The Hunt that almost did me in!

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LAST EDITED ON Nov-12-06 AT 10:52PM (MST)[p]To start off I have debated on wether or not to post these pics and story or not. But I have had a few messages and people asking me to post them.

I am only going to give a short version because of how long the story is. Opening morning started off wet and snowy, we were able to get on a couple of diferent bulls but were not able to conect on one of them. We hunted 3/4 of the day and we saw only the two bulls one shooter and a little rag horn.

Back at camp we decided to take and hunt the same area the next day, so early the next morning we found our selves looking over the same basin that we saw the shooter bull in the morning before, only this time we had a bull bugleing about 100 yards below us and working his way from our right to left, he came out into a clearing following a cow, we saw good 4th 5th and 6th points and that was good enough for us, my dad shot him, he ran back into the brush were he just came from and began to bugle, he came back out and he shot him again. Again he ran back into the brush and began to bugle. Then he came out again my dad fired his 3rd shot and missed and the 4th shot connected befor he disapeared. The first shot was at 7:45 am and the 4th was at about 9:45 am. Tough animals.

When we got to the animal we were more than impressed at the size of this magnificant animal, antlers and body size, he was just impresive. We cleaned him out and began to quarter him up. That is when things got scary. My knife sliped and sent the blade into my left knee. It happend so fast that I barely felt it. I put pressure on it and worked my pant leg down, when i took my hand off, blook began to spurt out of the puncture wound. Not a good situation to be in. Thank goodness I had my cell phone with me and that it worked, I also had a gps with me. We were able to get ahold of 911 and tell them exactly were we were. The are was very steep and muddy, so Life Flight had to be called in. With in 20 minutes (about 12:30 pm) I was being taken care of by the EMT's. By 2:00 pm I was at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo Utah.

They were able to get me all patched up, and I have recovered very well. I had origionaly thought I hit an artery but luckily I only hit a major vein, and severed a muscle. The knife went in about 2.5 - 3 inches deep. I thank my heavenly father for allowing me to even be here to share this with you guys. I hope that anyone that might read this will remember you can never be to carefull. No matter how safe you think you are being, be more carefull. Always hunt with someone else. (Don't know what I would have done if my dad would not have been there). Take a gps with you, and a cell phone, the phone may not work where you are at, but then again it just may. Better yet, take a sat phone if you can.

Here is a photo of the bull my dad shot. We rough him at 345-350, I am not going to post any other photos right now because I am sending it to a few magazines for them to look at. It it is not published then I will post more here. And believe me, if you think this post is long, you ought to see the story I have typed up on my computer.

DeadI/Jared
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Ouch! Glad you made it back safely. And thanks for the story and pics. Great bull!

If you guys were hunting up spanish fork canyon up diamond fork I was in the same general area and heard about it on the mountain. Good thing you were prepaird for the worst.
 
Great Bull...
Your were dealt a good hand that day, and you do have a lot to be thankful for. Your preparation paid off.
 
Jared,
I was wondering when I would see this story appear. You need to submit it to some of the major magazines. I know that bull too. I am pretty sure that I have him on video. I will look the tapes over in the next couple of days and let you know. He was just over the ridge from where your dad shot him. I caught him coming up out of the water hole on the opening day of archery season. If I have got him on a tape I will get you guys a copy so you can see him on the hoof again.

It's always an adventure!!!
 
LAST EDITED ON Nov-13-06 AT 05:23AM (MST)[p]The fear of a severe injury is always in the back of my mind when I'm way back in the woods.
I've often wondered how I'd get out on some of my solo hunts if something bad happened.
Congrats on a safe return, the nice bull is WAY secondary.
HH
 
A FEW YEARS BACK I PULLED A STUNT LIKE THAT!!!

THE KNIFE POINT WENT CLEAR TO THE BONE 4" ABOVE MY RIGHT KNEE!!!

IT WAS A NASTY WOUND BUT I NEVER WENT TO THE DR.,YOU CAN DO THAT AFTER SEASON,RIGHT???

THE BAD THING IS IS WOULD ALMOST QUIT BLEEDING AT NIGHT BUT AS SOON AS I GOT UP IN THE MORNINGS IT WOULD TEAR BACK OPEN & BLEED LIKE YOU AIN'T NEVER SEEN,WELL I GUESS YOU HAVE SEEN THAT!!!

LET ME TELL YOU,WHEN THE POINT OF THAT KNIFE HIT THE BONE IT DAMN WELL HURT,THE CUT TO THE FLESH DIDN'T HURT THAT BAD,ABOUT 3-3/4" DEEP!!!

NICE BULL!!!

THE ONLY bobcat WONDERING IF IT WOULD BE O.K. TO CALL THAT BULL THE "AIR MED" BULL???
 
DeadI,

I did the same thing three four ago in the Crueces Basin Wilderness. Luckily my wound did not bleed much even though it took 6 stitches to close and the lady doc that stitched it said she ought to put in more but didn't due to the length of time it took for me to get to Espanola to the ER. We were able to finish quartering my bull after tending to my knee and I rode one of the horses with 2 quarters of meat out to camp. My partners did a great job of getting me and my bull out. Just proves we should always go prepared for a serious injury. Glad you are ok.

Phantom Hunter
 
You sure picked a good title for your post. Glad they were able to get you patched up. Congrats to your dad on the bull!
 
Nice bull, and nice scar!

