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Lancaster County side, the solid ice prevented us from launching. This wasn’t unusual, as the Lancaster side is more shallow than the York County side, so we headed to the other side of the river, the Long Level Launch. The water was open at the launch, but a lot of ice was coming down the river. We headed for a blind that I knew we could use to watch the targeted blind. We did not see another person on the water, and the cold air from the moving boat stung our faces as we pushed slush ice all the way to the blind, which was more than a half mile from shore. When we got to the blind we hid the boat and set up our spotting scopes and uncased our binoculars. We were dressed as hunters and I had my shotgun and license, so I could shoot a few ducks as part of our cover. The temperature continued to drop and ice began to back up. One thing about the Feds, they were supplied with the best of equipment. Both agents were donned in goose down bib overalls and parkas, while I, on the other hand, was wearing a cheap snowmobile suit with a cotton camo outfit over it. I was freezing. Ducks were everywhere. Thousands of them; more than I had ever seen on the river. It seemed as if every duck on the Atlantic Flyway had migrated down ahead of the cold front. There were ducks and swans in the air at all times, and anybody intent on shooting more than the limit would have no trouble. We were drinking coffee when we noticed two individuals in a flat-bottomed boat stuck in the ice near an island behind us; they were in trouble. One of them was in the bow with an oar, trying to break ice while the other gunned the motor. They were getting nowhere, though, as the ice flow was pulling them downriver. Ron figured that with his boat he could break a path for them to the launch area. At this point things really got bad. It was a slow-go for Ron as he worked to break a path to the other boat and hunters, who turned out to be trying to save their decoys from the thickening slush ice. While John and I were waiting I shot a couple of ducks, figuring Ron could pick them up when he got back. After an hour with no sign of Ron, though, I began to worry. Then I heard a noise that sent chills up my spine: The blind began to creak and moan under the weight of ice building up on the upriver side of it. I knew what the outcome would be when enough ice built up, but I tried to hide my uneasiness to the rookie agent. Another 20 minutes went by with no sign of Ron and the boat. The life jackets were in the boat as well, not that they would have done us any good in the cold water — other than to make it easier to find us days later. The blind began to shake and creak and I knew I had to do something. I had a portable radio with me, but it was old, with not much power, but I thought I could reach my wife at home on my base radio. “624 to 624X,” I said into the mike. “624X, go ahead with your message,” came the immediate reply. Thank God for my wife, as she always stayed by the radio when I was out on patrol. There were many dead spots in the radio system back then, and if it wasn’t for my home base radio, I would have been without communication much of the time. Now I was in another pickle, because I didn’t want to let my wife know the precarious position I was in. I told her there were a couple of duck hunters trapped in the ice in a boat and asked her to call county control to see if they could get a Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel in the water from the Long Level Marina. In a short while my wife called back and said there were no boats available, but that GAME NEWS

Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010

Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010
Life & Times of the Whitetail Biologist
Contents
A Chocolate-Covered Cream-Filled . . . Gobbler
The Close Call
Silent Whispers
The Shot Not Taken
Eastern Coyote
A Grandparents’ Pride, A Grandson’s Gift
In the Company of Children
A Jake for Ben
Early Bear Management
Field Notes
Conservation News
Off the Wire
Another View
The Naturalist’s Eye
Straight from the Bowstring
Lock, Stock & Barrel
Fun Game
Crossings
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - Cover2
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - Life & Times of the Whitetail Biologist
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - Contents
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - A Chocolate-Covered Cream-Filled . . . Gobbler
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 4
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 5
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 6
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - The Close Call
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 8
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 9
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - Silent Whispers
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 11
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 12
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 13
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 14
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - The Shot Not Taken
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 16
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 17
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - Eastern Coyote
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 19
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 20
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 21
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - A Grandparents’ Pride, A Grandson’s Gift
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 23
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - In the Company of Children
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 25
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 26
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 27
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - A Jake for Ben
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 29
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 30
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - Early Bear Management
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 32
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 33
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 34
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - Field Notes
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 36
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 37
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 38
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 39
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - Conservation News
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 41
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Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 43
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 44
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 45
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - Off the Wire
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - Another View
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 48
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 49
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - The Naturalist’s Eye
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 51
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 52
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 53
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - Straight from the Bowstring
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 55
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 56
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 57
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 58
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - Lock, Stock & Barrel
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 60
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - Fun Game
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 62
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - 63
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - Crossings
Pennsylvania Game News - April 2010 - BB1
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