Ouch!

mlycrzy · Thursday at 9:38 PM

Had a good buddy slice his arm open with his Havalon while skinning a deer today. I’ve got myself a few times but luckily only needed to super glue my thumb up once.

I read an article a few years back of a hunter in Utah who somehow got himself in the chest while gutting an animal and passed away on the mountain. My dad had a friend years ago get an eye poked on a bucks horn while dragging him out. Be safe out there.

hawkbill · Thursday at 9:42 PM

Just saw Mosey post cutting his hand and having surgery . That will heal, be careful

Mallardsx2 · Friday at 7:38 AM

Push those guts back in and super glue that b!tch shut and move on with life.

Firedad · Friday at 7:54 AM

With these incidents being so common, not to mention gun shot wounds or any other accident that could lead to major bleeding, are we caring tourniquets? I do and recommend we all do.

huntin50 · Friday at 10:13 AM

Did he get any tendon or nerve? Make sure.

DBLung · Friday at 10:23 AM

Had that happen with a black bear in Colorado a 7 years ago. Ran the blade up my finger across a knuckle. I still don't have any feeling along the side of that finger. Most of all I was worried about getting trichinosis. Havalon's are crazy dangerous knives.

hawkbill · Friday at 10:36 AM

huntin50 said:
Did he get any tendon or nerve? Make sure.

Mosey did cut some tendons, you can find his thread on here

mlycrzy · Friday at 11:34 AM

huntin50 said:
Did he get any tendon or nerve? Make sure.

No, stitched it up and he was good to go.

cantkillathing · Friday at 12:16 PM

Did the same thing this year, sharp buggers

Sherlock · Friday at 2:45 PM

Done it to my fingers and knuckle a few times with the havalon. Almost always nearing the end of carving up the animal. Get tired and lose focus, I guess. Nowadays, I wear cut resistant gloves under nitrile, and carry tourniquets and quickclot. Oh…and, yes, superglue, too.

Sherlock · Friday at 2:46 PM

Firedad said:
With these incidents being so common, not to mention gun shot wounds or any other accident that could lead to major bleeding, are we caring tourniquets? I do and recommend we all do.

Yes

diablo · Friday at 4:05 PM

I don’t even use my Havalons anymore. Too damned dangerous!

Chesterwyo · Friday at 4:23 PM

Havalon pioneered the disposable blade knife business. But there’s way better chit available now.

Focoelkman · Friday at 5:03 PM

Yikes. Heal up quick fellas.

Tikka · Friday at 7:34 PM

I did this in 1998 on a moose hunt… Went to the ER to get stitched up… He didn’t like hunters and especially moose hunters.. He said I’m not going to numb you up because you didn’t numb the moose up….

Horsecorn · Friday at 7:37 PM

Glad I’m not the only idiot to cut his tendon in half with an havolon about 6 weeks ago and had to be put to sleep to reattach it. Now I have limited move ability on my right index finger. Pretty damn embarrassing.

elkassassin · Friday at 8:21 PM

I'm Perty Sure I'd Rather Be Shot Than Stabbed!

Horsecorn said:
Glad I’m not the only idiot to cut his tendon in half with an havolon about 6 weeks ago and had to be put to sleep to reattach it. Now I have limited move ability on my right index finger. Pretty damn embarrassing.

Weiserbucks · Friday at 9:04 PM

A sharp knife will cut you?

biggergun · Saturday at 6:54 PM

rub some dirt on it, and little duct tape, its a long way from the heart,

elkassassin · Saturday at 7:50 PM

So?

You're Not even Offering A Hawk Tuah?

biggergun said:
rub some dirt on it, and little duct tape, its a long way from the heart,

Justhunt14 · Sunday at 5:55 AM

Not my brightest moment, but it happened.
I was in the process of quarting my archery elk last year, and the flys and bees were bad, I had everything pulled off and bagged and working on the last back strap when I could feel something on the back of my hand bitting me, it was a bee, i didn't want to drop the backstrap and without thinking i swiped the bee of the back of hand with the other hand that had the knife.
17 stitches and a year later it's healed up nice.
Definitely not my brightest moment, but hey I don't drop the meat in the dirt

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