That's precisely why I always have 5 things with me:
1. Cell phone
2. GPS
3. FRMS Radio (If you can't get cell reception, you can usually bring someone up on the radio, especially during hunting season).
4. First aid kit.
5. Packet of coagulant powder (for stemming major bleeding).

All of this stuff together probably doesn't weigh much more than a pound or two. All it takes is one little slip on a rock or with a knife. If you're alone without communication and without first aid supplies, you're going to bleed out. Not a fun prospect when it's not all that hard to save your own life with a few supplies.
 
daverp
"Packet of coagulant powder (for stemming major bleeding)."

What exactly is this, obviously it coagulates the blood, but how do you use it, I have never heard of it.

DeadI/Jared
 
>Ouch! Glad you made it back
>safely. And thanks for the
>story and pics. Great bull!
>
>
>If you guys were hunting up
>spanish fork canyon up diamond
>fork I was in the
>same general area and heard
>about it on the mountain.
>Good thing you were prepaird
>for the worst.

Yep that would be me. It was even on channel 4 news that night. My mom happened to record it. I never could find it on the internet. It was quite hecktic up there, there were two choppers up on the mt. and i believe there was a county sheriff and ambulance down on the road in the bottom of the canyon.

DeadI/Jared
 
deadI- Just sent you an email.

I was the fortunate and grateful recipient of LifeFlight and SAR during the muzzleloader hunt. I spent five weeks recuperating, so trust me when I say- I understand your pain.

Just wish I had a nice bull like that to show for it!

Pred
 
Some people will do anything to avoid packing an animal out....


Seriously, glad things turned out alright for you. I am always paying very close attention to the knife and where it could go if it slipped. Many times one stops in the middle of working on the animal and shifts position. Likewise on the rare drag out, with an antlered animal I always watch for where those antlers might end up on a downhill pull. A fellow in our community was killed by a nice buck a few years ago. He was dragging it down hill, it got away from him and he ended puncturing his thigh with a tine. Went right through the femoral artery. He was found a few days later. An ounce of prevention... Accidents can get the best of us.
 
LAST EDITED ON Nov-13-06 AT 02:22PM (MST)[p]>daverp
>"Packet of coagulant powder (for stemming
>major bleeding)."
>
>What exactly is this, obviously it
>coagulates the blood, but how
>do you use it, I
>have never heard of it.
>
>
>DeadI/Jared

It's called "Quick Clot". It's a packaged granular powder that "promotes rapid coagulation" and is said to even work with severe arterial bleeding. It's my understanding that it's being used on the troops in Iraq and is responsible for saving a lot of lives. If you are unable to stop bleeding by lesser means, then you pour this powder into the wound and dress the wound. Burns like an SOB I guess, but they've also got a newer "cooler" version out that doesn't get so hot.

I'll take some burns on the leg to bleeding out on a hillside though!

It runs something like $25 a packet. Chump change if you ever need it. I've got two small 1.75 ounce packets in my fanny pack first aid kit and two large 3.5 ounce packets in the truck's first aid kit. It's a vacuum packed powder, so it weighs nothing and takes up almost no space.

http://www.z-medica.com/quikclot/index.asp
 
Thanks for the info. Definataly going to look into that one. I stil would not have been able to hike out, because of how if severed my muscle, but I can see how that would be handy.

DeadI/Jared
 
That nice bull definately takes the back seat to you being ok. That is a scarey situation and is always on my mind when out hunting. Especially when I'm in an area where there is no cell phone coverage. Which is almost everywhere I hunt. It's good that you are doing well.
 
I will never let my wife read this thread. I go by myself about 90% of the time. She hates it. Glad your OK. Great bull too.
 
I put a fillet knife into my hand once. Just got some iodone swabs and some hydrgoen peroxide to clean it up then just put on some super glue, healed up just fine. But, yours looks a little more severe then just a quite super glue fix up. Nice to hear you're alright.


PH
 
Yea, left the bottle of supper glue in the trailer that morning.:D The pic of my knee is after the the operation to get into it. The knife puncture was about 3/4 if an inch wide. The total scare is now about 2.5 inches wide.

Thanks for all the replys, I post this story mainly in hopes that we can all be a little more carefull while we are out in the outdoors doing what we love.
DeadI/Jared
 
Thanks for your candor, honsesty and humility. It is a heck of a bull but you did the right thing in getting yourself out of there quickly. We all want to think that we are too cautious or too good to let accidents happen to us - but they still do. Hope you heal quickly! Now everytime you see your's dad's bull you cal reach down and feel your scar and feel proud about the whole thing. Remember this too - Pain is temporary, glory is forever and chicks dig scars!


UTROY
Proverbs 21:19 (why I hunt!)
 
Yeah, I don't think I'd be diggin' it either. Glad you're alive and ok though. It's a nice bull. Be careful out there!
 
Looks like a great bull to have on the wall and a heck of a story to go with it. Glad things worked out in the end.
 
Sure dont want to sound like a panzy, but this stuff hurts like crazy when you put it on! Definitely worth the pain though.

BTW. . .how was the helicopter ride?
 
The Helicoper ride was awsome, as long as I did not thing about how much it was going to cost me. Pretty cool to be hoisted off the mountain, dangling below the choper, then being flown to the top of the mountain hanging on to the bottom of the chopper. Since I had to have it heack ya I enjoyed it.

DeadI/Jared
 

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