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43 days to my archery elk hunt and this happens. I guess I should be happy it was not closer to season but will be fun sighting in my broad heads. At work today my hand got slammed in a wrought iron gate and broke my trigger finger on the bone where a ring would sit ( between hand knuckle and middle knuckle). Black and blue and swollen four times normal. I can't bend it so will see how long it takes to be able to move it. The other great news I got is the new, one and only Cabelas for NM, is having it's grand opening when I am gone. I guess I will have to kill an elk to make up for it. :)

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Oh man that sucks, I would make work pay for 24 / 7 rehab just to be sure. Worst case give that trigger the middle finger.

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Ouch. I would try some different releases and see if you could find one that feels good pulling with the next finger. You may need to modify the trigger on a release to make it work well. Do whatever it takes elk tags are important.

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I guess you can always hunt with a crossbow?

 

I had an archery antelope hunt in 5B 8 or 9 years ago and there was a guy hunting, or should I say shooting multiple antelope, with a crossbow. When I talked to him in the field why he was using a crossbow he showed me a little white medical tape on his pinky finger and said he was disabled. I can't remember exactly but I know 7 was the number. I don't know if he shot 6 and killed the 7th or shot 7 and killed the 8th. I reported it to G&F & they contacted me a few weeks later and said he was legit. The time I saw him shoot one it was 90 plus yard shot and ran off wounded.

 

Seriously,

I hope you heal up real quick and this is a non-issue come hunting season.

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My buddies son had a elk tag his senior year and just before the hunt he broke his upper arm in football and was in a full arm cast, needless to say they were still going hunting so they came up with tieing mule tape to a release around his elbow and rigging the release, in the end they came home with a nice trophy bull and a can do attitude

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My buddies son had a elk tag his senior year and just before the hunt he broke his upper arm in football and was in a full arm cast, needless to say they were still going hunting so they came up with tieing mule tape to a release around his elbow and rigging the release, in the end they came home with a nice trophy bull and a can do attitude

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It might be worth trying to turn the release upside down and trigger it with your thumb.

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They make other type releases that will work be careful though because they are touchy

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I shoot my Scott Shark like a back tension anyhow. The problem I should overcome in a few days or weeks is bending it around the trigger. Waiting to see the colors tomorrow.

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Rub some dirt on it

I keep dipping it into the copenhagen can and then beer and it is doing much better. I don't want to ruin my dip or beer with dirt.

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