Hurt my fingers... but still deadly on rats

[L.Leon]

On Friday just before lunch a table saw blade at work kissed the index and middle fingers of my shooting hand. The lacerations look worse than they feel. A sucky way to end the work week for sure. Had to make sure that my trigger finger was still working. So went to the dairy today to distract myself. Noticed some activity under one of the feed carts at 25 yards and lined up a shot on a mouse. When I went to retrieve the body there were two mice down. My first double on rodents. Shot two more deeper under the same feed cart using the green light on my gun. If they don’t alert to the light they’re done. The first smaller rat was at 42 yards, it was facing right. I saw it take the JSB Exact Jumbo 18 very hard, just rolled over dead! The big rat was at 15 yards, noticed some hay being pushed out from a long gap in a wall. After watching for ten minutes, I finally had a headshot. After that I was getting cold and it was time to go home for some nursing (bandage changes for the digits) from the wife. Hoping to bag a few more before the year rolls out.

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[Ripper]

Wow you were lucky. I worked with a guy that cut four of his fingers completely off on a tablesaw.Most people would’ve said hell with the rats for now. I’m going to bandage these Fingers up first.

 

[biohazardman]

Ouch that is nasty!!! Good you got the rats sorry bout the fingers though. It hurts just lookin at them.

I tried to cut a little more off of my trigger finger than that. You know what's worth doing is worth doing well. But I only cut partway through the finger so now there is a scar where the trigger sits on my finger, Yuck.



Be well and be careful

 

[L.Leon]

Wow you were lucky. I worked with a guy that cut four of his fingers completely off on a tablesaw.Most people would’ve said hell with the rats for now. I’m going to bandage these Fingers up first.

Did not go pesting with open wounds... Image of fingers was prior to bandage change afterwards at home. I was in an emergency room within an hour of my accident.

 

[intenseaty22]

Ouch.... I hurt for you! Fortunately that should heal nicely. Any further back & it’s much worse. Do be careful. Nice shooting  

 

[Redick]

Ouch! Your one tough MF'er that's a fact! Oh and nice shooting and cover those open wounds so bacteria will not set and cause infection. Good luck and stay safe

 

[Ranchibi]

Luis! I sure hope you heal quickly! Ouch! Great shooting with your hurt fingers...nice photos. Those are some seriously large mice and that one rat is huge! Nice haul! Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

 

[bluemoon_wulf]

I know everyone has their strong opinions regarding medicine.

I feel that fresh aloe vera gel/juice can help heal most any hurt.

I have not personally experienced any pains like yours. I can say, after a sun burn, aloe speeds up the peeling and recovery like half the time.

Glad it wasn't more serious.

You all be safe

 

[L.Leon]

Thanks for the replies gentlemen... Hoping to heal up quickly. And grateful it wasn’t worse.

 

[qball]

OUCH!!!!!!! Hope you heal up quick, my butt puckered when I first saw the picture!

 

[dormitionskete]

Send this link to your boss.

https://www.sawstop.com

It's a real nice table saw that stops and retracts the blade in milliseconds if your flesh contacts the blade. If you'd have had that, all you would have had was a tiny little nick on one of your fingers. It's well worth the added cost over a traditional saw, just in hospital and insurance alone, not to mention the pain factor.

I found out about it a day or two after I did something like you just did. I call it my "snub-nose finger". We bought it within a week. It's saved my fingers twice in ~15 years since then. 

They're real nice saws, too. A joy to use. Real, real nice.

I feel for you, buddy. I've been there myself. 

God help you.

 

[JohnnyPDX]

That first pic was a bit of a shocker and it made my gut hurt.That was a Really Bad Day for Ma, Pa, and the little ones. What weapon and caliber are you whacking 'em with?

I hope you heal up quickly and Happy Shooting cuz I know you ain't gonna let that stop you.

Merry Christmas

 

[L.Leon]

@johnnyPDX, all the rodents received one JSB Exact Jumbo 18 each from my Bantam Sniper HR... excepting the double, they were nice and shared a pellet. Fingers look worse than they feel, thankfully.

 

[JohnnyPDX]

That's great all around. Those look like they'd smart quite a bit.



I've not looked the Bantam Sniper HR but will just for fun.

 

[bubblerboy64]

Since this a shooting forum I can say: You dodged a bullet. That was a close call. Those table saws have a reputation and it seems well deserved.

 

[Greenarrow]

Yikes Luis! Close one man. Protect those digits. Was this a did you cut yourself on a benchtop/jobsite type saw or was it a contractor or cabinet saw? I don't have one but that SawStop that was linked up above is certainly worth a look. I often think I should get one....



Great shooting man! Love hearing about the rodents getting popped. Nasty little creatures.

 

[JohnL57]

Lordy! Take care of those wounds. Hope they don't hurt too much. And nice shooting! I reconfigured my fingertip with a router some years ago and don't recommend that anyone else try it!

 

[Blackpaw]

@l.leon you are lucky dude!!! You came close to calling you L.”3 fingers” Leon. 

Nice job on the rats....and the way they are lined up they look like Russian Matryoshka dolls 

 

[KatoKevin454]

Luis, that reminds me of earlier this year when I lopped my finger open and went to the hospital to get it Stiched up, the guy ahead of me cut the tips of his fingers off with a table saw, same hand, same finger, the Doctor said it was finger day.....

 

[1keloso1]

Mr Leon, glad you went to the doctor as soon as possible, l took the tip of my finger on table saw also, but l healed great.

Take care of open wounds every body, it can cost you dearly and happy shooting.