RE: Broadhead Injury's?
 

I havent sliced my self on a broadhead but my dad has really bad. We were hunting and I was sitting to the side of him about 40 yards away and he drew back on a doe and the broadhead caught his finger while he was drawing back. He let go of the bow and sent the arrow flying way over the deer and tottally missed theher but the blood trail he left from the woods to the house was really bad.

RE: Broadhead Injury's?
 

A small cut on my finger which was nothing major.

RE: Broadhead Injury's?
 

Many years ago I leaned my bow (loaded) against my leg to do something in my treestand. As my bow started to topple I grabbed instinctively for the bow. As I watched my bow fall out of the tree I realized what I grabbed. I was squeezing the Muzzy broadhead. As I opened my hand to remove it, I had 3 deep cuts in my palm and fingers.

HHmmm what to do...wrapped a bandana around my hand, climbed down and got my bow and kept hunting. No, I went home with nothing but a cut hand that night. A little TLC, medical care and I was out the next day. :)

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I was practicing with my broadheads and yanked an arrow out the back of the target and put a 3"longx 1/2" acrossgash across the back of my hand. I could see all the moving parts in there,pretty cool (very purplely). And then there was this one time and idiot camp when I wasnt using a broadhead wrench and twisted my muzzy 4 blades off the arrow and half of my thumb went with it. No stiches in either one of them....I dont believe in stiches. HAHAHAHA.:eek:

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Just the other day I was pulling a broadhead out of my target and like an idiot I had my hand in the way. As the broadhead came out it sliced right across my hand. Nothing major but I did felt dumb for even doing it.

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I've gotten small cuts from tightening/loosening my muzzy heads. Nothing major, although the one cut bled for near an hour. I tried pressure, holding my hand over my head.. it took a long time to quit. Then about five hours later I bumped the wound open and bled all over, all over again. (no superglue around) [:-]

Down at a hog hunt this Spring, my hunting partner Kendall was using Wensel Woodsman broadheads. They are much more 'cut to the tip' than his regular hunting heads. He shot a hog but didn't get a perfect hit on it. It stopped just long enough for him to get another arrow out of the quiver. Then it ran off. Kendall ran off after it, arrow in hand. As they both bolted down the hill the arrow bumped a tree and drove the point partially into Kendall's thigh. He said it was just the lightest tap, but that's all it takes.

Eventually the hog bayed up again (2.5 miles away) and Kendall was able to kill it. He had a hard time walking back to the lodge though.

Luckily it was just a flesh wound. I happened to have sutures with me and a friend volunteered to tack him back together.

We tease him about it. (pointy end goes that-away) Butin reality, itcould have been much worse and just shows how you really need to be careful out there.

This is a Wensel Woodsman head:


This is Kendall's thigh after the WW jab.

RE: Broadhead Injury's?
 

never hurt myself bu thats not to say i wont in the future lol (knock on wood)

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haven't hurt myself yet but i've heard a few stories.

one of the instructors at the bowhunting ed class worked in an archery shop w/an indoor range. one of the customors was trying to string his recurve by stepping on it and pulling the string with his hand. he pulled the bow back, it slipped, and his eye went flying down range.[&:]

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First year I hunted with archery tackle, I Was using Thunderheads. I was all excited since I was finally out hunting and all that, well, I went to get my arrow out to nock, and I laid my palm open real good. Long story short, I couldn't get the bleeding to stop and ended up in the ER for stitches! Since then, I haven't had any other accidents, but I've also been more attentive to what I'm doing.

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I managed to cut myself last September in the excitement of this hunt.......check out my right index finger. (Those exposed blade style mechs are a treat after shooting Rockets for years and just grabbing them any which way.:eek:)
I was the victim of a Rocky Mt. Gator XP broadhead on this occaision. (however obviously I wasn't the only one;))