A trip report, and how NOT to gut a deer

[Big Muddy]

Yep, Arty, I sliced mine in two about 10 years ago.....I threw up my left hand to avoid getting my throat sliced by a piece of falling freshly cut galvanized metal roofing.....I called my doc on the way to the hospital, and he had a hand surgeon, waiting on me at the operating room.
It was on my non-dominant left hand, and the surgery was successful.....however, after it had nearly healed, I started over-using it too soon, and one day while unloading some metal pipe, I actually felt it tear loose.....I never went back to have it repaired, but actually it doesn't bother me too much.
Btw, tell the young'un congrats !!!