Duck hunting adventure

Went to prep the blind for next weekend. Spruced up the brush and made sure everything was setting on go. On the way out, I felt a very sudden urge to take a swim. I took a quick dip in the St Francis and found it to be quite invigorating. The safety kill switch did its job and the life jacket I suppose would have, but the water wasn't deep enough to really need it. Being ejected from the boat at 28+ mph is something I wouldn't recommend doing everyday, but I may try to replicate on video cause I suspect it would have been hilarious to anyone watching:Rofl

Everyone be safe and use the kill switch lanyard, and life jackets. Be especially conscious of this as temps drop and our clothing gets thicker and heavier.

Blind is all good. Setting on ready.

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Glad you're okay. What did you hit? It's not a good feeling going out of the boat. Hopefully it'll never happen again.

Didn't hit anything. Was running wide open up on plane in the woods to keep from shallow driving. I Needed to make a 90 degree turn into another run where a duck hole was and the boat started sliding. This was ok until the boat hooked up suddenly, and I was suddenly goooooooooooooooneeeeeee SPLASH.:Rofl

I think what helped me was the waders acting like a drogue chute once I hit the water.

Geez.....Glad to hear your ok. I've pulled several folks out of there. Where on the river are ya to still have a blind and water?.....those vines look good

We are on our private property north of Lake City. We are just getting water up to the edge of an oak ridge and really need about a foot more to get it half knee deep in the hardwoods. I'd rather hunt standing in the trees than in the blind in the tupelos and cypress. Unfortunately there were no ducks. The wood ducks that were there earlier moved on with the cold snap. Who knows what will happen once the shooting starts.

Last year there were no ducks opening day and they didn't show until friday after Thanksgiving. The year before that, I was on call and started not to go, but ended up going late and throwing out 21 decoys. I checked my phone to make sure I didn't get any calls while I was running the motor and it said 7:30 when I crawled into the blind. At 8:10 I was back at the truck after landing 3 bunches and killing a limit. It's the river. Feast or famine changes daily.

Glad your ok. that blind look good and if you need anyone to help keep them ducks run off I got someone that help with that also

glad you weren't hurt rc but I think I would have given 100.00 to have been standing out in the woods watching.

Ok ....Thanks for the reply. I've had a club outside of Truman for years at Oak Donnick. Not the same place it used to be. In my younger days on a flood we'd get after them mallards up your way and hunt them all the way down as the water left out and the ducks were following it. Can't beat the woods filling up with ducks as you hug a tree. I envy you having a private spot. Last couple years I've been doing well hunting on the Cache and L'anguille. Good luck this season. Try to have fun and be safe.

Dang Randall, you are one lucky duck. Jump out of the boat in ankle deep water on plane and not even get a scratch. Gindog takes a dive out of a stationary boat and ends up with two broken piggies, a banged up elbow, and a very stylish full-body bruise!! You musta sprouted wings or something! :Rofl

Glad your ok RCC, that's ok you dont haft to duplicate on vidio. LOL we are laughing anyways...May ducks adorn your blind this season.

Awesome blind. U get a hankering to take some kids let me know both my girls want a duck badly. We hunt the public grounds here and it is a zoo.

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Originally Posted by CastandBlast

Ok ....Thanks for the reply. I've had a club outside of Truman for years at Oak Donnick. Not the same place it used to be. In my younger days on a flood we'd get after them mallards up your way and hunt them all the way down as the water left out and the ducks were following it. Can't beat the woods filling up with ducks as you hug a tree. I envy you having a private spot. Last couple years I've been doing well hunting on the Cache and L'anguille. Good luck this season. Try to have fun and be safe.

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There are lots better places to duck hunt. You know the St Francis. Here today, gone tomorrow. Me and my hunting buddy had plenty of time to think about buying a spot while sitting on the river watching empty skies. 7 or 8 years ago we pretty well saw what was coming so we bit the bullet and bought a place together. It may be the best investment we've ever made. What makes it so great is that it has a deep slough on the east side, a shallower slough right down the middle and the back half is an oak ridge. We couldn't have asked for a better setup. We will have water somewhere on us except when it is extremely dry.

