I have hunted the point since 1965 off ,and on. Used to hunt Little Rice ,and the unit ,but now only the unit. My mentors, and hunting partners are gone (you have to have a mentor to start ) so I hunt the unit by myself 90% of the time.I actually really enjoy hunting by myself, but find that with the aging process I have become more concerned about my safety ,than shooting ducks.I only hunt afternoons, and returning in the dark doesn't seem as much fun as it used to .I look back on some of the things I did in my younger days ,and find it hard to believe that I am still here (ignorance is bliss ). The Bay is a wonderful place most days ,but it can change in a heartbeat ,and scare the living s**t out of you. Singlemalts post struck a cord with me because I have had some similar experiences (with water going out ,as well as coming up faster than you can believe )I guess what I am trying to say is that as I have aged (63 ) I am much more cautious to the point that I am not putting my boat in the water this year (low water levels ), just going to do a few walk outs.A couple of years ago the water went out on me, and I did just like singlemalt ,overdoing it to a point where it is almost panic ,and for no real good reason because I was safe ,but you just want to get back to the dock. The worst I remember was back in the late sixties when we were out in Little Rice bay and the water kept going higher. We were convinced that it had to go down ,but gave up when we were standing on the seat of the hide( ducks flying like crazy but couldn't shoot any since retrieval was impossible ) and had to wrap a belt around my waders and swim to the boat so we could get home. And if there is one absolute in all of this ,like Sonnyuphi noted ,why did I put so many dekes out ! Be carefull out there guys !