Not only in while skinning. Watch your wounds all the time. My friend was hiking the west coast trail this past summer and had a scratch on his leg. Turned out he picked up a flesh eating bacteria into the scratch while hiking on the trail. Within a few hours he was down. Luckily a boat picked him up and got him to a hospital. the doc said he would have has maybe another 12 hours if untreated. He was hospitalized for 2 months. Almost lost his leg. He now is 90% better.
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This country was started by voyagers whose young lives were swept away by the currents of the rivers for ten cents a day... just for the vanity of the European's beaver hats. ~ Red Bullets
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It is when you walk alone in nature that you discover your strengths and weaknesses. ~ Red Bullets
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