Posted on 01/04/2016 12:37:05 PM PST by PROCON
Edited on 01/04/2016 12:58:03 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
They go past so fast that it is hard to hit them. I think the point is to drink beer with the guy’s.
Sorry to hear about your newphew NEMDF, my condolences. I guess your family never got closure due to not ever finding his body. I pray that some day he will be found and will be given a proper burial.
I don't think standing up in a small fishing boat and firing a shotgun off is a wise thing to do.
Unless you like being propelled backwards out of the boat.
Thank you. The area where he was lost, was just flooded again last week (Meramec by Eureka, MO), so we are fairly resigned to the fact that his remains will not be located now, after this. If he had been “in one spot” since the original accident, chances are slim that they are still “together”.
People REALLY need to wear flotation devices for all types of lake and river recreation.
Wasn’t familiar with the Armistice Day Blizzard.
From Wiki:
Along the Mississippi River several hundred duck hunters had taken time off from work and school to take advantage of the ideal hunting conditions. Weather forecasters had not predicted the severity of the oncoming storm, and as a result many of the hunters were not dressed for cold weather. When the storm began many hunters took shelter on small islands in the Mississippi River, and the 50 mph (80 km/h) winds and 5-foot (1.5 m) waves overcame their encampments. Some became stranded on the islands and then froze to death in the single-digit temperatures that moved in over night. Others tried to make it to shore and drowned. Duck hunters constituted about half of the 49 deaths in Minnesota.
Those who survived told of how ducks came south with the storm by the thousands, and everybody could have shot their daily limit had they not been focused on survival. Casualties were lessened by the efforts of Max Conrad, a pioneering light plane pilot and flight school owner and John R. “Bob” Bean (one of the flight school instructors) both based in Winona, Minnesota, 25 miles upriver from La Crosse. They flew up and down the river in the wake of the storm, locating survivors and dropping supplies to them. Both men were nominated for the Carnegie Medal for their heroism.
So true. When those waders fill up you go straight to the bottom.
The best time to hunt ducks/geese, is during the worst weather. They move and fly more, to get out of the weather and to feed.
Back in the day, when I hunted ducks, I wore waders most of the time. My guess is, they had waders on when the boat overturned, and they filled with water, and could not get them off, before they were pulled under the water. Even with a life jacket on, the weight of the water in the waders, clothes, etc., would have been too much to keep them floating.
Ditto
RIP and prayers to his and his friend’s families.
Growing up as a boater, I still wear my life vest...only time we don’t is at night...and we are sleeping.
“Best duck hunting is in crappy weather. Makes them move and fly low.”
Bad enough weather and they’re walking. Real easy hunting then! :)
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