My story occurred on a hunting trip 7 years ago but I think it'll give everybody a good laugh.

I was pheasant hunting in some head high thick cover when I took a step and came down on a tree branch. The branch broke and I fell forward and had the remaining part of the stick go right through my brand new Carhartt hunting pants. After hitting the ground and getting my wits about me I realized I had 1" thick tree branch sticking out of my pants. As I went to remove it I felt something running down my leg. The fluid was blood.

I removed the branch and realized it had also pierced my long johns in the crotch area. At this time my brother and dad came over to see if I was all right and I told him I was bleeding pretty good and that we should probably get to the truck , which was another mile or so away. The walk to the truck wasn't bad but when I got there I dropped my pants and long johns to assess the damage, and it wasn't good!! I had a 1 to 1 1/2" inch gash in my scrotum that was still bleeding.

We drove straight to an emergency room and told the receptionist about the injury. She quickly got me into a room and had a nurse with me in about a minute. By now I was feeling pretty uncomfortable and just wanted to get this thing healed up. So when the nurse asked me why I was there I told her about my problem and showed her the gash through the hole. She quickly got the doctor and I never saw her again.

The doc was a cool customer who cleaned me up and gave me 10 stitches. But because there was still some fluid leakage he put a maxi pad in the hole of my pants and sent me on my way.

So here I come back into the emergency room with a maxi pad in full view for every one to see. My dad just chuckled and we went on home. To this day my nickname to some of my hunting buddies is "Jagged Balls"


Jsteel