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Interesting survival story, I think we know him #8532486 12/27/25 04:43 PM 12/27/25 04:43 PM
Joined: Aug 2012 Blackduck Minnesota B Big Sam OP trapper
Big Sam OP trapper B Joined: Aug 2012 Blackduck Minnesota	https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-d...nce-to-survive-hours-in-waste-deep-water

Re: Interesting survival story, I think we know him [Re: Big Sam] #8532489 12/27/25 04:48 PM 12/27/25 04:48 PM
Joined: Sep 2020 Missouri O Osagan trapper
Osagan trapper O Joined: Sep 2020 Missouri	He needs a bigger boat.

Re: Interesting survival story, I think we know him [Re: Big Sam] #8532492 12/27/25 04:49 PM 12/27/25 04:49 PM
Joined: May 2009 Champaign County, Ohio. K KeithC trapper
KeithC trapper K Joined: May 2009 Champaign County, Ohio.	I'm glad Bruce made it. It happened over 7 years ago. Keith

Re: Interesting survival story, I think we know him [Re: Big Sam] #8532493 12/27/25 04:51 PM 12/27/25 04:51 PM
Joined: Feb 2015 Iowa T trapdog1 trapper
trapdog1 trapper T Joined: Feb 2015 Iowa	Reckon he got hungry standing around for 11 hours.

Re: Interesting survival story, I think we know him [Re: KeithC] #8532495 12/27/25 04:52 PM 12/27/25 04:52 PM
Joined: Sep 2020 Missouri O Osagan trapper
Osagan trapper O Joined: Sep 2020 Missouri	Can't be Bruce; he's up to his armpits in deer carcasses. Got no time for duck hunting.

Re: Interesting survival story, I think we know him [Re: Osagan] #8532501 12/27/25 05:02 PM 12/27/25 05:02 PM
Joined: Aug 2010 MI S Supergoose trapper
Supergoose trapper S Joined: Aug 2010 MI	That was Bruce alright……. Glad he’s still with us !!! A goose may honk....but he won't wave

Re: Interesting survival story, I think we know him [Re: Big Sam] #8532510 12/27/25 05:13 PM 12/27/25 05:13 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Goldsboro, North Carolina Paul Dobbins "Trapperman custodian"
Paul Dobbins "Trapperman custodian" Joined: Dec 2006 Goldsboro, North Carolina	Here's another survival story about some of our members. https://www.heraldstandard.com/news...-tell-his-harrowing-tale-on-tv-tomorrow/ John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

Re: Interesting survival story, I think we know him [Re: Big Sam] #8532521 12/27/25 05:29 PM 12/27/25 05:29 PM
Joined: Aug 2012 Blackduck Minnesota B Big Sam OP trapper
Big Sam OP trapper B Joined: Aug 2012 Blackduck Minnesota	I'm sure there's quite a few folks on here that have had some close calls.

Re: Interesting survival story, I think we know him [Re: Big Sam] #8532526 12/27/25 05:35 PM 12/27/25 05:35 PM
Joined: May 2011 Oakland, MS yotetrapper30 trapper
yotetrapper30 trapper Joined: May 2011 Oakland, MS	Confusing article. He walked the boat back to shallow water........but not to shore?? Proudly banned from the NTA. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Or I'll just end up walkin' In the cold November rain

Re: Interesting survival story, I think we know him [Re: yotetrapper30] #8532537 12/27/25 05:50 PM 12/27/25 05:50 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Wisconsin M Moosetrot trapper
Moosetrot trapper M Joined: Jan 2007 Wisconsin	Originally Posted by yotetrapper30 Confusing article. He walked the boat back to shallow water........but not to shore?? Maybe to an island? Whatever it was I would trust Bruce's judgment. I am guessing he knows more about the outdoors than many. Moosetrot

Re: Interesting survival story, I think we know him [Re: Big Sam] #8532548 12/27/25 06:01 PM 12/27/25 06:01 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 MN 160user trapper
160user trapper Joined: Jan 2007 MN	Originally Posted by Big Sam I'm sure there's quite a few folks on here that have had some close calls. I once got a bluegill fin in my thumb. I have nothing clever to put here.

