re: One of my top 5 worst duck hunts

The first dog I ever "trained" was my first golden retriever, and I was a very young teenager. This training normally involved me smacking him until he did what I wanted him to do. Thankfully now I know better.

Anyways, we were in Bogue Chitto one morning in a 14ft rogue. There were 5 of us total, and it was his first hunt. I had the dog, guns, and some dekes in my rogue, and the other two had two dudes a piece and some gear. It was like late December/early January, freezing arse cold, and we're paddling through this area we called Page Lake. Being the proud 13 year old that I was, I had been talking up my "badass dog" for weeks. Well, we came around a corner and jumped like 4 woodies or something...I honestly can't remember what set him off. Dog went nuts, jumped out of the pirogue, I flipped, and all of the guns went to the bottom of the canal (~8ft deep). It took me forever to find everyone's guns. We still hunted and didn't kill shite. I froze. Needless to say, that dog never jumped out of a pirogue again after that day.

eta: still not my worst, either.