Rescue from woods

[muledeer]

After a long morning hike I got back to camp. Had a bite to eat and one of my buddies decided to take his quad down the road and scout some other areas. It was hot so we decided to get serious about hunting later in the afternoon. My other buddy offered to let me use his quad. I've only ridden a quad once. He told me to go slow and I would be fine. I took my rifle and followed the other quad. I came to the worst part of the road (drop off down to a creek) and hit the throttle too much and went off a steep slope. Hit a choke cherry brush and that stopped me. Actually saved my life. My left foot was stuck under a branch and rotated about 120 degrees inboard. I had to turn my foot straight to get out. I will never ride a quad again!!!
I've never had an accident hiking but this made me think about hunting alone. I'm 63 and in good health and work out at Gold's Gym four days a week. That doesn't mean much when you break a bone!! Bottom line Skeeter, especially in your situation, you should consider hunting with someone, at least invest in a locator like Skinny suggested.
muledeer