I could have died yesterday.

[Jason Kendall]

I did something really stupid and it's haunting me how easy it was to prevent. My brother is trapping this year and had a coon, he sent me a text to come over and kill it for him since he forgot his 22 and I was hunting just down the road. I stuck it with my stinger and it died almost instantly, not wanting to get my quiver all bloody I carried the arrow in my hand back to the truck, it was only 50yds away. As we were walking and talking I tripped on a stick. I went down face first and landed directly on the nock of the arrow and pushed the broadhead into the hard ground 6 inches, hard enough it left a bruise on my chest. If the arrow was flipped I know the stinger would have went into my lung just as far.

It was a very scary moment for me, don't let it happen to you.

[Bud B.]

Good tip. No pun intended.

We all need reminders. Thanks for posting and glad you're OK.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Jason,

Glad you are OK.

You are right about how quick and easy it can happen.

Last week my dad was walking with my Little brother who for some reason insisted walking with an arrow nocked.  My dad lost his balance and fell backward implanting a broadhed ito his arm.

Tree stand falls are not the only things that will kill us.

[Fattony77]

Originally posted by Bud B.:
Good tip. No pun intended.

We all need reminders. Thanks for posting and glad you're OK.

x2!!

[longbow fanatic 1]

Very good message. I'm glad you are okay!

[Jason Kendall]

Dang Charlie, that could have ended a lot worse.

[VictoryHunter]

Just glad you are ok. This a good reminder to everyone to be safe. Thanks for sharing.

[pamike]

WOW - how many times have you (i) made the same decision? good reminder!

[njloco]

It's good  that  you  recognise  what  you  did  and  that  it  wasn't a  smart  thing  to  do, that being  said,  it is  very  good  and  nice  off  you  too  share  this, as  it  might  save  one  of  us  from  doing  the  same thing,  but  with  worse  results,  and  don't  get  too down on  yourself, as we're all human  and  make mistakes.

Thanks for sharing !

[Froggy]

Glad you're ok bud.....

Lanier

[Big Ed]

Man that is an eye opener for sure, Thank you!! And thank goodness your ok!

[jsweka]

Boy that could have been disastrous and goes to show how quick things can go south.  I'm glad you're OK.

An arrow tipped with a broadhed is a dangerous beast.

[Mr. fingers]

It's silly how we think I don't want to get my quiver bloody but we don't think  of the dangers of carrying an arrow. I've been guilty of that.  What I do now is ill either put the blood or dirty BH in my blunt arrow spot and the clean blunt where my BH was. Or I will poke a new hole in the foam for the bloody or dirty arrow.
Glad you are OK

[huntnmuleys]

Glad that ended up the way it did. Scary for sure.

[Ragin Bull]

Glad to hear it was just a close call that could have been much worse.

Charlie , I hope that your dad is ok and healing.

How quickly things can happen

[tradarcher816]

Glad your ok, we've all got to be careful.

[smokin joe]

YIKES! If that happened to me I would still be shaking and talking to myself. Glad you are OK.

[Homebru]

Guys look at me as if I'm from Mars when I tell them I won't walk around with an arrow out of my quiver.  Be careful.
homebru

[Sam McMichael]

Glad you were not seriously hurt.

[NoCams]

A few years back our very own, " HuntSchool ", on here had a close call too. He had a full box of a dozen brand new broadhead tipped arrows in another room. He went to get them and as he was walking from one room to another accidently let one end of the box get jammed against the edge of the doorway / wall as he was walking and proceeded to drive a Sasquatch tipped broadhead into his groin. Luckily it missed his femoral by about 1/4".....    All it takes is a moment of not paying attention or losing respect for a edged tool and disaster can happen. Maybe Bruce will see this thread and tell this story firsthand.