re: One of my top 5 worst duck hunts

"Five minutes later a 4' alligator comes up and eats my bird."
Sorry, I almost spit my coffee out!

Try hunting in the marsh off Lake Borgne, using a pirogue, a dozen decoys, a shell bucket and a wrap around portable blind in a pothole about 200 yards off deep water WHEN THE TIDE GOES OUT about 1/2 hour after daylight. I noticed my decoys were leaning over kinda funny. Had to lay down over the pirogue and push with my feet. The mud was too deep to stand up and pull. Wouldn't have been too bad had the weather been cold, but, naturally it got into the 70s about the time I was done.
After reaching deep water, I paddled over to my buddies spot on deeper water, and we managed a decent hunt. That was my worst hunt. I been lucky, I guess!