Admiralty Mis Adventure

Some 39 years ago i let this guy from church
talk me into going on a deer hunting trip to
none other than Bear Island.

This guy was noted for being prepared and 
has done according to his book successful 
hunts but this turned out no to be anything
but successful.

As always when going out i take an emergency
kit of pilot bread and peanut butter and jam.
You never know what will befall you on a trip.

We set out from the harbor with flat water but
at the southern tip of Douglas Island it was a
much different story.

Seas were 6 ft and the wind was not on our side
and then the rain.
We made our way to a creek on the island and
this guy went all the way up the creek quite a
ways so i informed him this was a mean tide 
and we should go back down the creek.

We made camp and a fire and he went to pull 
out the sandwhiches his wife made only to
discover the sandwhiches were not packed 
along with the rest of our provisions except 
there were sodas and peanut butter and jam.

Well out came a box of pilot bread so we 
could eat and laugh at what a big dumbass
he was,this was Mr.Prepared.

I fired up a bowl and knocked back some sodas
and in the middle of the night the skiff flipped
over onto its side startling us both.

In the mayhem of it all it was really mean tide
and now the big creek is tiny and we are stuck.

We did do some hunting but not a critter
in sight....Lucky us,Bears eat hunters on
this island every year.

It was supposed to be a 3 day trip and his wife
wont make the call until we are overdue.

This was an 18 ft Aluminum boat with dual
100hp out boards and a heavy beast.
We couldn't wrangle it back to the water and
were in really big trouble.

Well no bears and no deer at all.....and 
pilot bread was holding out.

And his wife did make the call and
the Coast Guard was dispatched to the creek.
Upon arrival he we were told theyve never 
seen anyone up that creek so far and i pointed 
at him.....He was the dumbass that did it.