[bullcan]

This angers me in so many ways to the point where I just want to find this guy and break his fingers so he can't ever type anything so f@cking stupid.

It makes me want to open a rifle season on his kind.

 

[Dirty Frank]

Seems the ones that claim to be the holiest are usually the worst of them all...animal life that this country thrived on because hunter's killed them for the rich to eat and some not so rich, is worth more than a human life to them. Kinda like some of the big bible thumpers that preach and preach for forgiveness and they have yet to build a bridge and forgive others. I know several like that...there are 100's of posts on FB from these nut jobs praising the loss of human life because they were hunter's. Trying to not feed into it, because it just gives them more publicity.

 

[Dirty Frank]

I don't know why but I rarely wear a life jacket. Is it being stubborn, cocky, or in too much of a hurry? I don't know. No doubt they save lives and at minimum help rescuers find you dead or alive. These kind of accidents can happen to any one of us. Sad thing is I proably still won't wear one.

You've also been smart enuf to keep the boat on the trailer when the conditions are nasty. And not go on to Kaw in a 12' boat in 40mph winds. Sometimes common sense gets the best of us. If its nasty wind like that, either the jackets go on or we just use our heads and decide to not put in

 

[YATYAS]

http://www.wideopenspaces.com/duck-hunting-protester-gets-accidentally-shot-face-video/

 

[quackcommander]

This one is great.

 

[riverrat47]

I've been duck hunting for almost 60 years, the last 30 mainly on the Mississippi. I very rarely actually wore a PFD, usually satisfied to have it within reach or hanging on one arm.
About 12 years ago, I decided to hunt alone on a rising river and less than 10* temps. At the ramp, I just decided to put on my life vest. Although I had adjusted the vest to fit over my winter apparel-months before, cold, inflexible material and human stiffness took it's toll. After much struggling, for several minutes, I finally got the vest on. It was not an easy task, ending my false belief that if I should need it, I could slip it on with little effort. I suspect that I'd have been in the grip of hypothermia before even getting the vest on, let alone trying to make it to safety. Just something to think about.
I say it every year when I post the Armistice Day story, there ain't a duck or goose in the world worth risking your life for.

 

[mharrington]

I think this has been one of the more constructive threads I have ever seen on this site. For the vegan, I would like to know where he stands with the dog that survived? Are they accomplices to our murdering, or is he just completely full of shit? Plants are alive to too, so they must have feelings. And the pro-life jacket feedback I like. We will probably never know what happened down there but in case anyone ever encounters an accident give yourself a fighting chance. Hypothermia is a bitch...I experienced it many times, but you are going to waste more energy trying to stay afloat in cold water without a PFD when all that energy can go towards keeping your body warm and making it to shore.

 

[CamoHunter870]

This sport we all love can be dangerous so we owe it to ourselves, friends and family to have safety in mind whenever possible.

Two years ago on the Mo River in SD we turned around at the ramp because the wind was blowing 40+ and we were all in agreement, that killing a limit isn't worth risking our lives.

Even on the shallow wetlands I usually hunt with my layout boats, I'm wearing my life jacket when motoring in and out of the marsh. One never knows what might happen.

 

[Quacker]

http://www.wideopenspaces.com/duck-hunting-protester-gets-accidentally-shot-face-video/

 

[mallardman]

Appears his body has been found, no details yet but reports are saying Craig has been found.

 

[IowaWaterfowler10]

Appears his body has been found, no details yet but reports are saying Craig has been found.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/04/entertainment/missing-country-singer-oklahoma/index.html

 

[Coldfronts]

Saw this on another site,

"I was there the day it happened. They actually had a 10ft John boat with no motor. They put in up on the ark river close the bridge and had intended to wade across the river and into the north end of the lake into the flooded trees. There was no way from what I understand the boat could have handled 2 guys, a dog, and all the gear. Especially in 45 MPH winds. I run an 1860 with a 60 horse and got up that morning and looked out the door of the motel room and went back to bed- to say it was nasty is an understatement and being from South Dakota I am used to it! I was at the Bear Creek ramp Monday morning when one of the hunters parent arrived looking for an update- it was very sad and quite surreal. I give the local authorities and the OHP a ton of credit for all the work that went into the recovery effort. The ended up being down river and in the lake quite a ways from where they put in, 3/4 a mile or so north of the Bear Creek ramp and on the west shoreline, from what I understand one died from Hypothermia and the other was listed as a combination of drowning and hypothermia. May they RIP."