Suns coming up birds are gobbling on the ridge! I convince my young comrade thats there is know time to walk the logging road to the bridge. I decide we can cross the stream right here, (see where this is going), he makes it across. I decide half way across the stream that we need to locate him again. I instruct the youngster to get higher on the bank where he can hear, then I owl hoot to try and get him to sound off. He turns and says he heard him answer about two hundred yards away. In my excitement owl hoot doesn't end up in my pocket but instead in the stream, a quick move to grab it ends up with me joining the call in the stream. I catch up with my partner to his laughing and asking what happened. Didn't kill that bird but did manage to call him into view before hypothermia started to se in.

well ive only hunted 4 years and so far been pretty luckynot doing anything to dumb...but my first year my dad seen my walk on there old dead trees crossing them..i didnt think anything of it and about 100yds later i step on one and went flying...fell and got hurt pretty good..hurt my elbow and twisted a leg..dad looks at me and says i told you not to walk on them wet trees! and i was 12 and all red trying not to cry hes like you ok i was like ughhh ya im fine..i hate showing pain and things like that and i held it all in..cracked my gun open nothing was in the bore and continued a long day of hunting..man did that hurt..a few years before that i did that coon hunting and fell only i went backwards and hit my head and got a egg the bugger than an egg you would cook! i should rememberd from that expirience but i didnt..now i learned my lesson...thats about the dumbest thing ive done so far..i got alot of years to make my mistakes though..