{"id":456742,"date":"2026-02-08T17:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T17:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/456742\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T17:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T17:31:13","slug":"duck-dynasty-star-jase-robertson-and-team-had-multiple-near-death-experiences-during-louisiana-snowstorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/456742\/","title":{"rendered":"Duck Dynasty star Jase Robertson and team had multiple near death experiences during Louisiana snowstorm"},"content":{"rendered":"

The massive\u00a0winter storm\u00a0that hit many parts of the South last month<\/a> also wreaked havoc on the \u201cDuck Dynasty\u201d crew.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuck Dynasty\u2019s\u201d\u00a0Jase 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

\u201cI\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,\u201d Dasher said on the\u00a0\u201cUnashamed\u201d podcast<\/a>\u00a0this week.<\/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

\u201cWell, 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,\u201d 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

\u201cWell, 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\u00a0duck blind. Well, now we lost our mind,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jase Robertson holds a chainsaw after countless trees fell over during a snowstorm in Louisiana in January. Missyduckwife\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Jase Robertson speaks with Al Robertson on the \u201cUnashamed with the Robertson Family\u201d podcast. Unashamed with the Robertson Family\/YouTube<\/p>\n

The Argo struggled as ice thickened, forcing crew members into the freezing water to clear a path by hand.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd at some point, the water got so deep \u2026 [The Argo] goes from riding on land to kind of a propulsion,\u201d Jase said. \u201cBut the problem was the ice was so thick it didn\u2019t have enough power.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I said, \u2018Well, y\u2019all got to get out and break the ice,\u2019\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re making a trail for me \u2014 I noticed that Cade started shaking violently,\u201d Jase said, referring to a young Duck Commander staff member.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said, \u2018Well, somewhere in breaking this ice, I\u2019ve punched holes in my waders.’\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cDuck Dynasty\u201d family says the ice storm had shut down daily life and forced them into survival mode, and that they spent days without power in frigid temperatures. Missyduckwife\/Instagram<\/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. Unashamed with the Robertson Family\/YouTube<\/p>\n

With icy water flooding in, a nurse in the group recognized the danger immediately, he recalled.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd 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\u201d Jase said, as he appeared to refer to another\u00a0Duck Commander\u00a0member.<\/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 \u201cevery once in a while, raise up and shoot.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the end of the day, he recalled telling his wife, Missy, \u201cIt 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.\u201d<\/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. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the danger didn\u2019t stop there.<\/p>\n

While cutting fallen limbs, Jase suffered a chainsaw injury<\/a> he didn\u2019t even realize at first.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I looked down, and I was like, it looks like I\u2019ve been in a bar fight,\u201d he said. \u201cI 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.\u201d He later realized just how close it came to disaster.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt 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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Then came one final brush with death for the\u00a0\u201cDuck Dynasty\u201d\u00a0star.<\/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 \u201cas big around as me,\u201d and his wife told him that the trash collectors wouldn\u2019t be able to go under it. He made the decision to cut it down.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I cut the tree off of it and all that, got it all straight,\u201d Jase said. \u201cGo back to the house, and we\u2019re sitting there talking. Kawoom.\u201d A massive limb crashed down exactly where he had been moments earlier.<\/p>\n

\u201cI look \u2014 one twice as big hit right where I just was and just decimated the garbage can,\u201d he said. \u201cIf I would have done this about 30 seconds later, I wouldn\u2019t be here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jase and Willie Robertson at the 47th CMA Awards in Nashville, Tenn. on Nov. 6, 2013. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The \u201cDuck Dynasty\u201d family says the ice storm had shut down daily life and forced them into survival mode, and that they spent days without power in frigid temperatures.<\/p>\n

Last month, power outages across the US surged past 200,000, according to data from PowerOutage.us, with widespread blackouts reported in\u00a0Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Louisiana State Police Senior Trooper Ryan Davis warned on FOX Weather that highways could remain icy and treacherous for days after major storms.<\/p>\n

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