Jim 1, coyotes 1

So I get this big ole wolfy looking male the other day...



And he's OK throughout. Nice long mane, good thick sides, and hurray no mange which is always a win around here.



So later I'm teaching my young, strapping son how to peel coyotes and of course we start with the tough old male dog. We get the tail and back legs worked free and mind you just an overhead gambrel on chain, no mechanical assist (yet). And, i said look just wad up that hide in your right hand, put it tight to your chest, and jump down with your body weight to pull it down a little...like this...

Boom!

Noah just started laughing and he said I cried "mommy" when my shoulder went out of socket and I felt that weird sensation of it clear across my chest and down through my bicep. Shoulder went right back in. Done this before but not with that weird muscle pulling out also sensation. Had to sit down a bit off to side thought I was going to pass out. Felt better after a bit and talked him through rest of it. We used a section of rope tied to hide and stepped on the rope to apply pressure downward to get rest of hide worked off.

Day two, I have mobility, but definitely doesn't feel right under my arm and through my bicep area. Going to get this looked at today at doc. Looks like bruising you would see if hit by something from outside, but this is all internal injury only. Well son, that's what you don't want to do and glad I showed you so you didn't get hurt, ha ha ha.
I have also made it clear that this is not an age thing.


Later all!
Jim

Yikes! That's looks painful! Never good when you bruise and didnt get hit by something.

Trying to open the jar of ibuprofen this morning...who in the heck designed a bottle cap you have to push down hard then turn. Yeah I probably tore something...

Dang, sounds like something that would happen to me. I hope you heal fast and get back to 100% soon. I was bored the other evening and decided to look up your coon bait formula you’ve posted. Mixed a batch up. I couldn’t resist keeping a few ingredients that I use in it, but tried to stay as close as I could to it. Really nice looking bait and good stuff. Thanks

Might have torn bicep a little?

Hope it heals up and quick

Noah is still laughing about it. Dad, you should always stretch out a little before skinning, OK?
He swears i cried mommy but I don't really remember that.

Not a laughing matter Jim. I injured my shoulder a couple years ago and being the stubborn fool I am I waited over a week before getting it checked out. It bled down to my elbow internally, was an impressive mess. My Doc also dragged his heals on diagnoses, appointments with specialists, surgeon etc. IMO. To make a long story short by the time I got to a surgeon it was too late. Complete tear of a rotator cuff muscle, too much retraction and irreparable. I live with a permanent injury, somewhat debilitating, constant discomfort and likely to cause me more grief as I age, apparently. Get on it!

Making the call this morning sir. Thanks for the info.
Jim

Though! Do a Walk in. Visit if you have to!

Ouch. Congrats on the yote

Dang Jim that ole coyote bout got the best of you. Hope you get well quick. Season two short to run around like yhat.

Ouch

Sometimes your the nail sometimes your the hammer. That sucks get well.

Dammit Jim spend some of that money before it molds and get a skinning machine. Youre not getting any younger my friend.

You won't forget that yote! Good luck with your recovery.

Hope you recover fast Jim, or your son wont be laughing as much when hes skinning all your coyotes lol.

Man.... better ck that one out Jim. Had a buddy tore a bicep muscle and kinda looked like that. Hope it isn't some torn meat somewhere. On the age issue I am sure the number of candles on your B day cake ( more and more each year) probably had only about a 60/40% chance of having anything to do with being not quite the superman you were 20 years ago !! I glad you got some iron out. I was going set T Day week end..... but got the co vid and having a hard time shaking it.

Ouch!

Holy Crap, that must hurt. Get well

Hoping for the Best on this one. That is a doozy!!!

well what did doctor ,say , hope you heal soon ,

Well, "First" doc stop assessed a torn bicep, torn tricep, and torn pec chest muscle. No lifting anything over 5 lbs for 6 weeks, lots of ice and ibuprofen.
"Second" doc is referral from first doc...and so I'm meeting with a shoulder surgeon this morning at 7:20AM to assess the rotator cuff.
Couple of the exercises he had me do yesterday...you know...when you push outward or downward with your arm against my arm (docs arm) does this hurt? Couple of those I flinched pretty good and well, here i am.

Noah my 19 year old is home from college and in between baseball workouts with his buddies is running trapline with me. Last night we were checking traps and one of the farms we pulled into has several big old cottonwood down by the creek area. Our truck lights swept across those when we turned by the lane and one tree just lot up like a Christmas tree. We bailed out and ran down there. I held the light and he worked the 10/22 perfectly. He carried 3 really nice big coons back to the truck. Showed him how to skin those out last night too.

So, got me a trapper and a skinner, ha ha. No seriously he loves doing this. I was going to pull our little line but he said no he wanted to run it. He has a couple online finals to finish up and of course bullpens and workouts to submit film to his coaches back at college for accountability. So over his winter break we will trap together.
Pretty cool deal.

I'll let you know what the surgeon says this morning.

Later all.

Jim

Well, he ordered an MRI.

How did Tom Petty put it?? "...oh the waiting is the hardest part."

This $50 coyote is really getting expensive!

Yeah sounds like it. I'm glad to see you are still in good spirits and that you have your son around.

Waiting is unpleasant, but physical therapy after the surgery is by far the hardest part!

Hope you get fixed up and everything is back to normal in a couple weeks healing.

Good luck with the MRI Jim. I have had a few and I don't like them. Of course the ones I went into I had to squeeze my arms tight to my sides and roll my shoulders towards my chest center to fit. Keep my eyes closed and went to lift my head and my nose hit within about 1/2" movement. I am a bit claustrophobic.

Yikes!
A word to the wise, for sure.