As we approach the New Year, everyone at Pluck A Duck would like to wish you and your family a happy and safe holiday season. Being that we are all hunters, safety is something we should not take lightly. To have a safe hunting trip, we must all continue to educate one another on tips of the trade. It does not matter how experienced we are out there, the wilderness is more than willing to throw a couple of curveballs our way. Hunting brings about a natural high in us and that is something not easily replicable in real life. It can create an addiction, which is why it is so important to exercise caution when heading out into the wilds. Sometimes you have to think with your head and not your heart.
That said, our hearts and prayers go out to the families of Chase Marland and Craig Strickland who went missing after going duck hunting and their boat capsized. Marland’s body was recovered in northern Oklahoma. Strickland is still missing. He is the lead singer of country band Backroad Anthem. Their last tweet said it all: “In case we don’t come back, @BackroadCRAIG and I are going right through Winter Storm Goliath to kill ducks in Oklahoma.”
Again, our hearts and prayers go out to the friends and families of Marland and Strickland. Below is a video of Backroad Anthem performing a cover of “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.”