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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: Revwrangler on December 12, 2015, 08:15:44 AM
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So this morning a buddy and I and our wives went to Nisqually Basin to do some hunting, well about 10 minutes into our ride out to our spot and our boat capsized. Long story short, After waiting over an hour for fire department to get us all of us are safe, but we lost a ton of gear! If you find any please let me know!
Thanks guys!
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Sorry to hear of your lost gear but glad everyone's allright
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That's what we came out saying too. Stuff is replaceable. The fact that the four of us and the dog came out ok is all that mattered this morning.
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Can you expand on how the boat capsized??
Sorry for you experience and loss of equipment, that sucks, but glad everyone made it home!
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Ya I just hadn't yet. We were cruising along and the water was really pretty calm, but a wave came out of nowhere and went over the bow of the boat and enough of it came in that the entire front end of the boat went under water, at which point water was coming in super fast. As we all jumped out the boat flipped. Two climbed on top, while myself and one other hung onto the outside of the boat kicking our feet to try to get the upside down boat to either the shore or island, which we successfully did after about 40-45 minutes.
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Yes, be thankful. I've put a few boats under, but never a body. It sure does happen quick.
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How did you call for help? :dunno:
Glad everyone is o.k. This time of year, it could have been a lot worse!
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Thankfully the guy we went with had a waterproof case on his phone. I don't know what we would have done otherwise.
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Yes, be thankful. I've put a few boats under, but never a body. It sure does happen quick.
You've put a few under? That was freaky man! I wasn't sure we're were all going to make it, but sure glad we did. And yes it did happen fast, although it all seemed slow motion as the boat went over.
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My sled, two canoes, a poke boat, and my 22' glastron off Westport. I spend a lot of time on the water. Probably happen again too. Get back out there
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Oh it won't stop me from hunting.
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metlhead,, I think you might want to say out of boats. Or take a bunch of classes on how to operate one. In over 30 years of boat owner, I've never dumped one.
Revwrangler,, Glad everything came out ok. That water can come up fast. Safety and a couple of trips are your best friends. Good luck on finding some of your gear.
Hunterman(Tony)
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Thanks hunter man. Apparently we made the news. (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F12%2F12%2F3d436a562e24c3bdf1e32a22013db96a.jpg&hash=1630a66d447fde21845ec59b5ca234130bef662c)
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Whew, I'm glad my kid bro is ok!
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Wow sorry to hear about your gear but glad you are all OK. Sounds scary!
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Thankfully the guy we went with had a waterproof case on his phone. I don't know what we would have done otherwise.
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You guys are lucky. Note to self: buy waterproof case! :tup:
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Yes we are, thankfully no one panicked and all worked together to make it back, but water
proof case is a must!
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You all should enjoy Christmas this year. Thank God you're still kicking. :)
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That is no joke.
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Overloaded boat? To small for the condition?
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Wow.
We always have a phone, waterproof handheld vhf and plb plus the boat mounted stuff.
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That's crazy, glad everyone is ok
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I'm curious as to the type and size of boat? Was everyone wearing a PFD? These are not inended as bashing questions, FYI.
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RevWrangler - are you the one I spoke to this morning asking if you were waiting for Leon? You responded that you were waiting for the guy that just pulled up. I then wished you and your wife good luck. I was the first truck/boat/trailer there this morning. Yellow lab w/me and buddy. That you guys???
Where exactly did ya lose your stuff. I'd look for it and keep a good eye out in the future if I knew the location.
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With the huge tide changes and high winds, it's not too likely anything will stick around. It might if it blew to shore quickly, I guess. We'll keep an eye out for it here in the San Juans. :)
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Overloaded boat? To small for the condition?
Nope to both, conditions were perfect when we went out, water was flat, no wind, and not overloaded.
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RevWrangler - are you the one I spoke to this morning asking if you were waiting for Leon? You responded that you were waiting for the guy that just pulled up. I then wished you and your wife good luck. I was the first truck/boat/trailer there this morning. Yellow lab w/me and buddy. That you guys???
Where exactly did ya lose your stuff. I'd look for it and keep a good eye out in the future if I knew the location.
That was me. We had head up Mcallister creek. So an immediate right out of the boat launch.
How did you guys do out there today?
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Overloaded boat? To small for the condition?
Nope to both, conditions were perfect when we went out, water was flat, no wind, and not overloaded.
Sounds like a perfect day.... Except for the part about four people almost dying.
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RevWrangler - are you the one I spoke to this morning asking if you were waiting for Leon? You responded that you were waiting for the guy that just pulled up. I then wished you and your wife good luck. I was the first truck/boat/trailer there this morning. Yellow lab w/me and buddy. That you guys???
Where exactly did ya lose your stuff. I'd look for it and keep a good eye out in the future if I knew the location.
That was me. We had head up Mcallister creek. So an immediate right out of the boat launch.
How did you guys do out there today?
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We didn't do worth a darn. Nothing flyin.
I'd get my butt back out there asap tomorrow at low tide and do a little searching for gear. And good luck if you do.
Never underestimate mother nature and as far as McAllister Cr goes, ever since the refuge built that huge pier and breeched all the dikes, there's no small, calm water any place out there any more. Glad you guys are all safe.
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RevWrangler - are you the one I spoke to this morning asking if you were waiting for Leon? You responded that you were waiting for the guy that just pulled up. I then wished you and your wife good luck. I was the first truck/boat/trailer there this morning. Yellow lab w/me and buddy. That you guys???
Where exactly did ya lose your stuff. I'd look for it and keep a good eye out in the future if I knew the location.
That was me. We had head up Mcallister creek. So an immediate right out of the boat launch.
How did you guys do out there today?
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We didn't do worth a darn. Nothing flyin.
I'd get my butt back out there asap tomorrow at low tide and do a little searching for gear. And good luck if you do.
Never underestimate mother nature and as far as McAllister Cr goes, ever since the refuge built that huge pier and breeched all the dikes, there's no small, calm water any place out there any more. Glad you guys are all safe.
Well that's lame, after we took a spill the least you could have done was limited out:)
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You may also want to check out the marine forecasts, you can pull them up on VHF and I have a cheap app on my phone that pulls the tides, weather and forecast. They are usually pretty accurate and have kept me off the water when conditions in the morning looked good.
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I had checked all of that. Later in the afternoon/evening it was supposed to blow in but our plan was hunt until noon.
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Glad everyone is safe. This is my biggest fear. What kind of boat?
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Jon boat. Crazy how fast it happened.
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Jon boat. Crazy how fast it happened.
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Length?
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16
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16
Seems he has a few stories. Never the less a lack of experience or knowledge of conditions played a big part in this incident.
http://www.duckhuntingchat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=706201
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Not sure what the real true story is hear but I hope a serious lesson was learned by everyone involved and maybe even a few readers.
One big thing: WEAR your life jacket. It doesn't do anyone any good if you're not wearing it.
That's all I'll say on this thread.
I AM very glad no one was injured.