So we were in upstate Pa. close to New York, got invited to deer hunt on a friends property , he had a nice cabin and half a mountain full of deer and it was late season and way past cold that weekend .
There was a stream between the cabin and the mountain we were going to hunt and ONE pair of waders in the tree by the stream. So dad and i decided we would put me with both rifles on his shoulders and he would wade across and we could go in and out that way .
All went well except for at minus 8 even running water starts to freeze . and so here we go ....
almost to dry land and we had to step up on a thick ice sheet that extended off the bank ....
first step went ok ,second step the ice shelf broke off and gone was me .....
along with both rifles right to the bottom ....man was it bad i tell ya ...
having to go back down to the bottom and get them and get out of there and back to the cabin before i froze to death was an ordeal.
the cabin was about 100 yards from the stream and i had to sit in front of the fire place for what seemed like forever just to UNFREEZE my boot laces ....
my everything was froze about solid on the outside and we spent half the day drying everything off before we tried to crossing yet again !
Second time we made it and to make the entire story really sink home , i shouldered my rifle on a nice 8 with some does in front of us and dad says DONT SHOOT ,,,,they are all does !
i said dad there was a nice 8 with them and he said no son ....
we ran them down the mountain a bit and when they crossed into the neighbors place
.....you guessed it ...KABOOM !
i guess you could say it was memorable no doubt but wasnt exactly something i might try again for sure