Yesterday I was doing what I’ve been doing for years . Sneaking along the fence lines of the corn and soybeans of our family’s farm with the atv here in Iowa to hang trail cameras in isolated timber patches that don’t have any other access to . This was a piece usually we have a path along to check the electric fence (rented farm ) but this year we are waiting till the corn comes out to run cattle on it . I made a nice path on the way to my trail camera set , on the way back though I forgot one crucial part of swerving a deep 8 -10 foot washout with the Honda ATV . I launched right into this thing , fell off , rolled the 4 wheeler and felt the whole wheeler crunch me right across my hips middle back area . I was extremely worried I wouldn’t be able to get my phone out of my pocket and call for help but I was able to shimmy right out of under the machine and out of the hole and call for help after getting my wind back in me . Very lucky I didn’t get hurt at all somehow . Ended up using a tractor and loader to drive down multiple rows of corn and lift it straight out of the hole . Felt terrible driving over all that corn as I wanted to use an ATV and winch to get it out but my uncle refused to . ATV is fine other than a crack in the plastic . Got to thinking how pissed I’d be at myself for being 28 years old paralyzed and all the hunts I didn’t go on, so if you need any motivation - go buy the damn tag and go hunt because you never know how long youll make it. Made it out unscathed though . Counting my blessings . Slow down out there , no ones fault but my own.
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