen last week and had cuts all over.  Don't know why other heads don't chew me up...guess those snuffers are just blood thirsty broadheads.      

They cut up fox pretty good too.      

 

[chris K.]

nice fox

[Wannabe1]

OUCH!!!

Hope all turns out well in the healing process.

[Bodork]

Dang Dean, Hope it heals alright for you. I had a run in with a knife blade a few months ago and the knife blade came out the winner. My fingers have healed real nice but my fingertips still have a numb feeling in them. Accidents like that really wake you up as to how dangerous this stuff can be when you get careless. Good luck with the healing process. Mike

[novahunterpa]

OUCH!
Sorry to here that happend to you, hope you heal up and everything is ok.  Thank's for posting it, it may save one of us from doing the same, I know ill be more carefull.

[GingivitisKahn]

Yikes!  Hope that heals up quickly and completely for you.

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[Ray Hammond]

Look at it this way, Dean...you can now pound nails with a 16 oz hammer with impunity!!!!!!!!

Just kiddin, bud. I hope it heals fully and quickly. Thank goodness you are right handed, I HOPE!!!!!

[flatlander37]

Sorry to hear about your hand, ouch!  Can't wait to see what my 160 Snuffers do this year.  I'll be extra careful now!

[indianalongbowshooter]

Ray..LOL. Yeah Im right handed but do most everything left handed, kick a football left footed etc.. think Im a little amidextrous...so its a bigger pain then it would of been.Pain is starting to go away now, its just deep in the wound now and around it, swelling has went down a ton...