ouch that hurt...

[joe ashton]

Hi
 Last Thursday night while hanging a stand my foot slipped off of my 3rd step while installing  my 5th step.  I was only 30 inches off the ground. I had my linesman strap but not using it yet.  I caught the 4th step in the arm pit on my way to the ground..OUCH.  No other injuries. I did the Fred Flintstone dance for awhile   and I finished putting the stand up.
There are about a zillion ways this slip could have been worse...


BBBIIGG IIMMAAGGEE!!!!!!!

[David Yukon]

nice rainbow....Good that you didn't hurt your self more!!
Be careful.

[pdk25]

Nasty bruise. Glad it wasn't something...err...more delicate.

[Whip]

Eeewwwww!!  :eek:    
And I'm not talking about the bruise!!    

Seriously, glad you're going to be ok.  Like you say, it could have been so much worse..

[don_h]

Yikes. Glad that's all that happened. No fun.

[Ground Hunter]

Good thing you didn't hook the giblets!

[Stumpkiller]

Yeowch!  Glad your hide is only discolored but still intact.    

[Shinken]

Sure glad to learn that you are OK Joe!

That could have had a much worse outcome....

Time to give THANKS!  Amen.

Keep the wind in your face!

Shoot straight, Shinken

   

[Big Ed]

Glad your OK, Scary how fast things happen!

[JamesKerr]

Glad you ok Joe.

[legends1]

yuck,that cant feel good.

[sheephunter]

Dang!

[Ray Hammond]

That's exactly why I switched to Rapid Rails and sticks as soon as they came around!  Glad for you it wasn't worse Joe

[Mudd]

I didn't see the picture but I am sure it wasn't pretty.

I hope and pray that you heal up without any residual problems.

I found a cure(almost) for that kind of injury years ago.

I try my best to keep both feet on the ground.
( as I typed this last sentence the memory of me laying on my back flashed back in my mind.)

I was walking out one evening with my Pacseat on my back, I tried to walk across a mostly dry creek bed over a pile of drift wood. My foot slipped and I ended up on my back like a turtle. I was kind of stuck for awhile as I couldn't sit up or turn over. After a bit of struggling I laid back and enjoyed the humor of the situation.

I'm glad you weren't hurt any worse.

God bless,Mudd

[Ronyag]

I don't use those screw in steps anymore just for that same reason. I took one in the thigh one time.... and yes it went into my leg. Lucky I had a good strap and a hand hold. Those things are sharp and will go right in with enough force.

I hunted in a ground blind the rest of the season.

[stujay]

OUCH!