• By MINNESOTA DNR NEWS RELEASE
• Oct 27, 2020 Updated 23 hrs ago
• https://www.southernminn.com/the_kenyon_leader/news/state/article_3e703143-44b0-5deb-b788-02f0c5b0cbed.html

Two Minnesota duck hunters likely are alive today as a result of good choices they made before and after falling into cold water, and because rescue personnel worked quickly with the tools at hand to ensure a positive outcome.

In both situations – one occurred in Crow Wing County on Oct. 3, the other in Itasca County on Oct. 11 – hunters found themselves in life-or-death struggles after their duck boats capsized. The close calls come amid a year in which 15 people to date have died in boating accidents, the highest number in more than a decade. While most boating-related incidents occur during the summer, a higher percentage of those that occur during the cold-water season are fatal.

“Since this spring, we’ve seen more people participating in outdoor activities than usual, and that has continued into the fall,”…