Turkeygirl Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 :rolleyes:fo those Hawthorn trees with all the woody thorns on them....they hurt:eek: I was in our woods, doing a quick rabbit hunt, and I crouched on the ground to get under one of those tree and when my left knee kneeled on the ground, all of a sudden ouch! Stupid thorn on the ground under the snow went through my snow pants. I stand up and the thorn is broken off in my snow pants. I pull it out and kept walking. Then my knee hurt a little then I felt through my snow pants and felt something a little wet through it...thought it was just snow. Get back in the house and there's about a dime sized patch of blood soaked through my sweatpants I was wearing and a little hole in my knee. Nothing major...though it's a little sore and swollen now...almost right on the joint line which might be a reason for swelling because of fluid in the knee. Anyway...watch out for those things...they are nasty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Yep, I put one right through the sole of my boot once. They do hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 They are definately nasty little suckers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popgun Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Watch for infection. I was climbing up a steep embankment once that was slick from rain and mud. As I was climbing, I was using the small saplings to grab hold of on my way. I made it up about 20 yards and grabbed hold of a Devil's Walking Stick, let go in a hurry, and before I knew what was going on, I had slid what felt like 100 yards back to my original point of origin. http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=10 ....popgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Does anyone know a nursing student who can help Ruth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Does anyone know a nursing student who can help Ruth? :eek::D Didn't you fall not to long ago handing in a paper or something at school?? You might just want to stay on the forums where you are a bit safer!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Ruth instead of you being "work in process" you are an "accident in process"! LOL!! If it isn't one thing it is something else! Sorry to say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 out here we have the russian olive trees. i hate anything with thorns.... sooner or later they bite you. hope it doesn't get infected, ruth. but, you know what to do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 those are the worst... I live in the northeast (grew up in NY south of the Adirondacks) we have them too. Hope you don't have rose or "pricker" bushes too. Makes hunting the big old game animals a pain. - Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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