RedactedNarrative: On saturday january 2, 2016, shortly after going on duty, i overheard a call out about a boat and truck and boat being stuck/submerged in the water at one of the boat ramps on the duck river in maury co, tn. I called our dispatch to see if they had been contacted about the incident. They had not. I proceeded to the location that had come across maury co sheriffs dept radio. I, along with deputy, arrived at the alleged location to find that no truck/ boat to be in the area. I looked around ramp and found no sign of any vehicles exiting the ramp that morning. 
  
  I talked to subject1 shortly thereafter and he stated the submerged boat was at leftwich boat ramp off of sowell mill pike in eastern maury co. Myself and deputy made our way to leftwich bridge. Upon arrival we found an unnattended toyota pickup with a boat trailer and a partially submerged vessel in the water that was tied to the boat trailer with a rope. 
  
  The river looked to be above normal levels and had more current flow due to the recent high amounts of rain and flooding that had happened the previous week. At that time we believed the owner of the boat and truck may have slipped into water as they tried to retrieve vessel. Tags and boat registration was ran to find owner. I found owners contact information in real system and tried to give the individual  a call in which i had no contact. 
  
  About twenty minutes after arriving on scene, v1owner, the owner of the boat and truck came out of the woods. He had been hunting. V1owner then told us that around 05:30am, he and another individual tried to launch the vessel into the river. The motor would not start as he entered the water and left the trailer. The vessel then began to go downstream with the current of the duck river. Once the vessel reached the length of the rope the vessel began to track to the side of the river downstream of the ramp. When the rope became taut, the bow came up in the water which caused the transom to go down into the water. 
  
  Water then filled the vessel and capsized the vessel. V1owner stated after the boat was submerged, he and the other individual decided they would still go hunting on yanahli wma. In speaking with v1owner, he stated the vessel was worth approximately $3,000.00. 
  
  A wrecker was called to aide in retrieving the vessel. The vessel was pulled from the river and was loaded on to the boat trailer. There seemed to be no other visible damage to the boat and motor other than it had been submerged and a tie off had broke during the removal process. I did tell v1owner that if he planned to run the boat he should probably have the motor looked at and serviced along with having a boat repair shop check the bottom of the boat for damage since it was drug across some rocks as it was being pulled from the river and onto the bank. No citations were issued to v1owner and both officers along with v1owner and his hunting partner left the scene.
  