Accidental cut poll

[wannakillabigbull]

When I was 12 and had just shot my first deer, a doe in Wyoming, my dad handed me the bone saw and told me to saw off the lower part of the back legs. I grabbed the sheath with my left hand to hold it down while I pulled the saw out of the sheath, without considering where the blade would be going. I sawed pretty deep into my left thumb and started bleeding everywhere. I tried hiding it for a while but it wouldn’t stop bleeding so I fessed up about what I had done. My dad tied a handkerchief around it and told me to go finishing cutting the lower legs off.

I still have the scar visible on my thumb. Honestly a great memory for me. This year will be my first time hunting Wyoming since way back then.

 

[KSP277]

I’m pretty accident prone. Hell ive crashed everything with tires on it. Probably cut my self once eating cereal. How in the hell are you folks cutting yourself changing a havalon? I have used one for years with size 22 scalpels through trapping season. Buy blades by the 100 pack. That may be the only way I haven’t cut myself

 

[Beendare]

You didn't include sharp bones....I've been nicked by those a few times. I couple minor sticks with a knife.

Luckily, never anything major while processing game...now watch, you cursed us all!

I've been cut much worse when sitting down on the toilet..........by a folder that opened in my pocket...long story.

 

[303TrophyHusband]

I have cut myself but never accidentally, I do it intentionally so that I never have the embarrassment of having to admit it was accident. That sounds better right?

 

[Backpack Hunter]

I am surprised by the number of people who have cut themselves first, but more surprising is the number who thinks it is normal/expected.

 

[Cinch]

More times then I can remember...

 

[jpuckett]

Lol me and my dad/ buddy probably skin/process 7 deer and 5-10 hogs a year...


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[Jimbob]

a little nick here or there but never anything that even required a band aid. My brother cut right through his tendon on the back of his hand skinning a moose.

 

[oldgoat]

If you haven't, you haven't been playing the game long! I think a better poll question would be "have you cut yourself so bad that you needed medical attention"!

 

[MattB]

So we've identified 1.67% of the Rokslide population that is the target market for a blade-changing tool. Can we now call this issue a wive's tale?

 

[Boudreaux]

So we've identified 1.67% of the Rokslide population that is the target market for a blade-changing tool. Can we now call this issue a wive's tale?

No, because I am sure that most will include changing blade cuts AND skinning cuts into YES. The few people who say only while changing blades, says they never had a self inflicted injury other than that.

To think that cutting yourself while changing blades is a wive's tale is crazy. If you have never cut yourself changing blades, you have either used a tool or not changed enough blades.

 

[Wapiti1]

Probably one out of 4-5 critters and I'll get a minor cut. Seems like the colder it is out, the more likely from stiff fingers. Worst was not remembering that there was half an arrow and a broadhead still in my elk. Got me across the back of the wrist when I reached in to get the heart. Nothing major, but clean cuts like that bleed forever.

For the record, I don't use a havalon. I own a havalon so that my so called friends don't make fun of me, but have never actually used it.

Jeremy

 

[flinginairos]

Several times. But nothing major. I seem to knick myself with my Havalon a few times a year. I stuck that dang thing right into my
Index finger last year while gutting my Ohio buck. Stupid things are just TOO sharp lol. I bought a pair of lightweight Kevlar gloves just for this purpose. I’m not careless by any means but you process enough critters and it’s gonna happen!


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[WJS23]

Small cuts and stuff like that wile braking down animals but nothing that required stitches or superglue.

 

[Scrappy]

I have quick clot gauze, bandages, and cut resistant gloves in my pack. What does that say about me?

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

Nics here and there but once when tired and cutting fast straddling a carcass side hill I opened up the groin area of my pants a few inches and was damn glad nothing other than my pants got cut.

 

[2five7]

Did 20 animals last year, no cuts. Can't remember the last time I cut myself, probably 5 years ago while changing a havalon blade. A wise man once told me the #1 rule for field dressing...

"Cut towards your buddy, not your body"

 

[AKDoc]

Glad to see I'm not alone on this one!

Anybody have their own personal coffee cup with their name on it at the local emergency room?

 

[BuckSnort]

A couple times but nothing some duct tape couldnt fix..

 

[timekiller13]

I have given myself minor cuts multiple times. Only once (so far) have a I given myself a major cut. Late season deer hunt, in a hurry, with cold hands and I slipped. The knife went all the way through my thumbnail and was trying to poke through the skin on the other side. Fortunately, it was 3 degrees and the wound froze over!