Chit!!! Magnus Snuffers ain't no joke

[DoubleJ]

I was out in the back yard trying to tune my broadheads and was getting close to getting it locked in.  Well, I had a group in the box and went to pull them out. 

What I normally do, since it's just a box filled tight with paper is to take 4 of the 5 arrows and pull them back until the broadhead is just inside the box.  Then I take the one that's left and unscrew the BH and pull the bare shaft back through the box, push the next one into the box until I can unscrew that BH and pull that shaft back through the box, wash rinse repeat. 

Well, I thought I had all 4 BH's inside the box but one of them was hiding under a flap of cardboard.  The arrow that I left out was in to the fletching so I couldn't pull it out, I had to push it back out.  So, I remove the BH from that one and push.  Well, I pushed too hard and far the BH that was hiding under the flap of cardboard made it's presence know with a sharp bite.

Ended up with 2 stitches in my finger, 2 in my hand, an severed nerve, and possible severed blood vessel (dr. wants to see me back tomorrow to make sure the vessel closed up).  It was spurting good.  My first spurter.  For those that haven't had a spurter before, it was a weird buzzing, vibrating feeling as the blood spurted out.  Got a 2" arc out of it with each spurt too.



After my wife was able to stop the bleeding and before the trip to the ER






Cleaned up a bit more.  Blurry but you can see the damage






Even cleaner.  Now we're getting somewhere






All stitched up






Magnus Stingers leave one hell of a blood trail

[bobcat]

Man you need to get a real broadhead target. It's just not worth messing up your hand. But I guess you probably know that now. Spend the money and get a decent one. So did you wife have any not so nice comments?

[carpsniperg2]

Lucky you did not cut that flex tendon in your finger. My brother cut his and had to go into the er and they had to sew it back together that bill was not cheap. Glad you are doing better, by the way that is one hell of a blood trail

[DoubleJ]

Man you need to get a real broadhead target. It's just not worth messing up your hand. But I guess you probably know that now. Spend the money and get a decent one. So did you wife have any not so nice comments?

no mean comments, Just laughter.  After she realized I'd be ok of course.  I've shot for years into boxes like this with no issue.  Just that proverbial "momentary laps of concentration".  I didn't make sure that all was good before I proceeded.  Complacency is a B***h

[boneaddict]

OUCH!

[DoubleJ]

Lucky you did not cut that flex tendon in your finger. My brother cut his and had to go into the er and they had to sew it back together that bill was not cheap. Glad you are doing better, by the way that is one hell of a blood trail

Same thing the Dr. said.  Missed it by a millimeter or 2.  And that blood trail was painted solid red all the way to the front door, even in the rain.

[carpsniperg2]

You are very lucky!

[DoubleJ]

Thing that made me more mad than anything was the fact that I worked on it all day and was only a group or 2 from having it dialed in at 20 yards, a BIG step up from where it has been with the broadheads.  Now I gotta wait at least a week to finish the job

[carpsniperg2]

You have lots of time left let your hand heal up

[DoubleJ]

Oh, and I got a tetanus shot too so, if SHTF in the next 10 years, at least I won't have to worry about that

[Elkstuffer]

I use them for elk and have seen what they do to them. I'm suprised that it didn't get you worse. Good luck with a speedy recovery.

[Button Nubbs]

ive cut the *censored* outta myself with em too

[DoubleJ]

Pain medicine made me make a mistake that I've fixed in the title.  They were Magnus Snuffers, not Stingers.  I have Stingers but never use them.

[DoubleJ]

My wife, God lover her ('cause I don't anymore) made this and posted it to her facebook page with the heading "Bowmaster"

[ghosthunter]

 

OUCH!

 

[huntnnw]

another reason i dont shoot broadheads much. Glad it wasnt worse

[DoubleJ]

another reason i dont shoot broadheads much. Glad it wasnt worse

Me either.  Just leveling them out before the season.


Hey BH45, could you imagine if they were WASP's instead of Snuffers? 

[Todd_ID]

another reason i dont shoot broadheads much. Glad it wasnt worse

Me either.  Just leveling them out before the season.


Hey BH45, could you imagine if they were WASP's instead of Snuffers? 

Now that's funny.  At least you wouldn't have needed stitches.

Good to hear you'll be ok after some healing time.......and get a Morrell Yellowjacket.  Even with great insurance another round of stitches will be a lot more than the $50.

[TheHunt]

Man...   true broadhead target is the ticket. 

[DoubleJ]

Took the stitches out today.  Dr. said Sunday but, both wounds seem to have healed well.  The hand is sealed.  The finger still gapes a bit but not enough to be concerned with.  Leaving the stitches in wouldn't have made it seal up any better.  Just a bad angle and place for stitches.  Still a few days until I can pick the bow back up but, it's all good now.