Post by parrothead on Oct 4, 2023 5:40:12 GMT -5
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Sunday morning was the bow opener in Michigan. I dressed and then loaded my crossbow in my hunting shed a half hour before sunrise. I walked out to my two-man ladder stand and climbed up with just my backpack on. I pulled the loaded bow up and set it on the outside rail. I stepped down two steps on the ladder to set my pad in place for my skinny back end to sit on. Unfortunately, the loaded Tenpont crossbow with an EVO broadhead slipped off the rail, fell on the seat, and then landed on the base. The safety was on, but it discharged.
The arrow went through high on my left butt cheek and exited low on the same cheek. The broadhead grazed my right butt cheek. I knew something was wrong when I heard it discharge. I reached down my left side to feel the stinging. I saw blood and immediately started climbing down. I started walking back to camp and dialed 911 and told them I shot myself, all the while, I could feel the warm blood running down my right leg like I just peed myself.
The ambulance arrived about 15 minutes later. I knew the ambulance techs and firefighters were deer hunters because they came in with sirens off and just the lights on. The med tech told me I had lost a lot of blood. I arrived at the hospital about 40 minutes later and was greeted by the entire trauma staff. They treated me well, but the doc didn't stitch me because a small amount of cloth was lodged in me.
The pain is not as bad right now. Two days later and I'm still bleeding. The worst part is removing the dressings. The hair on my back end doesn't like the tape.
When I heal and go back out, I'll cock the bow before I walk out, pull it up, and then hang it on a hook before I put the arrow on the flight groove. Until then, I'll enjoy eating ice cream on my belly like Forrest Gump while my skinny back end heals.
I left the bow and my backpack in the stand. My hunting buddy went out later to retrieve everything and follow my blood trail. The arrow was broken in three places with flesh and blood on the last piece of the arrow. The nock was bent and destroyed. My only guess is that the arrow slipped forward before the bow fired. What i can't understand is why the crossbow is still in the safety position. Has anyone ever dropped a crossbow and had it fire?
Be safe out there. This could have been a lot worse, and I'm blessed to be typing this right now. The trauma doc said this was the luckiest of unlucky shots that could ever happen.
Sunday morning was the bow opener in Michigan. I dressed and then loaded my crossbow in my hunting shed a half hour before sunrise. I walked out to my two-man ladder stand and climbed up with just my backpack on. I pulled the loaded bow up and set it on the outside rail. I stepped down two steps on the ladder to set my pad in place for my skinny back end to sit on. Unfortunately, the loaded Tenpont crossbow with an EVO broadhead slipped off the rail, fell on the seat, and then landed on the base. The safety was on, but it discharged.
The arrow went through high on my left butt cheek and exited low on the same cheek. The broadhead grazed my right butt cheek. I knew something was wrong when I heard it discharge. I reached down my left side to feel the stinging. I saw blood and immediately started climbing down. I started walking back to camp and dialed 911 and told them I shot myself, all the while, I could feel the warm blood running down my right leg like I just peed myself.
The ambulance arrived about 15 minutes later. I knew the ambulance techs and firefighters were deer hunters because they came in with sirens off and just the lights on. The med tech told me I had lost a lot of blood. I arrived at the hospital about 40 minutes later and was greeted by the entire trauma staff. They treated me well, but the doc didn't stitch me because a small amount of cloth was lodged in me.
The pain is not as bad right now. Two days later and I'm still bleeding. The worst part is removing the dressings. The hair on my back end doesn't like the tape.
When I heal and go back out, I'll cock the bow before I walk out, pull it up, and then hang it on a hook before I put the arrow on the flight groove. Until then, I'll enjoy eating ice cream on my belly like Forrest Gump while my skinny back end heals.
I left the bow and my backpack in the stand. My hunting buddy went out later to retrieve everything and follow my blood trail. The arrow was broken in three places with flesh and blood on the last piece of the arrow. The nock was bent and destroyed. My only guess is that the arrow slipped forward before the bow fired. What i can't understand is why the crossbow is still in the safety position. Has anyone ever dropped a crossbow and had it fire?
Be safe out there. This could have been a lot worse, and I'm blessed to be typing this right now. The trauma doc said this was the luckiest of unlucky shots that could ever happen.
Well this ladder stand had been put in a good spot with a good tree but the slope there was a bit treacherous. We didn't realize that we put the straps on too loose when putting the stand up, and after hunting there a few times they came undone and the stand pitched to one side with my Dad in it (luckily slightly uphill, not downhill, and into a cushion of still-green honeysuckle). After tightening the straps the stand became much safer and stood just fine for a few more years until we moved to a different area on a different property. Now that stand is in a three-trunked hickory that would have provided excellent support if the stand fell again (it would only have gone a foot or so to either side; we set it against the center trunk), but it never has. Unfortunately the trunk to the right of the stand snapped in a storm this summer and now part of that support and cover is gone.