Brinkhaven, Ohio — When Bill McCabe walked into the woods with his bow in late October, he had no idea how the day would turn out for him.
A night of bowhunting with out-of-town family members nearly turned tragic for the 59-year-old retiree.
As McCabe and the group – family from Wisconsin and Iowa – were walking into a private property woodlot, another bowhunter shot McCabe. The incident occurred right on the border of Knox and Holmes counties.
“I was holding my bow above my head coming through the weeds and (the shooter) was looking through his scope,” McCabe said in an interview with Ohio Outdoor News. “I guess he was just an inexperienced hunter.”
The bolt from the shooter’s crossbow hit McCabe just below the knee.
“It went right through the bones in the right leg and stuck into the left leg,” he said. “It was like getting hit with a sledgehammer. It almost knocked me right off my feet. And I thought ‘Oh, my God, you shot me.’”
McCabe was able to gather his wits enough to communicate to the others in his hunting party.
“I told them that I’m allergic to codeine and shellfish, do not remove the arrow, do not put a tourniquet on it, and I’m going to pass out in a few minutes,” McCabe remembered. “About 30 seconds later, I passed out.”
Read more here.
http://www.outdoornews.com/December-2015/Bowhunter-shot-as-he-walked-through-woods/
A night of bowhunting with out-of-town family members nearly turned tragic for the 59-year-old retiree.
As McCabe and the group – family from Wisconsin and Iowa – were walking into a private property woodlot, another bowhunter shot McCabe. The incident occurred right on the border of Knox and Holmes counties.
“I was holding my bow above my head coming through the weeds and (the shooter) was looking through his scope,” McCabe said in an interview with Ohio Outdoor News. “I guess he was just an inexperienced hunter.”
The bolt from the shooter’s crossbow hit McCabe just below the knee.
“It went right through the bones in the right leg and stuck into the left leg,” he said. “It was like getting hit with a sledgehammer. It almost knocked me right off my feet. And I thought ‘Oh, my God, you shot me.’”
McCabe was able to gather his wits enough to communicate to the others in his hunting party.
“I told them that I’m allergic to codeine and shellfish, do not remove the arrow, do not put a tourniquet on it, and I’m going to pass out in a few minutes,” McCabe remembered. “About 30 seconds later, I passed out.”
Read more here.
http://www.outdoornews.com/December-2015/Bowhunter-shot-as-he-walked-through-woods/