I keep telling you that you just ain't right, you can't eaven fall out of a boat right.

RCC and Gindog are beginning to sound accident prone. Lets hope the don't team up or it could be bad!:eek:

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I keep telling you that you just ain't right, you can't eaven fall out of a boat right.

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Maybe you need to show us how it's done if you remember how it suppose to be done then.:twocents :Rofl

That's the reason I do not duck hunt. Do not like cold water! :Rofl

We've always got room for kids. We hope to put my buddies 8 year old grand son on his first duck. We try to put the ducks on the water before we shoot anyway. The only problem is the hunting is so inconsistent kids may get bored. One of the high lights of all my duck hunting was carrying a young kid and him killing his first duck and him hollering when it went down. Now he is grown, has a family of his own, and is a duck killing machine and a band magnet.

Putting a big bunch on the water in a little woods hole will ruin anyone for life.

Glad you weren't hurt. I "slid" a couple of boats out of the ditches on Big Lake trying to turn. That's no fun especially when it chunks you out of the boat!
Settin a big bunch of ducks in a timber hole does spoil you! Come on Saturday!!

Did you get a whupping from Carol when you got home!!! Glad you are okay, dude.

Been there don't that!!!! Glad you didn't hurt yourself.

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We've always got room for kids. We hope to put my buddies 8 year old grand son on his first duck. We try to put the ducks on the water before we shoot anyway. The only problem is the hunting is so inconsistent kids may get bored. One of the high lights of all my duck hunting was carrying a young kid and him killing his first duck and him hollering when it went down. Now he is grown, has a family of his own, and is a duck killing machine and a band magnet.

Putting a big bunch on the water in a little woods hole will ruin anyone for life.

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You really sound like my kind of hunter.......I've been blessed to have had a lot of great duck hunting experiences but the most vivid memory I have is when my 9yr. old, at the time, Grandson now 12 who had been going with me since he was 4 pulled up and dropped his first drake mallard the first time I allowed him to shoot. We had been working on his shooting the whole off season. Those words "Oh Peepaw, I got it! " still ring in my ears. About brought tears to my eyes. I'd be in major major trouble if his momma and grandmother had any idea of the places and conditions I've taken that boy out in and expect him to do the same for me some day. Like I said I'm envious of your spot. I've been looking for spot like that for the last few years to buy. Not easy to come by so good job on getting yours.

Dang Randall, wish I could have seen that!:Rofl I had a few stumps and logs send me from the back of the boat to the front seat via the express route several times, but not a total ejection. At least when the boat hooked up and turned and you continued on straight there wasn't a big tree between you and where you stopped. Be careful my friend,and tell Carol high, saw and waved at her today when she was at the plant dropping of the mail.:biggrin

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Dang Randall, wish I could have seen that!:Rofl I had a few stumps and logs send me from the back of the boat to the front seat via the express route several times, but not a total ejection. At least when the boat hooked up and turned and you continued on straight there wasn't a big tree between you and where you stopped. Be careful my friend,and tell Carol high, saw and waved at her today when she was at the plant dropping of the mail.:biggrin

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She said she waved back. Usually she doesn't see anyone. I woulda like to seen what happened on video, but the video would have probably been shaking too much because of the operator laughing:Rofl

Looks like I may get to miss hunting tomorrow due to being on call. I was gonna try to slip off, but things ain't looking good. Just got in and feel beat like a drum.

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She said she waved back. Usually she doesn't see anyone. I woulda like to seen what happened on video, but the video would have probably been shaking too much because of the operator laughing:Rofl

Looks like I may get to miss hunting tomorrow due to being on call. I was gonna try to slip off, but things ain't looking good. Just got in and feel beat like a drum.

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Yea, I was sittin' here getting a good laugh when I was reading you post, but didn't want to say to much.

A crappie fisherman down on his luck,
Decided that he would go shoot a duck.
His boat hit a log
And he flew into the bog
Jumped up and cried "what the heck!!" nonono

Be careful Cache:Rofl

Randal I can say I'm not ready to of my stunt anytime soon