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What's your job

Still a college student for a year and half more. Currently trying to grind through finals week while also getting up at 5 to turkey hunt. Eventually I'll be a mechanical engineer. Or a pro hunter, if the opportunity ever presents itself
 
Swampfox said:
Professional Land Surveyor

Just picked up a 5,000ac boundary survey that adjoins some public land I been wanting to scout. I’ll be looking for deer sign all the while searching for property corners. It’s pretty nice when work and hobbies coincide.
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I used to be a rodman for a surveying company. Besides UPS there has never been a better way to acquire hunting property.
 
bigman said:
Registered Respiratory Therapist for 29+ and now also a Certified Hyperbaric Technician. Basically I run life support systems, do PFT's, Draw blood, give breathing tx's etc., etc. as an RRT and for the Hyperbaric I actually put people in a highly pressurized tube full of 100% oxygen to a set depth.
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Nice! I've been an RRT for 10 years. All 10 years at a Tertiary Care Children's Hospital.
 
Rmurraymd said:
ER doc. Eve shift work and weekends opens up the morning hunts and weekday hunts. Haven’t seen a saddle injury/fall yet!
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See many tree stand falls/injuries? Or many outdoor injuries in general?
 
In 20yrs very few falls seen overall but I do work in a city. Mostly branches causing corneal abrasions, cuts from field dressing and processing, and tick bites and Lyme more than anything (CT). I think there a lotta guys who saddle hunt who have medical conditions that warrant a discussion too. Being 20 feet up with any issue is a problem so hopefully we can all share some knowledge.
 
@Rmurraymd Lyme disease scares me most out of outdoor “injuries”.

That is a great point! I think that saddle hunting is very safe(when done correctly) and that the most dangerous dangerous thing is having a medicl emergency 20 ft up. I’m sure your schedule is full, but maybe you could start a thread on some common medical issues that guys on here may have(CAD, DMII, etc.) and how to address complications properly if/when they arise? And i’m sure the creative minds on here would be able to think of ways to rescue themselves or others in the event of anything like that happening.
 
@Rmurraymd
As an RN, I constantly run through scenarios in my head of potential worst case scenarios and how to handle them. As a guy who travels 1+ miles for almost every hunt. I carry a med kit with the realization that there are restrictions on what a med kit can handle. Inevitably we as a community will see stories that will help us better prepare ourselves in the field for mishaps of saddle hunting. It not necessarily the guys that have something(disease process) wrong but the ones who don't know the do that scare me.
 
No_Guarantees said:
@Rmurraymd
As an RN, I constantly run through scenarios in my head of potential worst case scenarios and how to handle them. As a guy who travels 1+ miles for almost every hunt. I carry a med kit with the realization that there are restrictions on what a med kit can handle. Inevitably we as a community will see stories that will help us better prepare ourselves in the field for mishaps of saddle hunting. It not necessarily the guys that have something(disease process) wrong but the ones who don't know the do that scare me.
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Former Corpsman here. It's for that reason I carry a CAT and quickclot with me. I buddy hunt so wanna be as prepared as I can be. Better to have and not need.
 
Exhumis said:
Former Corpsman here. It's for that reason I carry a CAT and quickclot with me. I buddy hunt so wanna be as prepared as I can be. Better to have and not need.
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I've been in the circumstance of needing it and not having it. My word to my buddies is that we'll never be in that circumstance again. My best mate took off the top of his right collar bone and everything above it with a shotgun. One of the most intense moments/days of my life. Got it clotted and kept him conscious until he was on the helo.
 
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