Duck hunters, what would you do?

[Oak]

How would you feel if this happened to you and your 13 year old son?

"I noticed a decoy and large, floating debris coming past me. When I looked up, I saw the floodgates wide open and someone standing on the dam," Alan Carpenter said of a river hunter's worst nightmare.

Before they could move far, both Carpenters found the cold water spilling over their chest-high waders while watching gun cases and a carry bag containing an estimated $1,000 worth of waterfowl calls float down the river.

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Here's my favorite line from the story

: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Asked whether he was aware that the land a short distance below the dam was public property, Matheny replied, "I don't know. They hunt there anyway." <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Oak

 

[Tom]

It sounds bad. Just because its possible to hunt there, doesn't mean its good to hunt there, is my first thought. The dam releases need to have buzzer warnings or something?!

 

[Michaelr]

We have a place south of Idaho Falls like that and there is a warning horn giving you plenty of time to get to high ground.

This could have been tragic!!!!