JJHACK
Lil-Rokslider
An observation on broadhead sharpness and the feeling of being sliced open with them.
Yesterday I was on the phone waiting on an appointment and had a Rage broad head in my truck laying on the console. I was inspecting it to see the function and just admiring the design. I've never used one on big game, but they are 100% my first choice on turkeys. Nothing I have ever used or seen has been more perfect and lethal.
So here I am iPhone between my shoulder and ear listening in the conference call I was participating in, and with my two hands opening and closing the blades of the rage. I had to speak on the call, so I went to grab the phone and dropped the broad head between the seat and the console. So while I was talking I reached down there with the free hand to get it.
As I slid my hand between the seat and the console I felt something hard and figured it was part of the seat slide mechanism. I got to the floor and there was no broad head. I spoke on the call for about 30-45 seconds and then peeked between the seats to see where it was. However as I pulled my hand out there was blood gushing everyplace!
I had sliced through the tops of the three knuckles on my right hand. Only my thumb and little finger survived the cuts. There was still no feeling of pain, or any feeling of being cut. It was so painless that I was almost in disbelief that I could be bleeding this much from my fingers and not feel anything!
Fortunately with a 12 year old son, the dash box was filled with fast food napkins. I quick grabbed them and covered the fingers. Still no pain, not even a slight indication of anything wrong, other then the seats and my clothing covered in blood.
I got off the conference call and changed my afternoon plans to head back to home. It was about 45 min away. About half way home I felt very light headed and I was sweating like a horse! My shirt was dripping sweat, and my focus was bad. I pulled off the road and reclined my seat a bit with the Aircon full blast. I opened a bottle of water and assessed the blood flow and the distance yet to go. I was here about 15-20 min I would guess.
It seemed that I was able to settle or calm just a bit. However the first set of napkins was soaked and dripping. I replaced them but saw the depth of the slices and the disturbing looking mess. I got back on the road. I called ahead to Calleen and told her when I get home she would need to be ready to get me to the emergency room. She was calm ( a surgical nurse ) and asked me how I was doing to drive myself. I told her I stopped along the way when things were beginning to get fuzzy. She stayed on the phone with me, both joking and angry which was brilliant to keep my focus and attention. I got home and replaced the napkins again. 25 min later we were in the Emergency room at the desk.
So at this point I have been bleeding at a good rate for about an hour and a half. Still not even a slight bit of pain or any feeling that I was hurt or sliced. However that was about to change. The doctor looked it over and washed this mess out. He glued two of the fingers shut with the third getting glue and stitches because the seam was dead center across the knuckle. Then he splinted that finger so that it would not bend and pull the stitches out.
The cleaning out part was bad, and the visual of the skin flapping open that deep was gruesome especially when it's yours!!! They numbed it which made it pain from washing it out go away, and then sewed it up.
So the whole gist of this is just to be careful with broad heads DUH!
But the other interesting thought I have is that it may be possible that a clean lightening fast pass through of an arrow may not generate any pain to the game we shoot. With perfectly sharp broadheads that slice so clean, it was actually an astonishing pain free experience.
Gut wrenching, sickening volume of blood, and scary to be sure. But never even a sliver of pain.
Yesterday I was on the phone waiting on an appointment and had a Rage broad head in my truck laying on the console. I was inspecting it to see the function and just admiring the design. I've never used one on big game, but they are 100% my first choice on turkeys. Nothing I have ever used or seen has been more perfect and lethal.
So here I am iPhone between my shoulder and ear listening in the conference call I was participating in, and with my two hands opening and closing the blades of the rage. I had to speak on the call, so I went to grab the phone and dropped the broad head between the seat and the console. So while I was talking I reached down there with the free hand to get it.
As I slid my hand between the seat and the console I felt something hard and figured it was part of the seat slide mechanism. I got to the floor and there was no broad head. I spoke on the call for about 30-45 seconds and then peeked between the seats to see where it was. However as I pulled my hand out there was blood gushing everyplace!
I had sliced through the tops of the three knuckles on my right hand. Only my thumb and little finger survived the cuts. There was still no feeling of pain, or any feeling of being cut. It was so painless that I was almost in disbelief that I could be bleeding this much from my fingers and not feel anything!
Fortunately with a 12 year old son, the dash box was filled with fast food napkins. I quick grabbed them and covered the fingers. Still no pain, not even a slight indication of anything wrong, other then the seats and my clothing covered in blood.
I got off the conference call and changed my afternoon plans to head back to home. It was about 45 min away. About half way home I felt very light headed and I was sweating like a horse! My shirt was dripping sweat, and my focus was bad. I pulled off the road and reclined my seat a bit with the Aircon full blast. I opened a bottle of water and assessed the blood flow and the distance yet to go. I was here about 15-20 min I would guess.
It seemed that I was able to settle or calm just a bit. However the first set of napkins was soaked and dripping. I replaced them but saw the depth of the slices and the disturbing looking mess. I got back on the road. I called ahead to Calleen and told her when I get home she would need to be ready to get me to the emergency room. She was calm ( a surgical nurse ) and asked me how I was doing to drive myself. I told her I stopped along the way when things were beginning to get fuzzy. She stayed on the phone with me, both joking and angry which was brilliant to keep my focus and attention. I got home and replaced the napkins again. 25 min later we were in the Emergency room at the desk.
So at this point I have been bleeding at a good rate for about an hour and a half. Still not even a slight bit of pain or any feeling that I was hurt or sliced. However that was about to change. The doctor looked it over and washed this mess out. He glued two of the fingers shut with the third getting glue and stitches because the seam was dead center across the knuckle. Then he splinted that finger so that it would not bend and pull the stitches out.
The cleaning out part was bad, and the visual of the skin flapping open that deep was gruesome especially when it's yours!!! They numbed it which made it pain from washing it out go away, and then sewed it up.
So the whole gist of this is just to be careful with broad heads DUH!
But the other interesting thought I have is that it may be possible that a clean lightening fast pass through of an arrow may not generate any pain to the game we shoot. With perfectly sharp broadheads that slice so clean, it was actually an astonishing pain free experience.
Gut wrenching, sickening volume of blood, and scary to be sure. But never even a sliver of pain.
...be careful everyone
