today was our opener for tenn. it started out preety good calm morning . went in the evening got in my climber got setup i was putting my quiver around the tree the quiver slipped and one of the muzzy blades cut a 1/2 of a inch deep cut in my finger blood was shooting every wear. i had some blaze orange tape and put it around it to stop the bleeding. well it stoped bleeding took off the tape and my finger was not bleeding and then all of a sudden it starts bleeding again.

i managed to see four does this evening one doe was just wright out of range.
it would be nice to get a doe the first weekend opener.how many of ya' ll got cut in your stand by your blades. just wondering, my finger was in pain.

go deep hunt hard.

One of the first times I took my son bowhunting was in the montains of Western Md. He was 12 and I set him up with a climbing stand and once he was securly in the tree I set up in another about 20-25 yards away. I looked over at hom and he was holding up his hand and blood was just running down his arm. Seems he was exaiming his equipment and just grabed the arrow on the bussisness end. Finally got him down and to the hospital where he was stiched up, the three day hunt was ended.

one time about 20 years ago.learned my lesson about the blades.never happened again.[:-]

I cut myself last year WITH A MECHANICAL!!![]
I was stalking into my hunting area in Maryland with my stand on my back, and a nice doe slipped across the trail in front of me........I wanted the deer so reached around to my Cat Quiver strapped to my stand and grabbed an arrow. From the weird position I didn' t grab a shaft I grabbed the head. A Rocky Mt. SNYPER!
I very quickly forgot about the deer as I was bleeding pretty good myself.....one of those cuts where you KNOW that you just cut yourself but didn' t really feel it.

After all that I had to climb a tree and I kept reopening the cut the entire time. When I finally settled in my hand was a mess. I just applied direct pressure to it for about 15 minutes (After I had my bow up and an arrow nocked of course)
The I took a paper towel and rolled it into a strip and tied it around the finger.
Those deep razor cuts are a pain because you can keep reopening them for days!

So a word of advice........remember that Snypers have exposed blade surface!

I cut myself one other time when I was a kid. 13yrs old and i dropped an arrow with a Bear Razorhead on it. I made the mistake of trying to CATCH the arrow rather than just let it fall. Ouch.

Yup, been there done that as well.....but we learn.

Don' t do what I did one year.....I was doing something, changing something, I can' t remember but I sat my bow down on my stand, a no no...anyway, I move and the bow toppled and I grabbed instinctively for it and as my bow went to the ground, I stood there with arrow in my hand, broadhead first.....yup, grabbed the broadhead....I was afraid to open my hand and when I did, I had 3 gashes, 2 in my palm and 1 across my fingers.....wapped it up with a camo bandana and kept huntin....the one should have had stitches but I' s Hate' s Hospitals...be careful out there.

hmm....i' ve been cut around the house several times...but never in the woods.

the only thing i found that works for broadhead cuts is a couple dabs of fletch tite glue. not the hot clue, but the clue in the little squeeze container. run the glue on the cut and it heals pretty good.

NOPE.

Not yet......

Exactly the same story here, only i think i was 12. Boy i dont feel quite as dumb about it anymore. I went to school with my hand bandaged up, kids were laughin at me askin why in the world i tried to catch it. lol its an instinct, u drop it, u grab it. Be careful with those things guys, i have shot mechanicals ever since but this year im going to try some fixed blades i think.