Well started out this morning for a nice Deer hunt. Snuck in at 5:00 am and in the dark, poked my eye with a branch, busted about a dozen Deer sitting in about twenty yds. from my entrance at the corn. I couldn't use my climber because in the pitch dark they were running all around me as I sat down beside a tree and waited. Two hours later they walked away from me and kept going.
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No shot presented. Oh well I said to my partner, lets go home or go to the Lake and Blast some Waterfowl, its a South wind and going to be perfect.
Nope, he has to go out with Family. Well I went home, loaded the Canoe and went myself. Big mistake!! I put out a few decoy's and went to sit on shore in my hidding spot. Bang, Bang, Bang!! A triple on Mallards down! Off I go to get them. 70 feet out, I lean over to grab the birds and head back. I decided that was enough and might as well grab the decoys and head home to the Mrs. Second decoy in the Canoe and a small roller comes as I'm pulling in a decoy. SPLASH!!! 50 ft. out 8 ft. of Slush ice water and I'm under.
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I completely lost my breath for a second or three, then realized I could'nt get to my feet because my waders were full and the rollers were pulling me under. This went on for about 15 ft of me scrambling like crazy, then realized, kick off my waders and swim for the overturned canoe before I cant. I got to the canoe grabbed hold kicked like a $%^%&%^*& to get to where I could stand up, then pulled the canoe and what was left of my three ducks and decoys to shore. Ran stocking foot to the truck, stripped down evereything
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got into my other clothes that I came in, less a bunch, and ran back, loaded everything up watched two new decoys floating out to the lake and one mallard. No FREAKING WAY I'm going back in for them and speed home. After stripping down again at home, run upstairs shaking like a leaf, jumped in bed under every cover I could find, The Wife came up.
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You have no idea what was said , but I wont repeat it.
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I'm glad I remembered everything I was supposed to in the situation, or it could have gone wrong. The Slushy Ice water was devastatingly cold!!! And there was no one around anywhere to help, but Me. This is one time where I should have stayed home, without a partner to go with.
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The Bright side of it is, tomorrow I'm having two Mallards for supper. The Bad side of it is, The Wife will not let me go out to the Lake this season again.
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Well, Take Care Folks, do as I say, not as I do, or something like that.
Now what are the odd's of me asking her for a new pair of chest waders?
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