“Duck Dynasty\u2019s”<\/a> Jase Robertson told Zach Dasher and Al Robertson about multiple near-death experiences the crew faced, describing dangerous conditions that pushed both their equipment \u2014 and their bodies \u2014 to the breaking point.<\/p>\n “I\u2019ve named our experience the ice-pocalypse. When I left my house today, and it was nine days ago when this thing hit, I still had ice all over my steps. I couldn\u2019t walk. I couldn\u2019t walk to my truck. Now it\u2019s just all slippery \u2026 We spent eight days without power,” Dasher said on the “Unashamed” podcast<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n HISTORIC WINTER STORM PROMPTS GRAND OLE OPRY CANCELLATION, DISRUPTS MAJOR COUNTRY TOURS<\/a><\/p>\n Jase Robertson recounts a crew member’s hypothermia during a dangerous ice storm hunting expedition. (John Lamparski\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n Jase explained that he and a few friends had been out in his Argo, an extreme-terrain vehicle, because one of them had crashed his truck on the ice.<\/p>\n “Well, the ice is so thick that when we rounded a bend, we had to cut our way \u2019cause all these trees fell over there too. We did that for two or three days, and you had to have a chainsaw,” he said.<\/p>\n As fallen trees blocked their path, the water continued to rise beneath the ice. Then they saw thousands of ducks lift off near a blind, Jase recalled.<\/p>\n “Well, this water kept getting deeper, and I was breaking the ice, but we saw about 3,000 ducks get up in the vicinity of a duck blind<\/a>. Well, now we lost our mind,” he said. “We\u2019re like, we\u2019re going out there, but all we have is this Argo, and all of us are in it. And it only holds two people.”<\/p>\n Jase Robertson suffered chainsaw wounds and narrowly missed being crushed by a falling tree limb during the winter storm. (Denise Truscello\/WireImage)<\/p>\n The Argo struggled as ice thickened, forcing crew members into the freezing water to clear a path by hand.<\/p>\n “And at some point, the water got so deep \u2026 [The Argo] goes from riding on land to kind of a propulsion,” Jase said. “But the problem was the ice was so thick it didn\u2019t have enough power.”<\/p>\n “So, I said, \u2018Well, y\u2019all got to get out and break the ice,\u2019” he added.<\/p>\n “They\u2019re making a trail for me \u2014 I noticed that Cade started shaking violently,” Jase said, referring to a young Duck Commander staff member.<\/p>\n “He said, \u2018Well, somewhere in breaking this ice, I\u2019ve punched holes in my waders.'”<\/p>\n LIKE WHAT YOU\u2019RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n Phil Robertson, Jase Robertson, Si Robertson and Willie Robertson from the A&E series, “Duck Dynasty,” in 2012. (A&E)<\/p>\n With icy water flooding in, a nurse in the group recognized the danger immediately, he recalled.<\/p>\n “And Burley, who is a nurse \u2014 that\u2019s why I wasn\u2019t worried, I thought, \u2018We have a nurse\u2019 \u2014 and he\u2019s like, \u2018You\u2019re in the first stages of hypothermia,\u2019” Jase said, as he appeared to refer to another Duck Commander<\/a> member.<\/p>\n Cade said he thought he needed to go seek medical treatment, but Jase explained that they were so far out, there was nowhere to go, and they ended up sitting him in front of a fire and telling him to “every once in a while, raise up and shoot.”<\/p>\n \u2018DUCK DYNASTY\u2019 STAR WILLIE ROBERTSON SAYS AMERICA NEEDS TO SEE \u2018HEALTHY FAMILY\u2019 NOW MORE THAN EVER<\/a><\/p>\n At the end of the day, he recalled telling his wife, Missy, “It was a really tough day. So we lost the truck. We lost an Argo \u2026 We had a guy have hypothermia. We thought he was going to die. He pulled through.”\u00a0<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the danger didn\u2019t stop there.<\/p>\n While cutting fallen limbs, Jase suffered a chainsaw injury he didn\u2019t even realize at first.<\/p>\n The storm brought rare snowfall across Southern states, including Louisiana, Florida and Texas. (Tyler Kaufman\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n “But I looked down, and I was like, it looks like I\u2019ve been in a bar fight,” he said. “I mean, I had bruises and cuts. . . . That chainsaw nicked my leg, and everywhere there\u2019s a chain link, I had an open wound, and I didn\u2019t even know I did it.” He later realized just how close it came to disaster.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/a><\/p>\n “It kind of made me realize, well, that could have been a lot worse \u2019cause I was right at the brink of that and didn\u2019t even realize it,” he said.<\/p>\n Then came one final brush with death for the “Duck Dynasty”<\/a> star.<\/p>\n He explained that in the area where his family leaves their garbage cans for pick-up, there was a fallen limb suspended in the trees that was “as big around as me,” and his wife told him that the trash collectors wouldn’t be able to go under it. He made the decision to cut it down.<\/p>\n “So, I cut the tree off of it and all that, got it all straight,” Jase said. “Go back to the house, and we\u2019re sitting there talking. 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