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Horrific Hunting Accident
Am Shooting Journal ^ | 3/21/2018 | J Hines

Posted on 03/21/2018 9:23:23 AM PDT by w1n1

Hunting accidents happens all the time, but this has gotta be the most painful to come across the internet.
Most folks don’t realize many things can go wrong when hunting and these are not just your minor cuts.

This is what happened to this fellow hunter.
He suffered a hunting related-accident which the doctor had to amputate his thumb.

For privacy reason the hunter name is unknown.
As the hunting story goes while muzzleloader hunting deep inside the mountains of Virginia, a coyote displayed itself a shot to the hunter.
Obviously, this hunter took the shot.
Unfortunately, the barrel exploded on his Savage 10ML II muzzleloader and severely damage his hand. Read the rest of this terrible hunting accident story here.


TOPICS: Hobbies; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: accident; hunting
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1 posted on 03/21/2018 9:23:23 AM PDT by w1n1
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To: w1n1

Ouch!


2 posted on 03/21/2018 9:25:28 AM PDT by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: w1n1

Three of four respondents at the article expressed their pleasure that this occurred.


3 posted on 03/21/2018 9:27:54 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: vladimir998

There’s been a bunch of those that blew up. They are the ones that were muzzle loaders that loaded with smokeless powder rather than black. I suspicion that most were due to errors, but I think Savage quit making them due to liability.


4 posted on 03/21/2018 9:28:18 AM PDT by nobamanomore
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To: w1n1

Cleaning Rod still in barrel?.................


5 posted on 03/21/2018 9:28:41 AM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: w1n1

It might be nice if they could explain why the barrel failed. Was it loaded properly?


6 posted on 03/21/2018 9:29:36 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: w1n1

Didn’t seat the ball properly? Double dose of powder?

Cant read the article at work.


7 posted on 03/21/2018 9:29:51 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (Don't hate me because I'm sane.)
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To: w1n1

Maybe. Right handed rifle, explosion on right side of barrel, left hand would have been there. Right hand is shown injured. Article sounds like a translation. Also, read the left wing comments.


8 posted on 03/21/2018 9:29:56 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: w1n1

Always clean your weapons


9 posted on 03/21/2018 9:30:40 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: treetopsandroofs

But....Libs are so inclusive and love diversity!


10 posted on 03/21/2018 9:31:35 AM PDT by nobamanomore
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To: Red Badger

I can’t help but think of Sylvester getting the combo of powder, wadding, and shot wrong in a vintage Bugs Bunny cartoon.

Not to make light of what happened though.


11 posted on 03/21/2018 9:33:41 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: w1n1
..although the particular incident was harmful, I have seen the results of far worse. My high school principal lost an arm, and one teen from my home area took a shot through the spine and was paraplegic as a result.

But that is two incidents over a time span of about 75 years.

12 posted on 03/21/2018 9:35:11 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: w1n1

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Way back in High School days a friend lost both thumbs driving his XKE Jag with his thumbs stuck in the holes in the spokes of the steering wheel as he drove into a ditch on a mountain road.

Shall we ban cars now?
.


13 posted on 03/21/2018 9:35:31 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: w1n1

Why was he holding the barrel? Must have been a stock there at one point.


14 posted on 03/21/2018 9:35:35 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: wally_bert

Most people don’t know enough to properly load a black powder firearm.................


15 posted on 03/21/2018 9:36:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: Williams

“Also, read the left wing comments.”

Not at all surprised. I almost want to start trapping coyotes instead of shooting them.

... Then driving them into liberal areas under the cover of night and letting them all go.


16 posted on 03/21/2018 9:37:01 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: Bonemaker

Yes, you can see the separation point in the wood if you look real close...................


17 posted on 03/21/2018 9:38:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: Red Badger

I’ve seen it done and with a little reasoning and some experience, I’d think I could figure it out.


18 posted on 03/21/2018 9:40:29 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: Celerity
.. Then driving them into liberal areas under the cover of night and letting them all go.

I'm all for killing coyotes, but that's just mean.

19 posted on 03/21/2018 9:41:10 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the Left, The truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
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Deep in the mountains of Virginia, hahaha I just had to laugh at that one maybe a hundred years ago but not anymore it’s hard to get out of other people’s way in deep in the heart of the mountains of Virginia.

I will say this about hunting accidents though, when I was in high school I went to school with a guy who was hunting with his father up in Pennsylvania and they decided to take a lunch break, sat down and they were eating their sandwiches and a stray bullet from the other side of the knob arced over, came down, and hit his father in the neck killing him instantly.


20 posted on 03/21/2018 9:42:18 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (Hot sauce aside, every culture has its pancakes, just as every culture has its noodle.)
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