Went out for a little Sunday scouting session yesterday at one of the WMA's in Avoyelles Parish to see what is up for the season. So me, my buddy, and my dog took off yesterday morning and arrived at the launch around 8 o'clock. We got the boat in the water and started cruising the area to get ourselves familiar with the surroundings. I had never been to this particular WMA before and so everything was very new to me. We rode for about an hour before I ran the ole' Pro-Drive up about 15ft onto the bank. I though I saw a cut going back to another slough, but that was not the case
. We jumped out and pushed my 1648 back into the "water" no problem but when I went to crank the motor all I got was "click, click, click". I checked connections and problem shot for the next 30 min before deciding that it was simply a dead battery. Now I know you are all probably thinking "what an Idiot!!", but I charged the battery just as always the night before and cranked the motor at least 3 times before I left and it never acted weak. Now I had me, my buddy, my dog, and my rig stranded in the swamp with no cell phone reception!! After contemplating my next move I decided we had no choice but to start walking. Now I dont know exactly how far we were from the launch but I do know that we had been riding for at least 30 min (on and off) in the same direction(away from the launch 
) at a constant 20-25 mph. We walked for 5hrs though heavy vegitation, dragging the boat until we finally made it back to the ramp. The water was low so it never got past waist deep, but the vegitation and mud made it very VERY hard to stay on a stady pace. Thank the good lord that we are still young dumb and full of cum because I can promise you it was not a sunny walk in the park. When I got home last night I trashed the battery and bought me a brand new gel cell............ lessoned learned!! 
. Walked around in the woods a little bit and came back to a dead battery.
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