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Using your middle finger as a trigger finger?

RumRiverRat

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Anyone missing there index finger and use their middle finger to pull the trigger?

I crushed my right index finger at work on Monday, had surgery that afternoon, have another surgery scheduled for Tuesday the 5th.

Have a fantastic surgeon doing the work, first surgery went well.

Worst case scenario is that the finger does not heal right and they have to amputate to prevent infection. sick

I worry the most about not being able to pull the trigger or draw a bow if they remove the finger.

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Anyone missing there index finger and use their middle finger to pull the trigger?

I crushed my right index finger at work on Monday, had surgery that afternoon, have another surgery scheduled for Tuesday the 5th.

Have a fantastic surgeon doing the work, first surgery went well.

Worst case scenario is that the finger does not heal right and they have to amputate to prevent infection. sick

I worry the most about not being able to pull the trigger or draw a bow if they remove the finger.

Try Googling RIP Shot. It's a type of release that I think would be very beneficial to you.

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Hey Rum, what did U do??? Cripes. I think you will be fine shooting with the middle finger. Im worried you might have a trickier time picking up deeks from the "Luxurious Ducker" though. laugh

Slinger he did'nt lose both fingers grin he can learn to use the left hand grin Years back Rick I broke my trigger finger and wasnt able to pull the trigger with it as it was really tender I used my middle finger and it was still painfull not to the other finger but because I missed a bit more but was still able to shoot.

The other option would be learn to shoot left handed assuming your right handed. I have done this its hard to train your eye but it can be done always thought that I should learn in case on an emergency... and who knows maybe you'll be a better shot this way whistlewink

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Hey Rum, what did U do??? Cripes. I think you will be fine shooting with the middle finger. Im worried you might have a trickier time picking up deeks from the "Luxurious Ducker" though. laugh

The CNC tube bender that I was running malfunctioned, the pressure and clamp die crushed my finger against the wiper and bend die.

The bone in the tip of my finger was crushed, I lost a little bit of the fleshy part of my finger.

The fractures look like a spider web, the bone did not actually snap it was just compressed, they stabilized the bone and removed the damaged tissue from the tip of my finger and cleaned every thing on Monday.

On Tuesday I go back so that can close the tip of my finger, it may require a skin graft.

So I have an open wound that is oozing and requires the dressing to be changed every 12 hours or so.

I am on some good pan killers and a heavy dose of Keflex to prevent infection.

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I tend to shoot better when I am alone, I do not want to upstage my hunting partners. laugh

no one to keep you honest laughlaugh

RRR my fingers hurts just reading what happened to yours. I really hope you heal up good. But mudslinger and I already figured out that now you've got an excuse for missing wink sorry I just couldn't leave it alone.

get better soon

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In RRR's defense, I've only seen him shoot twice. The first was a miss at a flock of 10 Gadwalls. The other was a feather explosion smack down on a pheasant. So my jury is out on his shooting skills to begin with. I did see him pick up 4 bags of decoys perfectly though. Even with some wind blowing in his face grin

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My gawd, I am sitting in pain just reading this.. That HAD to smarts to no end.. yuck.. almost puked in my mouth a little.

Like others have said. I hope all goes well and you do not have to deal with this. But if you do, I would be willing to bet you adapt without a whole lot of trouble.

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