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Title: Bet this has never happened to you....
Post by: vermonster13 on May 23, 2008, 07:29:00 PM
I was out in the backyard doing some shooting this afternoon and saw a kickball in the yard. Two doors over has some youngins and I knew the ball wasn't my boys. (I am quite often sending stuff back over their way). So I wind back and give a mighty boot to send it back over. CRACK!!! My right foot stops dead. I though I had kicked a rock sticking out under the grass or something and my foot was throbbing. SO I bend over to pick-up the ball and much to my surprise it's a BOWLING BALL!!!!

I did a little more shooting before the swelling set in still hoping to get out after the birds tomorrow. Right now the foot is heavily iced.

Strange things can happen when shooting in the backyard. Have a story to share?
Title: Re: Bet this has never happened to you....
Post by: TradPaul on May 23, 2008, 07:33:00 PM
:biglaugh:  Not to laugh at your pain my friend, but it is funny in retrospect. Hope you can go knock them dead tomorrow.

Paul.
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Post by: Rufus on May 23, 2008, 07:37:00 PM
Guess you figured out why they don't use bowling balls for soccer. Hope your foot gets well quickly. Found out my old piece of truck axle that I use for an anvil wasn't a piece of old bear target foam. Don't care what kind of arrow you're proud of, it ain't that tough. Good shot though.
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Post by: bmfer on May 23, 2008, 07:39:00 PM
Don't take your shoe off till after the hunt!  :smileystooges:
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Post by: bmfer on May 23, 2008, 07:42:00 PM
Sorry, man, I know it hurts, but I couldn't resist.....
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Post by: horatio1226 on May 23, 2008, 09:10:00 PM
I thought you were going to shoot the kickball. Lucky you didn't! I didn't forget your knife by the way, I'm gettin' to it.
Brian
Title: Re: Bet this has never happened to you....
Post by: JAG on May 23, 2008, 09:49:00 PM
KICKBALLS are usually softer looking!  Need to get your eyes checked, when you go have your foot put in the cast!
Title: Re: Bet this has never happened to you....
Post by: Killdeer on May 23, 2008, 09:55:00 PM
Is Obama around??

Who the hell paints up a bowling ball to look like a kickball? I think you should find a way to get even with whoever you imagine is responsible.  :D  
And they carefully laid it with the holes down, too. Insidious!

Killdeer~I hope nothing's broken. Could lead to nothing but gutterballs.
Title: Re: Bet this has never happened to you....
Post by: vermonster13 on May 23, 2008, 10:04:00 PM
The thing was sky blue with purple swirls.

Hey Killie, how did you know the holes were down?    :saywhat:
Title: Re: Bet this has never happened to you....
Post by: TonyW on May 23, 2008, 10:10:00 PM
The thing was sky blue with purple swirls.

The bowling ball or your foot?
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Post by: vermonster13 on May 23, 2008, 10:12:00 PM
The ball first.
Title: Re: Bet this has never happened to you....
Post by: Oliverstacy on May 23, 2008, 10:15:00 PM
I was taking some plates back to the kitchen one night and decided to try to mess with the cat on the way and ended up dancing around him since they have a way of staying one small step in front of ya.  Anyway as I'm dancing around with two hands full of plates I (being a klutz) kicked an energizer box of assorted batteries.  It had 4 D's, 4 C's, 12 AA's, 8 AAA's and 2 9v's.  Needless to say I kicked it across the room and instantly felt the pain.  I sank to the ground and started to hold my foot...wife was laughing so hard and my foot hurt so much I couldn't get the words out to tell her to stop. (actually I cleaned that last thought up)  

Ended up breaking my second to last toe in two spots (doc said he was impressed since it was in two spots and not just one), whole front half of my foot was black and blue for close to 2 weeks.  Still want to kill that stupid bunny when I see the commercials.

Josh
Title: Re: Bet this has never happened to you....
Post by: Killdeer on May 23, 2008, 10:18:00 PM
I'd kill the ferschluggenin' cat!!  :mad:
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Post by: Jon Stewart on May 23, 2008, 10:21:00 PM
Sorry for laughing but that was funny!!
Title: Re: Bet this has never happened to you....
Post by: TonyW on May 23, 2008, 10:51:00 PM
I did a little more shooting before the swelling set in still hoping to get out after the birds tomorrow.

