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re: Can you actually drown in waders?
Posted on 12/12/23 at 6:08 pm to Taxman2010
Posted on 12/12/23 at 6:08 pm to Taxman2010
Yes. I haven't done this but the old timers always say one should jump in the deep end of a pool with waders on to get the sensation and try to get out with a friend there to help. So in a real life event you semi know what to expect.
TLDR: Yes you can. Be safe.
TLDR: Yes you can. Be safe.
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Posted on 12/12/23 at 6:15 pm to Tvilletiger
quote:Years ago I slipped and lost my footing. Wasn’t even over my head but I was buoyant in an alarm way and hard a very hard time getting my balance then footing.
Let’s say you fell out of a boat with them on. Take them off.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 7:55 pm to Taxman2010
quote:
Can you actually drown in waders?
Duck hunt ends in drowning at Sooner Lake for young OSU graduate student
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According to Game Wardens, a 24-year-old OSU graduate student was hunting on Sooner Lake and went out to retrieve a duck he had hit. Water overcame his waders, and he drowned, game wardens said.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 8:04 pm to Taxman2010
You baws need a wading belt
Posted on 12/12/23 at 8:32 pm to Taxman2010
Yes.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 8:32 pm to Taxman2010
Seriously how can ask this? You seriously don’t know someone who died or almost died in waders?
They have those quick release clips for a reason friend. 1000s of dead hunters
They have those quick release clips for a reason friend. 1000s of dead hunters
Posted on 12/12/23 at 9:00 pm to TutHillTiger
I knew of a duck hunter about 10-13 years ago I’d guess that drowned duck hunting I believe. Something maybe w a beaver dam breaking idk for sure though. Tall dark haired super man looking guy around 40+ or so.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 9:01 pm to AUCE05
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You baws need a wading belt
This, and learn how to eliminate the excess air in your waders before stepping into the water with them. Put the waders on, squat down and buckle your wading belt on while in the squatting position. Stand up and the excess air that was in the waders is now gone.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 9:10 pm to Chad504boy
In the 60s and 70s it seemed you heard about duck hunter drowning almost every week. I had some buddies that slipped on ice, slipped in the blind, boat etc and fell in with waders on and nearly drowned. It seemed like everyone that was duck hunter back then had a story. Of course you could murder the ducks back then
Posted on 12/12/23 at 10:09 pm to keakar
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you cant get back to the surface or tred water with waders on full of water, so you have to take them off before you run out of air.
Sure way to die is trying to get them off
Posted on 12/12/23 at 10:11 pm to TutHillTiger
quote:. Once you’re dunked waders ain’t coming off….suction and pressure win
eriously how can ask this? You seriously don’t know someone who died or almost died in waders? They have those quick release clips for a reason friend. 1000s of dead hunters
Waders causing drowning is one of the biggest wives tales around
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This post was edited on 12/12/23 at 10:13 pm
Posted on 12/13/23 at 5:49 am to Taxman2010
Posted on 12/13/23 at 7:56 am to Taxman2010
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Pretty sure you can jump in a pool with waders on and you will float. Is it the waders or is it panicking?
If you're conscious they make a pretty good PFD...don't ask how I know but suffice to say I aint what one would call graceful under the best of conditions but toss in an icy job boat deck and get the video camera cause something recordable is liable to ensue...
Many people think they will drag you down but they weigh the same in the water as they do on land even when full...they do trap air though which can make them pretty bouyant. If you pull your knees to your chest they will float very well but you gotta figh to keep upright because they will try to turn you arse over tea kettle. Just everybody who has ever worn them knows that they are heavy as hell as you emerge from the water though....
Posted on 12/13/23 at 8:21 am to Taxman2010
Unfortunately you can, i went to school with a guy who drowned when we were in 6th or 7th grade. I knew him in passing but we weren't friends.
He lived next to a lake in my hometown. It has been nearly 30 years but from what i remember he and his dad were wading while fishing and wondered away from each other. The kid stepped in a hole or off of a embankment and his waders filled with water. From what i remember his dad said that they told him after his waders filled with water a suction was created not allowing him to free himself from the waders.
The dad was 100 yards or so away from him and could not get to him in time to help him.
It may have been suction created by the mud at the bottom of the lake I'm not sure but it freaked me out about wearing waders for years after.
He lived next to a lake in my hometown. It has been nearly 30 years but from what i remember he and his dad were wading while fishing and wondered away from each other. The kid stepped in a hole or off of a embankment and his waders filled with water. From what i remember his dad said that they told him after his waders filled with water a suction was created not allowing him to free himself from the waders.
The dad was 100 yards or so away from him and could not get to him in time to help him.
It may have been suction created by the mud at the bottom of the lake I'm not sure but it freaked me out about wearing waders for years after.
This post was edited on 12/13/23 at 8:24 am
Posted on 12/13/23 at 8:24 am to TutHillTiger
quote:Well, those guys had their waders stuffed with mallards and pintail breasts.
In the 60s and 70s it seemed you heard about duck hunter drowning almost every week
Today we have a strap of spoons, ringnecks and two teal.
I used to wade deep water alot. I never do now, but you will not drown because of water in your waders, they will in all likelihood help you float a bit becuase of air. I never wore a belt then, but would not wade or wear waders in a boat without one nowadays.
I have done the pool thing, and my limited experience says you can just lay on your back and float.
But anyone that hits ice cold water in waders is definitely in a emergency survival situation if they were boating. I got to where I would not put my waders on until we got to where we were going in the boat if we were going to be wading. Just too damn restrictive.
Posted on 12/13/23 at 8:57 am to tonydtigr
They all keep debating it even though we pointed out the solution
Posted on 12/13/23 at 9:25 am to AUCE05
ALWAYS WEAR A WADER BELT
Posted on 12/13/23 at 9:42 am to Park duck
Hunted a pond in Kisatchie full of stumps, logs and whatever in 28-degree weather. Didn't have any waders so I borrow a pair a little too small for me but oh well. Had to descend down a hill to the pond and once I entered the water, I knew one false move and I'm down. Even though the water was waist high, every step was calculated and thought through. Gun in one hand and grabbing anything I could as to not fall with the other. Then after the hunt the walk back up hill in skinny waders, not fun when you hunt and a spartan race breaks out.
Posted on 12/13/23 at 9:55 am to Tvilletiger
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I would think waders could easily bring you down.
Let’s say you fell out of a boat with them on. Take them off. Flip them over and get air in them and they will be as good as a life preserver. That is if you are conscious
If they bring you down, how are you going to take them off, lift them over the water and fill them with air?
I think panic is the leading cause to most drowning. My understanding is that waders won't pull you down but they definitely add to the sense of panic.
It's hard to say not to panic but in a lot of cases simply making yourself relax will keep you from drowning.
Posted on 12/13/23 at 11:16 am to Taxman2010
Yes you can drown easily! It’s not even really a question, the over bearing weight of the water filling the void in your waders and then having to manuver to safety. Geesh
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