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3 First, 2 good, 1 bad
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01/29/15 10:16 AM
01/29/15 10:16 AM
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 310 Mobile
Delta Dave
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I'm mostly a lurker, so many of you might not recognize my name. I don't usually post unless I have a question or a story. Here's my story from January 2nd until now. Sorry for the wall of text. For those that hate walls of text, scroll to the second post that is the cliff note's version. We had a extended new year's weekend to head to the camp. It was me, Ryan (my 7 year old boy), Craig (my hunting buddy), his 16 year old son and a friend of theirs that is 18 and had never been hunting. So we headed out on the 3 hour trip to get to my place Friday Morning. We arrived, unloaded and promptly headed to the shooting houses. Craig took the 18 year old with him since it was his first time out, I had Ryan and since the 16 y.o. had been with us several times and has earned my trust, he got to stay in a shooting house by himself. The good #1 It was drizzling rain and things were quiet and slow until after noon. We had a doe and fawn (no spots) come in. I had warned Ryan that any deer he wanted to shoot had to be within 30 yards. He's a little fellow and isn't big enough for a rifle but has shown me time and again that he can hit the X on a target with a crossbow within 30 yards. So we watch for about half an hour as the doe and fawn make their way close enough for him to take a shot. Unfortunately once a deer is that close a little fellow has a hard time aiming down enough to shoot. By the time he was comfortable enough to take the shot she was about 20 yards away and he was standing in a swivel chair that I was trying to keep steady for him to get the angle. He takes the shot and I see her buck and run about 8 yards. She looks around and slowly walks out of the field. I can see the blood pumping out and know he's made a great shot. The bad #1 After waiting about 15 minutes he is chomping to go she so I go to open the door ... Oh no, the block of wood we have nailed to the outside has somehow twisted and now we are locked in. Ryan starts to panic. I'm talking full out meltdown, hyperventilating and the whole works. I could break down the door, but we don't have any more plywood at the camp to fix it and I wouldn't want to leave it busted. I could text Craig, but I'm getting text from him that he has bucks in his field. Or I could climb out the window and jump down the 5 feet. I'm an athletic guy, hell the day before I had run 7 miles. Being a dad I chose the option that would help out the little guy the fastest. In hind sight I should of let him pass out. I climb out, jump down about 5-6 feet and know instantly that I messed up. I guess I hit a dirt clod and sprained my ankle at best, broke it at worst. I walk up the steps and unlock the door. I take off my boot and can see that the swelling has already started. After about 5 minutes I decide to text Craig for help. Gather everyone and come get me to go to Selma for a Dr. But of course before we can head out we need to find Ryan's first deer. The other boys track it down. She had walked out of the field, gone about 60 yards making a loop and was almost back in the field when she laid down to die. Here's Ryan with his first deer before he got bloodied. The boys stayed at camp and Craig took me to Selma Urgent Care where I learn that I have indeed broken my fibula and need to see an Orthopedic doctor the following Monday. They give me a prescription for some feel good pills, we get it filled and head back to camp. Craig and the other boys clean Ryan's deer. The good #2 I decided that there's nothing I can do better if I head home and we spend the rest of the weekend at the camp. The 18 y.o. is a really nice kid and I'm happy to say that he was able to bag his first deer that weekend. Monday morning (Jan. 5th) I went and saw the doctor in Mobile and with better x-rays. He informs me that it's broken and dislocated. Here are the pics of before he set my ankle and after. You can see how far over it had to move and you can see the break. That was a whole new kind of hurt having my ankle pushed over like that. He had said if they couldn't move it over they would have to operate the next day, but would rather wait until Friday for the swelling to go down if it could be set. It was so swollen he didn't know if he could get the skin to close back. The following Friday they operated getting a plate, 7 screws and 23 staples to hold it all shut.
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Re: 3 First, 2 good, 1 bad
[Re: Delta Dave]
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01/29/15 10:17 AM
01/29/15 10:17 AM
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Delta Dave
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Dave Note's
My middle son that is 7 years old got his first deer. An 18 year old friend of my hunting bud got his first deer. I broke my first bone by jumping out of a shooting house window about 5 feet and rolling it on a dirt clod.
Last edited by Delta Dave; 01/29/15 10:18 AM.
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Re: 3 First, 2 good, 1 bad
[Re: Delta Dave]
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01/29/15 10:30 AM
01/29/15 10:30 AM
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Posts: 44,211 North Alabama
Wiley Coyote
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Well, dang, don't knwo where to start. I'm glad the boys got those deer and hope you heal fast without any complications.
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Re: 3 First, 2 good, 1 bad
[Re: Delta Dave]
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01/29/15 10:30 AM
01/29/15 10:30 AM
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bamaeyedoc
Old Mossy Horns
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A weekend you won't soon forget. Sorry about the ankle but glad the boys got some deer!
