Thanks for all the kind words everybody,appreciate it!!!Not feeling any better but as of now theDr.is holding off on any surgery for 10 days and wants to see me then and then take more xrays and make sure that the bone fracture isn't getting more fractured. He put me in a camboot and has ordered me to keep it elevated and off of it for probably six weeks at least.Really sucked; I was only 35 yds from my treestand locationmoving my way up a draw when the mud under the leaves caused me to slip and my foot went under mybutt as I fell down. I heard what sounded like two knuckles pop and immediate pain. I knew the hunt was over. I got a walking stick and tried tomake it out but the ankle wouldn't take any weight. 10 yds later I decided to call Sarah and have her help me by carrying my bow and backpack.As I laid in the path waiting for her a half an hour had passed andI saw twodoes walk right by my stand as the sun was coming up. They continued right towards meas I struggled to get my release on without them seeing me. Theywent out of sight around a nob and I quickly nocked an arrowand got up on one knee. About this time they smelled where I had fell down and took off on high alert and went back by my stand location one more time. Just as well; my brother-in-law and a buddy came with my wife and they probably wouldn't have been too happy about having to drag
a doe out.(But you can bet that I would have given the shot)Crawling on my hands and knees for a 1/4 mile(not a 1/2 mile like Sarah reported)really made my knees as sore as my darn foot. There was no way that my friends could really help me on the steep terrain so the only way out was on my knees or a stretcher. They cleared sticks and debris out of my way to make it easier on me.

Thankful for the cable tv with hunting shows and the laptop computer. I am already going crazy though. We had to cancel the ATA show next weekend in Atlanta and it cost us $300 cancellation fees between the airfare and hotel room.[:@]