Never been injured fishing...Lucky I reckon. But two injuries come to mind. 1st was climbing on the rafters of the garage with step-brothers (age about 12). When time to come down I was dangling from the rafter and "thought" I had the barrel squarely under me, that we used to get up there in the first place. Nope! Let go and the edge of the barrel caught me square between the legs. I'll let your imagination take it from here. Hurt like nobodies business. Swelled up and major bruising, but no major damage (have 3 boys to prove it).
Other one that comes to mind is when a cutting torch slipped in my hand and the flame went across the top of my other hand. That smarted a bit, then quit hurting, but as soon as the doc put salve on it, ouch!!!!
Otherwise, no injuries that really stick in my mind short of when the horse hit the gate, the gate hit me, just above the right eye. Fortunately, I'm hard headed. Just a nice cut above the eye, that bled like a stuck hog.
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