This isn't a "religion" thread per se, except I have a prayer request at the end of it.
The good news is I got another buck last night. After the two does I got in 20 minutes in October and the 12 point I shot on Halloween morning, it had been pretty dry - plenty of opportunities, but nothing I wanted. Since our modern firearms season started last Saturday - and I strictly bowhunt - getting a shot at any deer at this point is pretty unlikely with a bow. However, I shot a nice wide 7 point yesterday afternoon. Instead of my usual pass-through shot, I got very poor pentration and decided it would be better to wait until after this morning's hunt to look for him. I passed up more opportunites at smaller bucks this morning. I prayed about it while in the stand and found the buck right where he had disappeared from my sight. He was double lunged. The penetration problem was due to me hitting both shoulder blades on the thick part next to the ridge. The muzzys did the trick though. The problem was that other predators had found him first - he was likely dead with-in a minute of my shot last night and the hindquarters were essentially gone. I also found that he was missing a hoof. I noticed hed had a slight limp, but it wasn't much, but the hoof was gone right up to the dew claws and it was healed over. It was also apparent that he'd had this leg broken and it had healed too. Amazing creatures they are.
Here's the bad part. I dragged him back to the house to salvage what was left of him and was cutting through a particularly tough part of the hide . . . and it suddenly cut through and I then stabbed myself in the thigh![:@] It bled a lot, but I came inside immediately and applied direct pressure. The cut was just under an inch deep and quickly went numb. I got the bleeding stopped, cleaned the area a bit with peroxide and applied some butterfly bandages. I returned to my butchering. It started hurting a while later and got progressively worse and I decided I should call the Dr. and get some advice. I was told to visit an urgent care facility where I got a tetanus shot, three stitches (it was going to be 5, but I closed up nicely
), a prescription for antibiotics and a week off work. That'll give me more time to finish the butchering! Here's the prayer request. The Doctor told me that he was concened about how swollen my thigh had become and that if it got much worse, I should go to the emergency room because I might need surgery since I ws bleeding from vessels deeper in my leg. I'm praying that the bleeding inside will stop and I won't have to go to the emergency room. I WILL definitely have a dark purple/black/blue bruise he said and a very sore thigh for a while. I'm having trouble walking now. I just want a quick recovery.
Good news/Bad news/prayer request
