I am not going to be able to hunt this year due to a back injury. I was hurt at work in March and have been fighting with work comp the whole time, they keep wanting me to do this and do that well I do it then it is this and that. Any way my Dr. wants to do a fusion to my L5,S1 vertabre and I haven't heard if it will be approved or if I am going to have to go back to court to get it done. My request is that you all be sure to share your stories so I can at least be a part of hunting that way. I am really down about all this and want to be out in the deer woods so bad I can taste it. I did manage to get some new hunting land for next year though.


I was a member of this board a few years ago but if I remember right there was quite a bit of bickering and I got tired of it and left. Looking at the posts here it seems to all be taken care of os I hope I will be back and enjoy the comrodery from you all.

I shoot a Mathews LX at 75#'s with beemen ICS camo hunters and Magnus stinger 100grn broad heads, I really like the setup it shoots real nice the broad heads fly just like my field tips. I live in IL,anyway enough about me. Good luck to all of you and please keep me informed and please excuse any typos I have been up for a long time I find it hard to get comfortable with the back injury.

Thank you all

you bet we'll all be sharing stories with you. there are already several good ones up, hopefully i'll get to post one of my own again this year. enjoy.

Sorry to hear that. There should be plenty of stories to come.

Thanks I will appreaciate all the stories and I have read some of them already. Don't be shy keep the stories comming

Hang In there 74!! Get that body taken care of so you can enjoy this hunting stuff for many years to come.

I will it is just so frustrating I should be recovering but they just fight everything every step of the way

Sorry to hear about your misfortune 74. I will be sure to do some extra hunting for you. You think there is any chance for gun hunting this year for you?

I don't gun hunt, but I think it would be a bad thing for me because I can't stand up straight and I don't think it would be good with the jaring from a gun but thanks for the thought

I feel for you. I have had multiple back surgeries (5) starting with discectomies on L4-L5. I had two before they fused it in 2004. Now they want to fuse L5-S1 but I have said that I will put it off until I cant walk. I am climbing trees, and walking miles to my hunting areas and its the best therapy I have ever had. Ive been in every therapy they have offered....aqua, stretching, etc. but actually getting out and walking is the best you can do for your skeletal mucsles to compensate for that disc area. Trust me I have been through it for twelve years now.

I always had good drugs to take the pain away, but dont let them impair your abilities. Excercise, and dont always believe what the dr says, espesially when it omes to light hunting...like walking without a pak on your back, and always hunting with friends to help you out. get a good ground blind, a comfy chair, and use every muscle God gave you!

You will be suprised! I am...climbing trees, carrying pack, and just getting out in nature will cure just about any ailment....much better than a bed or couch!

JMHO

Now thats some sound advise right there!