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(Vanity) Ever been hit by shotgun ricochet?

Posted on 03/08/2009 8:51:32 PM PDT by sheepishshooter

So, I'm too embarrassed to post this under my usual name, so I'm using this name. I was out trying to shoot gopher today...I know, it's stupid, but I'm so fed up, and I saw one of those little b@stards starting to poke through. I grabbed the shortbarrel shotgun and went to get it, but while creeping up on it, I hit the tigger. The spray didn't hit me directly, but it shot at the big rock I was standing on, and ricocheted back and hit my ankle. Stung pretty badly. I walked back to the house and sure enough there are two round bleeding wounds on my ankle. I felt around but can't find any shot anywhere. I don't know if it was the pellets that hit me, or some bits of granite off the rock. My ankle feels okay...still stings, and and hour and a half later.

Just thought I would get some freeper advice. Should I be concerned about this or just clean it up and ignore it? Thanks!


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To: sheepishshooter

Like I said, put some alcohol on it, bandage it and wrap it to stop the bleeding.

If, in two days you still have issues, see a doctor.


81 posted on 03/08/2009 9:20:33 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Atlas Shrugged Mode: ON)
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To: 2banana

LOL I’ll bet they get better as I read down the thread...this is going to be a good one...


82 posted on 03/08/2009 9:21:20 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: Ahithophel
Holy crap! I could gopher one of those!

Actually, these are better for gophers. Place one of these at the entrance to each hole in the yard and rig for simultaneous detonation. Works every time.


83 posted on 03/08/2009 9:21:37 PM PDT by 50mm (My respect for zero has reached zero)
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To: sheepishshooter

I would wear some shoes next time. Maybe boots.


84 posted on 03/08/2009 9:22:20 PM PDT by ThomasThomas ( A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.)
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To: 50mm

if he has problems with a shotgun, a claymore might be a bit much, don’t you think?


85 posted on 03/08/2009 9:22:34 PM PDT by txnativegop (God Bless America! (NRA-Endowment))
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To: bgill

Very Good....


86 posted on 03/08/2009 9:22:47 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: null and void

So they can rub their noses in it?


87 posted on 03/08/2009 9:22:52 PM PDT by Krankor (Vitajex, whatcha doin' to me.)
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To: Myrddin
I keep them fit by running them with a red laser pointer. They love chasing the little dot around the yard or around the house.

I'll try that with my roommate's Rat Terrier...

88 posted on 03/08/2009 9:23:19 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 46 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: Myrddin
Two of my Rat Terriers are tree climbers. I have pictures of them 6 feet up into my Austrian Black pines. I can tell when they have nailed and eaten a squirrel. It leaves a "fishy" smell on them. They have taken birds as well. I keep them fit by running them with a red laser pointer. They love chasing the little dot around the yard or around the house.

Yes! The laser! Ours LOVE that thing! We figured out something very strange though with the laser (a sight in our case)... chickens are TERRIFIED of it! We go out back and let the Rats chase it and terrify the chickens. Cheap entertainment! :-) We've trained the Rat Terriers NOT to chase chickens though...and they're very good about leaving them ALONE.

We always know when ours have killed some hapless creature because they always seem to keep part of it for later. I never know WHAT I'm going to find on my back porch! :-)
89 posted on 03/08/2009 9:23:31 PM PDT by hiredhand (Understand the CRA and why we're facing economic collapse - see my about page.)
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To: Dianna
I have nothing at all to contribute here. But this afternoon we found bed bugs in our son’s bed. Just thought I’d creep everyone else out so they can’t sleep either...

Oh, I'll handle this one. For bed bugs, these work every time. Make sure the kiddies are out of the bed first.


90 posted on 03/08/2009 9:24:14 PM PDT by 50mm (My respect for zero has reached zero)
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To: hiredhand

Well, they bled, not profousely, but for a while. Frankly I didn’t think it hurt badly enough to have been any kind of deep penetration....but then I’ve never shot myself before. It stung, it still feels a little tingly, but it doesn’t really hurt. The bleeding stopped. One of them is right at side of my fibula, so it wouldn’t have had anywhere to really go, the other is a little higher and more in the fleshy area. I can put pressure on them both, and don’t feel a thing.


91 posted on 03/08/2009 9:25:12 PM PDT by sheepishshooter
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To: Rabble

I thought about that line over and over.


92 posted on 03/08/2009 9:25:12 PM PDT by sheepishshooter
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To: txnativegop
if he has problems with a shotgun, a claymore might be a bit much, don’t you think?

Shhhh! Don't tip him off. I'm thinking Darwin Award candidate.

93 posted on 03/08/2009 9:26:09 PM PDT by 50mm (My respect for zero has reached zero)
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To: Krankor

No no no no no.

Because it’s too cold out Tide...


94 posted on 03/08/2009 9:26:12 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 46 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: Captainpaintball

You are awul, Capt’n!

Boric acid is no longer sold in drug stores or anywhere else except online. I bought five pounds of the stuff for $8, but the shipping was $30. It killed the invasion of the crickets this year. Everyone around here had them.


95 posted on 03/08/2009 9:26:15 PM PDT by Slip18
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To: txnativegop

I was wondering what you use to get rid of the rat terriers.

(ducks, runs)


96 posted on 03/08/2009 9:27:08 PM PDT by George Smiley (They're not drinking the Kool-Aid any more. They're eating it straight out of the packet.)
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To: null and void; Myrddin

Not the slightest bit interested in the red dot.

Colorblind?


97 posted on 03/08/2009 9:27:11 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 46 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: hiredhand
I've got a friend who raises Jack Russells. Neat dogs. Very high energy, bouncing off the walls, though. Wouldn't want to end up prey for a pack of them, little piranhas when on the attack. Tough to imagine one more wound up than that, I'd imagine they really are leaner.
98 posted on 03/08/2009 9:27:32 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: 50mm

Gotcha! ;)


99 posted on 03/08/2009 9:28:05 PM PDT by txnativegop (God Bless America! (NRA-Endowment))
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To: sheepishshooter
I have been hit by a shotgun ricochet. When I was young I was hunting with my brother and a friend in a construction junk yard when a rabbit ran towards us and between us. I did not fire, nor did my brother, but our friend did. The shot went through the rabbit, ricocheted off the broken up rock ground, and hit me in the leg. I had two pellets embedded in me. I pulled out my knife, flicked them out ( which wasn't very painful) and went on. It was lead shot and I had a visible scar for years from it.
100 posted on 03/08/2009 9:28:22 PM PDT by BBell
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