I just got off the phone with a good friend of mine. He told me that Saturday he was shot with a crossbow and is lucky to be alive.
He was hunting and had some family in from out of state. Saturday evening he was hunting one side of a ravine and another guy was hunting the other, both in treestands. Getting close to dark, my friend heard a buck grunting and decided to climb out of his stand to see if he could sneak up on him. Well the guy on the other side had the same idea and also climbed out of his stand to sneak up on the buck. My friend was hunkered down with his bow in his left hand creeping through some tall grass toward the buck. The guy on the other side saw the bow moving through the tall grass and though it was antlers, shot with his crossbow.
He said the arrow went completely through his right leg, bone and all, and stuck in the other leg. He pulled the broadhead out of his left leg and then passed out. He was life flighted from North Knox County to Columbus. Blood transfusions, MRI, specialists, surgeons, etc. He is currently home from the hospital and will be in a walker for months and has no mobility in the one leg from his hip to his foot.
He also said "Joel you have no idea how painful that was". I can only imagine. The broadhead was a fixed blade and he believes a mechanical blade would have killed him.
At the end of all this on the phone he wanted to stress to me and everyone I know that hunts always have a light when walking around in low light in the woods. His words, deer don't have lights.
You hear about this type of stuff from time to time but when it's someone you know it feels different. This is a great guy that is very intelligent and passionate about the outdoors. Please take something from this incident, be careful out there and prayers are needed. The doctors are saying they won't know if there's any permanent damage for another 6 months or so and I'm sure there will be surgeries, follow ups, physical therapy involved.
I'm glad he's alive. Had that guy aimed a little higher, slightly different equipment, helicopter got there a little later or a number of other things this could have easily killed him.
He was hunting and had some family in from out of state. Saturday evening he was hunting one side of a ravine and another guy was hunting the other, both in treestands. Getting close to dark, my friend heard a buck grunting and decided to climb out of his stand to see if he could sneak up on him. Well the guy on the other side had the same idea and also climbed out of his stand to sneak up on the buck. My friend was hunkered down with his bow in his left hand creeping through some tall grass toward the buck. The guy on the other side saw the bow moving through the tall grass and though it was antlers, shot with his crossbow.
He said the arrow went completely through his right leg, bone and all, and stuck in the other leg. He pulled the broadhead out of his left leg and then passed out. He was life flighted from North Knox County to Columbus. Blood transfusions, MRI, specialists, surgeons, etc. He is currently home from the hospital and will be in a walker for months and has no mobility in the one leg from his hip to his foot.
He also said "Joel you have no idea how painful that was". I can only imagine. The broadhead was a fixed blade and he believes a mechanical blade would have killed him.
At the end of all this on the phone he wanted to stress to me and everyone I know that hunts always have a light when walking around in low light in the woods. His words, deer don't have lights.
You hear about this type of stuff from time to time but when it's someone you know it feels different. This is a great guy that is very intelligent and passionate about the outdoors. Please take something from this incident, be careful out there and prayers are needed. The doctors are saying they won't know if there's any permanent damage for another 6 months or so and I'm sure there will be surgeries, follow ups, physical therapy involved.
I'm glad he's alive. Had that guy aimed a little higher, slightly different equipment, helicopter got there a little later or a number of other things this could have easily killed him.
