RedactedNarrative: ON THE OPENING THE DAY THE GUN DEER SEASON Operator LAUNCHED HIS KAYAK ON THE FOND DU LAC RIVER FROM THE MASCOUTIN STATE TRAIL, ELDORADO WILDLIFE AREA. HE LAUNCHED AT APPROXIMATELY 6:15 AM AND PADDLED UPSTREAM AND NORTHBOUND. THE TEMPURATURES WERE IN THE 20S F AND THE RIVER WAS FROZEN EXCEPT FOR A NARROW CHANNEL OF FLOWING WATER. APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE UPSTREAM HE CAPSIZED HIS KAYAK AND WAS UNABLE TO GET BACK IN AND PADDLE BACK. HE WALKED HIS KAYAK AND GEAR IN THE SHALLOW WATERS AND WHILE DOING SO LOST HIS KNEEBOOTS. HE BECAME COLD AND UNABLE TO CONTINUE WALKING BACK. THE DEEPEST POINT HE GOT WET DURING THE INCIDENT WAS HIS MID CHEST. HE CALLED 911 WHEN HE WAS UNABLE TO PROCEDE DUE TO COLD EXPOSURE AND HE WAS WITHIN VIEW OF THE MASCOUTIN TRAIL BRIDGE HE LAUCHED FROM, APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS UPSTREAM. RESCUERS WERE ABLE TO RETRIEVE HIM FROM THE WATER AS HE WAS PARTIALLY STANDING BUT UNABLE TO MOVE. HE WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO SSM HEALTHCARE, FOND DU LAC EMERGENCY ROOM FOR COLD EXPOSURE/HYPOTHERMIA TREATMENT AND RELEASED. HE CLAIMED HE HAD A TYPE V PFD WITH BUT IT WAS NEVER WORN AND WAS NOT RECOVERED FROM THE SCENE