Re: Interesting survival story, I think we know him [Re: Paul Dobbins] #8532554 12/27/25 06:04 PM 12/27/25 06:04 PM
Joined: Feb 2007 New York border Cragar trapper
Cragar trapper Joined: Feb 2007 New York border	Originally Posted by Paul Dobbins Here's another survival story about some of our members. https://www.heraldstandard.com/news...-tell-his-harrowing-tale-on-tv-tomorrow/ Newt told me that story in person. Amazing , amazing tale of survival. NRA benefactor member

Re: Interesting survival story, I think we know him [Re: Big Sam] #8532558 12/27/25 06:07 PM 12/27/25 06:07 PM
Joined: Nov 2011 New Hampshire N Nessmuck trapper
Nessmuck trapper N Joined: Nov 2011 New Hampshire	Didn't the article say he flipped the boat...so he was already soaked from head to toe. Those wet clothes against your core ..are enough to take you out. Sounds like one of those Tupperware floating things. Must not have been that cold .. Last edited by Nessmuck; 12/27/25 06:07 PM. It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Re: Interesting survival story, I think we know him [Re: Big Sam] #8532566 12/27/25 06:10 PM 12/27/25 06:10 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Wisconsin M Moosetrot trapper
Moosetrot trapper M Joined: Jan 2007 Wisconsin	Or maybe Bruce is just that tough. Moosetrot

Re: Interesting survival story, I think we know him [Re: Big Sam] #8532567 12/27/25 06:11 PM 12/27/25 06:11 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 MN 160user trapper
160user trapper Joined: Jan 2007 MN	You have never been cold until you have floated over an hour in October a mile and a half off shore. I don't think my feet have been warm since. Just 3 guys bobbing like corks hanging onto a Duluth pack. I have nothing clever to put here.

Re: Interesting survival story, I think we know him [Re: Big Sam] #8532569 12/27/25 06:12 PM 12/27/25 06:12 PM
Joined: Nov 2011 New Hampshire N Nessmuck trapper
Nessmuck trapper N Joined: Nov 2011 New Hampshire	I've been ice fishing in -9 temps and stepped in an 10 inch.. Previously drilled hole...my whole leg when in ...and slammed My nut sac on the ice...I managed to get back to my truck...with one leg frozen stiff. It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Re: Interesting survival story, I think we know him [Re: Big Sam] #8532573 12/27/25 06:24 PM 12/27/25 06:24 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 MT S snowy trapper
snowy trapper S Joined: Dec 2011 MT	^ I would of thought two legs froze stiff! Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime

Re: Interesting survival story, I think we know him [Re: Big Sam] #8532583 12/27/25 06:33 PM 12/27/25 06:33 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 S.W.Oregon newhouse114 trapper
newhouse114 trapper Joined: Dec 2006 S.W.Oregon	I think beaver peeler could top any of those stories on a regular basis! Life Member NTA & FTA "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain http://alaskastoneanivory.com/index

Re: Interesting survival story, I think we know him [Re: Nessmuck] #8532765 Yesterday at 03:14 AM Yesterday at 03:14 AM
Joined: May 2011 Oakland, MS yotetrapper30 trapper
yotetrapper30 trapper Joined: May 2011 Oakland, MS	Originally Posted by Nessmuck Didn't the article say he flipped the boat...so he was already soaked from head to toe. Those wet clothes against your core ..are enough to take you out. Sounds like one of those Tupperware floating things. Must not have been that cold .. Yeah another part of the article I didn't get. Soaked from head to toe, but swimming/wading/walking would have killed him, while standing still for 11 hours wouldn't? Proudly banned from the NTA. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Or I'll just end up walkin' In the cold November rain

Re: Interesting survival story, I think we know him [Re: Big Sam] #8532784 Yesterday at 06:58 AM Yesterday at 06:58 AM
Joined: Feb 2010 pa H hippie trapper
hippie trapper H Joined: Feb 2010 pa	Afraid I'd have been outta there or a statistic before I stood there that long. There comes a point liberalism has gone too far, we're past that point.

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