Just two and a half months after Logan Bird was involved in a single-vehicle accident that could have potentially ended his life, the 2017 Canadian champion tie-down roper is back in action. 

Bird has almost completely healed from his injuries, but right now, he is stringing from the belt at RFD-TV’s The American, presented by Dish, in Fort Worth, Texas.

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In early December, Bird was driving to his hometown of Nanton, Alberta, when he hit washboarding on the road and began to head toward a drop off. When he corrected the vehicle, one of his rear tires blew, sending the car rolling.

Paramedics later told Bird that they would give someone only a 1 percent chance of surviving what he experienced next.

Bird was ejected from the vehicle, hit the ground, and then the vehicle rolled overtop of him. The impact drove his jaw in to the ground, breaking it in three places, along with breaking four ribs and puncturing a lung.

Less than two months later, and 53 days since he made his last run, Bird roped his first calf.

When we interviewed Bird shortly after his accident, he set the goal of being back in action for the Yuma Jaycees Silver Spur Rodeo in Arizona on February 9-11. It was a goal that he not only met but also surpassed by competing in, and winning, an open tie-down roping jackpot the weekend before.

Bird didn’t have any luck at Yuma the next weekend, but he can now look forward to the semi finals of The American — his spot was earned through an exemption after winning the 2017 Canadian Finals Rodeo. He's been getting better every day, but he admits he wishes The American was a little later in the season so he could be more prepared for the competition he will face there.

"Roping is hard to win at when your at the top of your game — it's really hard when your not," Bird said.

Bird’s jaw is not healed enough to safely hold a piggin’ string yet, so he is taking a page from 2005 all-around champion Ryan Jarrett’s book by stringing from the belt. Watch closely for this technique variation when he competes in the two-head slack on Wednesday, Feb. 21.

"Stringing from the belt is harder than I thought it would — it kind of changes the timing of stringing and stepping out to tie," Bird said.

Bird says he doesn't quite feel like the same roper he was before his accident yet, with the pain in his jaw still making roping and even sleeping an issue, but he's still thankful to be where he is at today and the opportunities he will have this year.