April,1513 AD. She was paddling fast with her toddler and baby swaddled as tight as possible in their deer skin blankets, the children stowed down in the boat, but placed towards the bow of the dugout canoe to keep the balance even from bow to stern. The water was gin clear, but only ankle-deep shallow, so the weight of the three together plus their supplies made for a tough go of paddling. The exposed mud bank to her east was the problem forcing her haste. The cool northerly breezes that preceded this week’s weather had dropped out, switching to stiff southeast, and exposing a vast mud flat. It only took…
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Do Duck Quacks Echo? Calling Ducks in Florida
C’mon, you know you thought that a duck quack didn’t echo. Apparently this urban legend was studied and proved to be false. Researchers at the University of Salford in Manchester England around 2003 actually studied this in their quest to improve acoustics in engineering. Long story short, the duck quack did echo, but it was harder to hear compared to other types of recreated sounds. How do I know, I googled it, but in case you don’t believe me Mythbusters covered it too. So what does this have to do with duck hunting in peninsular Florida? Well, I’ll tell ya. Picture this…huddled around a cranking hot Mr. Buddy propane heater…
