i thought i was going to die
sat. i went out duck hunting on the mississippi river when i left it was a crisp 14 degrees i hunted about 3 hrs. and decided it was time to call it a season as ice was forming. i loaded my boat with a camp stove and other stuff and started to pick up decoys. another friend showed up and we made a plan he would pick up the decoys on the north i would get the ones south. the water was only knee deep so i pulled my boat over there and was pulling my boat along and putting in decoys the wind picked up and pushed the boat in to me knocking me down. my waders filled up my coat became saturated with water the boat was trying to run over me but i was afraid it would pin me to the bottom. i grabbed hold of the top rail of the boat and tried to pull my self out from under it but all i did was get pulled further under . i then pulled my self to the back of the boat where i could get my legs out from under and crawl in the back.when i got to the back my coat was so heavy and my wader so full i could not stand up i have a tilt switch on my motor cover i was going to hold on to my lower unit and use it to pull me up but my hands were so cold use them. i then called my friend to help it seemed to take for ever to get to me but i'm sure it wasn't. it was a long ride home in the boat. i learned a lot that day 1 i can't do the same things at 67 as i could do at 47. i was ready to pick the decoys up by my self and had i been alone i think i would have died
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Originally Posted by pat addis