Dr. B
AKA: “Dr. B” Aldeer #121 8-3-2000 Proud alum of AUM, UAB, and UA Member of Team 10 Point 2023-2024 ALdeer Deer Contest Winners
Glennis Jerome "Jerry" Harris 1938-2017 UGA Class of 1960 BS/MS Forestry LTJG, USNR
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Re: 3 First, 2 good, 1 bad
[Re: Delta Dave]
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01/29/15 10:32 AM
01/29/15 10:32 AM
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Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 9,643 Pisgah Al
Bigbamaboy
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1) Congrats! 2) Congrats! 3) Hope you recover soon!
Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?
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Re: 3 First, 2 good, 1 bad
[Re: Delta Dave]
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01/29/15 10:32 AM
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Posts: 10,046 Northport, Al.
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WOW!!! Great story and pics. Congrats on the deer taken. Sorry to read about the ankle. Kids will make us do some funny, and not so funny things. Thanks for sharing. Prayers for healing * * This author is posting prayers for encouragement, and not boasting. Should boasting be assumed, it would not surprise many of us, given this is Aldeer. God Bless, David B.
Premium member #8925 Team Rack Addicts 2016 Aldeer Deer Champions
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Re: 3 First, 2 good, 1 bad
[Re: BOFF]
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01/29/15 10:33 AM
01/29/15 10:33 AM
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Bigbamaboy
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WOW!!! Great story and pics. Congrats on the deer taken. Sorry to read about the ankle. Kids will make us do some funny, and not so funny things. Thanks for sharing. Prayers for healing * * This author is posting prayers for encouragement, and not boasting. Should boasting be assumed, it would not surprise many of us, given this is Aldeer. God Bless, David B.
Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?
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Re: 3 First, 2 good, 1 bad
[Re: BOFF]
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01/29/15 10:52 AM
01/29/15 10:52 AM
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Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 1,874 Alexander City
TR62
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I like pretty colors
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WOW!!! Great story and pics. Congrats on the deer taken. Sorry to read about the ankle. Kids will make us do some funny, and not so funny things. Thanks for sharing. Prayers for healing * * This author is posting prayers for encouragement, and not boasting. Should boasting be assumed, it would not surprise many of us, given this is Aldeer. God Bless, David B. Sounds like a good weekend with plenty of stories to tell.
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Re: 3 First, 2 good, 1 bad
[Re: Delta Dave]
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01/29/15 10:53 AM
01/29/15 10:53 AM
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Posts: 19,803 Hueytown
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Congrats to the kids and I hate to for you about the ankle.
One day the right woman will come along and the next thing you know you'll be wearing her underwear!
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Re: 3 First, 2 good, 1 bad
[Re: Delta Dave]
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01/29/15 10:56 AM
01/29/15 10:56 AM
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Good night, that's serious shiz right there. Great story and hats off for sticking it out for the kids. As a father of a 7 & 9 yr old I understand when you say you should have let him pass out. Hope you heal up quickly as I'm sure that smile in the first pic would be even bigger behind a long beard.
I'm in no way laughing at you, only with you when I say, I got tickled thinking this was said in surgery... "Hey Billy, hand me anoth'r screw, I stripped out the middle one and now it's stuck down in ther"
Some do, some don't....what's it gonna be?
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Re: 3 First, 2 good, 1 bad
[Re: Delta Dave]
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01/29/15 11:10 AM
01/29/15 11:10 AM
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Posts: 3,163 Shelby County, AL
Tracker
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In hindsight I would have held the kid out the window and lowered him as far as I could and let go..
"It's not how hard you can hit, it's how hard you can get hit and keep going" Rocky Balboa
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Re: 3 First, 2 good, 1 bad
[Re: Delta Dave]
#1245535
01/29/15 11:22 AM
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Posts: 5,577 Tuscaloosa, AL
Bowfool
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Hope you heal well! Congrats on the deer!
Obama Is the Greatest Hoax Ever Perpetrated on the American People - Clint Eastwood
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Re: 3 First, 2 good, 1 bad
[Re: Delta Dave]
#1245539
01/29/15 11:25 AM
01/29/15 11:25 AM
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CAM
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Last edited by CAM; 01/29/15 11:27 AM.
"Don't let a dead deer kill ya"
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Re: 3 First, 2 good, 1 bad
[Re: Tracker]
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01/29/15 11:53 AM
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Posts: 19,080 Chelsea, AL
straycat
Old Mossy Horns
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In hindsight I would have held the kid out the window and lowered him as far as I could and let go.. Perzactly! Kids are flexible and can take drops like that Congrats to the kids on their first deer! Prayers that your ankle will heal well and soon!
Last edited by straycat; 01/29/15 11:53 AM.
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Re: 3 First, 2 good, 1 bad
[Re: bgarrett]
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01/29/15 01:55 PM
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FurFlyin
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x whatever is next cause I didn't scroll to the bottom
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Re: 3 First, 2 good, 1 bad
[Re: FurFlyin]
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01/29/15 03:57 PM
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x whatever is next cause I didn't scroll to the bottom X me too Note to self: add hammer, saw and a pry bar to backpack.
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Re: 3 First, 2 good, 1 bad
[Re: Delta Dave]
#1246472
01/30/15 05:52 AM
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Good post, good bad and ugly!
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