I have had 2 significant injuries. Coincidentally both were on hunting trips. At the end of one hunt, I fell breaking my minor (left) hand and sustaining 5 comminuted fractures in my left foot. The injuries were painful, but not enough to stop me from drivinng several hundred miles home. I didn't even go to the ER for about 12 hours (well after I got home). Overall those fractures were not that painful.<br><br>In the other case, I sustained a Grade III sprain of my left ankle about 1/2 way through an outstanding dove shoot. A hunting buddy helped position my body. An hour later, after getting my limit, he helped me limp back to my vehicle. That injury later proved to be excruciatingly painful.<br><br>Significant pain in the outdoors may be a useful measure of what you can do & how you should best do it. A powerful analgesic could mask the seriousness of the injury & mislead you as to how you should comport yourself thereafter.<br><br>John