A DeRidder man drowned over the weekend while duck hunting in Beauregard Parish, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

John F. Lowe, 58, was found in Bundick Lake at around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, according to a LDWF release.

Agents responded to a scene at the lake at 3 a.m. Saturday and learned that Lowe and three others were duck hunting in a 14 foot aluminum boat on the lake. The vessel began taking in water and eventually capsized.

The three survivors told LDWF that everyone in the group had been wearing life jackets, but at some point Lowe took his off in order to take off his waders. When the group jumped in the water, Lowe was not wearing his life jacket.

The three survivors were able to cling to the capsized boat until another boater rescued them.

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