Dave - you mean that birds dropped that?
I thought Stephen King lived in Maine!
Title: Re: Bet this has never happened to you....
Post by: SKYLER W on May 23, 2008, 10:59:00 PM
Ouch. i dont know about that but the other night my baby sister was playing with a cast iron skillet in the kitchen and after she went to bed it somehow got left in the floor. The lights were off and i couldnt see. the next thing i know, I'm yelling in pain in the floor  :help:   at 10 o'clock at nite with dad rollin around laughing. I guess u could say I was in pain for a few hours.

The moral of the story:BEWARE OF CAST IRON SKILLETS   :)
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Post by: Onestringer on May 24, 2008, 12:30:00 AM
Dude thats hilarious
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Post by: Kingwouldbe on May 24, 2008, 02:00:00 AM
:help:
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Post by: philil on May 24, 2008, 04:19:00 AM
That would have made a Killer video   :banghead:

Gett well soon.
Phil
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Post by: LEOPARD on May 24, 2008, 05:27:00 AM
Well you got one thing right....that has never happened to me!  :D  Sorry to hear about your foot!
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Post by: frassettor on May 24, 2008, 07:24:00 AM
Dave, I dont have one that tops that! Hows it feeling now? OOOOOOUUUUUCCCCCHHH   :eek:
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Post by: Huntrdfk on May 24, 2008, 08:36:00 AM
Gees Dave, I started laughing out loud before I realized how much that had to hurt!!!  I'd have to take a sledgehammer to that thing......


David
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Post by: vermonster13 on May 24, 2008, 10:31:00 AM
It is funnier today than it was yesterday afternoon David. lol
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Post by: bohuntr on May 24, 2008, 10:42:00 AM
Ok that is very funny!!! We have a traditional shoot here in SD once per year where everyone makes a homemade target. Many of the targets are really cheesy but it is always fun. So one year I step up to the shooting line to see a gigantic spider which is the next target. The thing really looked awesome! Heres the catch, the minute you dead center the "spider" with an arrow you discover the "spider" is a bowling ball and the legs are made of rebar painted balck!!! Both funny and seriously expensive at the same time!
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Post by: overbo on May 24, 2008, 12:55:00 PM
That's something you see in those old cartoons.
Sorry for your pain
Title: Re: Bet this has never happened to you....
Post by: vermonster13 on May 24, 2008, 02:29:00 PM
The only time it was unbearable was when I couldn't get my hunting boots on this morning. Now if not for the purple toenail you wouldn't know I'd done it.
Title: Re: Bet this has never happened to you....
Post by: LKH on May 24, 2008, 04:01:00 PM
Why do we laugh when someone stubbs their toe?????

We're so happy it wasn't our toe.

Sounds like you should be going in for an X-ray.
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Post by: Arwin on May 24, 2008, 04:47:00 PM
OOOOOOooooo...... did it peel back your toenail?  :eek:    :scared:   Man that sounds painfull!!!
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Post by: Mockingbird on May 24, 2008, 05:36:00 PM
Not much they can do with a broken toe.

Purple, eh? Stay outta the gym for a while.  ;)  
Killdeer
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Post by: bayoulongbowman on May 24, 2008, 06:08:00 PM
Bowling balls dont bounce much , DO THEY! OUCH!!!I would have shot that bowling ball , after all that , it would be in tiny pieces...  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Bet this has never happened to you....
Post by: vermonster13 on May 24, 2008, 06:11:00 PM
Actually Killie my toe almost looks normal now. I heal fast everywhere except for my stinking side for some reason.
Title: Re: Bet this has never happened to you....
Post by: Killdeer on May 24, 2008, 06:23:00 PM
Maybe if you hit your side with the bowling ball it'll take a hint.   :saywhat:  
So, ya going hunting soon? (we have to keep this thread hunting-related, or I hear that that overzealous hardnosed mod will pull it.  :eek:  )

Killdeer
Title: Re: Bet this has never happened to you....
Post by: vermonster13 on May 24, 2008, 07:03:00 PM
Turkeys in the morning.
Title: Re: Bet this has never happened to you....
Post by: Killdeer on May 24, 2008, 07:44:00 PM
And just in time!  :bigsmyl:
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Post by: Blackhawk on May 24, 2008, 08:18:00 PM
I thought you were going to tell us you plunked the soccer ball with a blunt and the arrow did a 180 and came back for your head.

but your story is more funny...get well soon.
Title: Re: Bet this has never happened to you....
Post by: SOS on May 24, 2008, 11:32:00 PM
Wouldn't have done an arrow any good had you whacked with a judo instead of your foot...  :scared: