A bad day duck hunting?

idsman75

I can't speak for the reliability of this article. It was forwarded to me without references by an old supervisor of mine. Whether or not it's true, it's comical and tragic all at the same time.>> > DUCK HUNTERS IN MICHIGAN> >> > This is from a radio program, a true report of an incident in Michigan:> >> > A guy buys a brand new Lincoln Navigator for $42,500 and has $560> monthly> > payments. He and a friend go duck hunting in winter, and of course all> the> > lakes are frozen. These two guys go out on the lake with the guns, the> dog,> > and of course the new vehicle.> >> > They drive out onto the lake ice and get ready. Now, they want to make> some> > kind of a natural landing area for the ducks, something for the decoys> to> > float on. In order to make a hole large enough to look like something a> > wandering duck would fly down and land on, it is going to take a little> more> > effort than an ice hole drill. So, out of the back of the new Navigator> > comes a stick of dynamite with a short, 40 - second fuse.> >> > Now these two Rocket Scientists do take into consideration that they> > want to place the stick of dynamite on the ice at a location far from> where> > they are standing (and the new Navigator), because they don't want to> take> > the risk of slipping on the ice when they run from the burning fuse and> > possibly go up in smoke with the resulting blast. They light the> 40-second> > fuse and throw the dynamite. Remember a couple of paragraphs back when> I> > mentioned the vehicle, the guns, and the dog?> >> > Let's talk about the dog: A highly trained Black Lab used for> > RETRIEVING. Especially things thrown by the owner. You guessed it, the> dog> > takes off at a high rate of doggy speed on the ice and captures the> stick> of> > dynamite with the burning 40-second fuse about the time it hits the ice.> >> > The two men yell, scream, wave their arms, and wonder what to do> > now? The dog, cheered on, keeps coming. One of the guys grabs the> shotgun> > and shoots the dog. The shotgun is loaded with # 8 buckshot, hardly big> > enough to stop a Black Lab. The dog stops for a moment, slightly> confused,> > but continues on. Another shot and this time the dog, still standing,> > becomes really confused and of course terrified, thinking these two> geniuses> > have gone insane. The dog takes off to find cover, under the brand new> > Navigator.> >> > ----BOOM!----> >> > Dog and Navigator are blown to bits and sink to the bottom of the> > lake in a very large hole, leaving the two idiots standing there with> this> > "I can't believe this happened" look on their faces. The insurance> company> > says that sinking a vehicle in a lake by illegal use of explosives is> not> > covered. AND, he still had yet to make the first of those $560 a month> > payments!> >> > And you thought your day was not going well?

SXSMAN

Something about this story smells fishy.(Or is that just bits of wet dog in my hair?)

JWolf

this story comes from, The Darwin Awards. the original story it was a Jeep.

.280 freak

Gotta be one of those Urban Myths. 1) How many people go out hunting and just happen to have a stick of dynamite "with a 40 second fuse"? 2) The correct term is "ice auger", not "ice hole drill". Who writes this stuff? 3) #8 buckshot???? Like I say, who writes this stuff? Any waterfowl hunter would see this as the most obvious mistake here. Even back in the good old days of lead shot, #8 would be mighty light, even for decoying ducks, especially the Northern varieties, with thick, winter plumage.Still a funny story, though!

idsman75

Like I said, I can't attest to the validity but the fact that it probably isn't true makes it easier to laugh...sorta like when ol' Wiley Coyote keeps feeling rocks and anvils fall on his head.