If I could find a belly boat that would allow me to wade in the water yet hold me up if I stepped into a beaver run or a hole, I might have the solution. I could wear a drysuit, but those things were so tight, confining and clumsy that the only place they were really appropriate was underwater. If I did get wet, the wetsuit would insulate me from the cold. I could wear a wetsuit, which would keep me warm. I could wear a life jacket, but they were so bulky that they often were impractical for duck hunting. But I made it to the car and got the heater going.Р”Вriving home that day, I made a firm resolve not to let anything like this happen again when I was hunting ducks. IРІР‚в„ўd spooked all of the ducks, ruined my hunt, soaked my clothes and realized I could freeze to death. I was freezing cold and totally frustrated. As I went under, I grabbed a branch and dug my feet into a muddy bank. РІР‚СљIРІР‚в„ўll have my limit and be out of here in 45 minutes.РІР‚Сњ I was shocked when the water closed over my head. I slid into the icy water in my chest-high waders. The flooded timber was a part of a beaver slough.

All I had to do was wade-out into the swamp to shotgun range just as the new day dawned. I knew the ducks were feeding on acorns in flooded timber just off the river. IРІР‚в„ўd heard the eerie, whistling sound of waterfowl darting through the timber in the pre-dawn light on a January morning. Belly Boating to Ducks Day 1: Why I Needed a Belly Boat to Hunt DucksР”В®ditorРІР‚в„ўs Note: Belly boats can take you safely to the secret places ducks love РІР‚вЂњ spots where other hunters never go.

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