RULE CONFLICT

I have a question and all comments are welcome.  For sometime now I have been wanting to float down many stretches of creek during deer season for quiet and good access. 
 
I have read the digest and come to the conclusion that you are not able to have a firearm loaded in your pursuit by using a canoe powered by paddle.  It comes down to trying to figure the meaning of "under power" as stated in the digest. Vague as it may be, paddling, by definition is power, if you get technical.  We all know how interpretation can be miscued.  Am I wrong with that statement?
 
With that said.  In the same area, at the same time, I could be completely camouflaged and shoot ducks by paddling down a creek and jump shooting.  Doesn't seem right and very dangerous!