Bill Gilbertson wrote:Can you guys that have done this comment on the safety risks of this type of hunting? I am interested in trying it, but I don't have a death wish. It would seem that there are risks getting in and out of the layout as well as being in the layout itself. How much wind can handled without incurring significant risk?
Bill Gilbertson wrote:Can you guys that have done this comment on the safety risks of this type of hunting?
MudCatKid wrote:Bill Gilbertson wrote:Can you guys that have done this comment on the safety risks of this type of hunting?
.....after all, you're only a mile offshore bobbing around solo in a 10 foot boat with the assumption that the guy in the tender boat knows what the heck he is doing. .
MudCatKid wrote:Bill Gilbertson wrote:Can you guys that have done this comment on the safety risks of this type of hunting?
Bobbing around aimlessly in a layout boat is likely the safer part of the hunt. Unfortunately, a fair number of guys are so focused on the misconception of waterfowl dying in their lap that they don't take into consideration the "what if" scenarios that could (or will) occur when poop hits the proverbial fan. There is far, far more risk with this type of hunting and any other type of waterfowl hunting in my opinion. The risk is there from the time you leave the landing until the time you get back. Depending on how you go about doing things, you could set yourself up for a catastrophe that otherwise could have been preventable. And no mater how many safeguards you have in place, there is always the possibility for something to go wrong. Simply due to the style of hunting, an error out in the open water can have far worse ramifications than in error inland on some small slough where your truck is right over the hill.
Or, a guy can simply treat it like a normal day in the swamp and cross his fingers that something doesn't go haywire.....after all, you're only a mile offshore bobbing around solo in a 10 foot boat with the assumption that the guy in the tender boat knows what the heck he is doing. What could possibly go wrong? Fortunately the guy in the tender, a supposed buddy, is so focused on maintaining real-time Insta#Chat-a-BlogPosts that he'll document the last hours of your hunt/life, clueless that the spray skirt fall over and a wave swamped the layout. You may drown, or get out easy with a mild case of hypothermia, but at least that internet stardom is top-notch.
Harold Houck wrote:MudCatKid wrote:Bill Gilbertson wrote:Can you guys that have done this comment on the safety risks of this type of hunting?
.....after all, you're only a mile offshore bobbing around solo in a 10 foot boat with the assumption that the guy in the tender boat knows what the heck he is doing. .
IF your a mile offshore on Pepin your getting a ticket ... no more than 100 ft from shore and anchored.
Harold Houck wrote:[quote="MudCatKid"][quote="Bill Gilbertson"]Can you guys that have done this comment on the safety risks of this type of hunting?
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