Winter is no time to forget about boating safety.
As a general rule, foul weather is a blessing for duck hunters. Winds and cloud cover associated with weather fronts help to increase daytime bird activity and reduce glare from shotgun barrels and hunters' faces, which can then translate into increased opportunity and success for waterfowl hunters.
However, passing weather fronts bring with them increased safety concerns, especially for those who hunt waterfowl from a variety of watercraft. Unfortunately, it sometimes takes a tragic event to remind us the rules of safe boating apply to hunters as well as recreational boaters.
Officials in Oklahoma are searching for missing country singer Craig Strickland of Springdale, Ark. The 29-year-old lead singer of the group Backroad Anthem went missing Sunday during a duck hunting trip at Kaw Lake, north of Oklahoma City. The dead body of his hunting companion, 22-year-old Chase Morland, was found Monday not far from their capsized vessel.
Sam, Strickland's Labrador retriever, was found alive at the time Morland's body was discovered. On Twitter, Strickland's wife, Helen Strickland, wrote: "For everyone wanting to know, Sam is fine. He was a brave boy. He wouldn't leave Chase's body until the Warden found him.
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