Huntin' Boats

[motorcitymadman]

Let's see and hear about y'alls hunting boats / blinds.

Here's mine, 16X44 Gator Trax with a 23 Mud Buddy HD Sport and a
4000 LB. Warn Winch.

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p228/motorcitymadmanTX/100_0725.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p228/motorcitymadmanTX/100_0727.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p228/motorcitymadmanTX/100_0975.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p228/motorcitymadmanTX/100_0726.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p228/motorcitymadmanTX/100_0742.jpg

[mnbenelli]

Here's mine...


http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p203/mshearer76/week4_7.jpg


http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p203/mshearer76/week4_1.jpg

[DropEmInDE]

HAHAHa Mike Im gonna get me one of those.....For Them LArgEMouth Ducks lol....

[Jewelry Crew]

im diggin the nitro..i cant wait for it to warm up so i can go get out on the water...its the only thing that will keep me sane till september

[ThePreacher]

sweet matches my showtime

[IowaMigr8tor]

No it matches my SHOWTIME!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[kingkilla]

motorcitymadman, whats the wench for.

[IowaMigr8tor]

Wenching things, duh!

[ThePreacher]

it matches our showtimes... but only one of mine... i just won another on ebay... 105 brand new..... crap yeah

[kingkilla]

Wenching things, duh!
last time i looked there wasnt anything to wench in the middle of a lake. and even if there was a log in the water i would just go around it. duh iowamigr"8"er

[ThePreacher]

maybe hes fishin for that big ass northern on the other thread???? thats why he needs it..... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

[kingkilla]

maybe hes fishin for that big ass northern on the other thread???? thats why he needs it..... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
i think hes going after those killer whales. or those great whites.

[HRK]

motorcitymadman, whats the wench for.

thats for pullin yourself outta the really nasty **** that those boats get into. :D

AL its spelled "winch".................not "wench".........QUOTE a wench is a nasty ol lady..........

[mnbenelli]

I had a wench once...her name was Flo! YUMMY!

[IowaMigr8tor]

Al has a hard time spelling sometimes.

[kingkilla]

dont make fun of me cause i spelled a word rong. :cry:

[HRK]

dont make fun of me cause i spelled a word rong. :cry:


im sorry brother..............want a tissue................. :roll:

just razzin ya..............

[HRK]

heres mine 1648 grizzly alweld, the motor is being replaced with a mud motor probably a mudbuddy 35 hypersport.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q163/akchunter/000_0002_4.jpg

[ThePreacher]

smoked em that day huh barry.... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

im just joshin yah... and nice boat....

[HRK]

smoked em that day huh barry.... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

im just joshin yah... and nice boat....

no that was a pic of my dogs very first bird at 9 months old ......we had a full 3 person limit that day............pretty good day actually 9 birds, 3 hrs huntin with a 9 mo old dog first time out and all water retrieves :D

[ThePreacher]

Nice work... i kinda figured something like that... not very many times does a person go out and shoot one goose. unless you suck at shooting. :D :D

[h20fowler]

I was out this year and shot 1 goose. Shot 100% also. Every bird flew out to the south with the exception of 1 lost loner. We talked him right in and took him at about 5 feet.

Back to the subject at hand... This WAS my boat.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l125/j_anschutz/back.jpg

[roonie76]

Back to the question of using a winch, marshmaster and I wished we had one a couple of years ago out in South Dakota. We were in a nice spot on a big marsh on the Missouri River, shooting the **** out of some greenheads. After we fill our limit, we get out and try to move the boat. Well in the time it took us to fill our limit, they let a bunch of water out of the dam in Yankton and we were high and dry. Took us about an hour to push that thing off that mud patty that used to be six inches of water! And then the channel that we motored out of that morning was down too so we had to walk to boat about a mile to the launch. Trust me, I slept good that night! :D

[motorcitymadman]

The winch is for pulling over levees. All the refuges around here are tidal, so they levee them off to control salt water intrusion and put rollers made out of PVC so you have to pull your boat over to get into the marsh.

[bringbands]

just had a 14 ft. aluminum given to me....i'll have to submit some pics as soon as i have some.....looks like some good rigs ya'll have

[Hunter4UK]

Man we had so few ducks we probably looked like these guys...
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r146/Hunter4uk/Desperate.jpg

[Airboatcapt2]

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o158/DOCandMOM2B/1-10-06DarrylDuck640.jpg

This is a New Hunting Boat I built for Chris Martin of Bay Flats Lodge in S. Texas!

[Airboatcapt2]

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o158/DOCandMOM2B/IMG_0161.jpg

Here is another Awesome Hunting Boat I built for Capt Chris Atkinson in S. Texas

[HRK]

:shock: serious equipment right there. 8)

[Airboatcapt2]

This one is serious.
22x8 AirRanger with 572 Chevrolet 620 H.P. Engine
10 Passanger Duck Hunting Machine


http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o158/DOCandMOM2B/100_0848-1.jpg


http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o158/DOCandMOM2B/100_0850.jpg


http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o158/DOCandMOM2B/100_0845.jpg

[mnbenelli]

I gotta have one... :shock:

[ThePreacher]

thats ridiculous........ how many gallons to the mile with them engines????

[HRK]

NOW THATS REALLY WILD !!!!!!!! I CALL THAT A LIMO......... :D

[Airboatcapt2]

Im sure he can burn through 50 gallons of 93 Octane in 5 or 6 hours.

I have gone 90 miles on 33 Gallons with a 502/502 but it really depends who is driving.

[Killer Miller]

Here's me, Derek, and Al in my boat after we finished the blind.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l318/KillerMiller19_2006/DSCN0561.jpg

Folded down...
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l318/KillerMiller19_2006/DSCN0564.jpg

Spread pic with boat....
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l318/KillerMiller19_2006/DSCN0575.jpg

Derek and I with a limit on the last day of early duck....
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l318/KillerMiller19_2006/DSCN0632.jpg

The motor that I had was an 18 hp Evinrude. I now have a 35 hp 'Rude and it pushes the boat way better. The blind didn't hold up like we thought it was going to. We're going to do something different with it this summer.

[RidgeNelson]

Spread pic with boat....
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l318/KillerMiller19_2006/DSCN0575.jpg





I know that spot....

[kingkilla]

Spread pic with boat....
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l318/KillerMiller19_2006/DSCN0575.jpg





I know that spot....
dont lie. no one knows that spot besides us

[Killer Miller]

Hey man after the openers, that spot is all yours if you want it.........well all yours and all the stupid city boys that have no concept of waterfowling whatsoever but buy decoys and loud calls and might kill a duck or 2 here and there.

We found a new hotspot. Just kinda learned the ropes of the place last year......even though I had never been there we killed our limit quicker or killed more birds than any other group out there on any given day. I think I hunted it 5 days. We'll really have 'em dialed in this fall! 8)

[IowaMigr8tor]

Hey man after the openers, that spot is all yours if you want it.........well all yours and all the stupid city boys that have no concept of waterfowling whatsoever but buy decoys and loud calls and might kill a duck or 2 here and there.

We found a new hotspot. Just kinda learned the ropes of the place last year......even though I had never been there we killed our limit quicker or killed more birds than any other group out there on any given day. I think I hunted it 5 days. We'll really have 'em dialed in this fall! 8)


"BUT I DONT WANT TO HUNT HERE" says Al

[kingkilla]

Hey man after the openers, that spot is all yours if you want it.........well all yours and all the stupid city boys that have no concept of waterfowling whatsoever but buy decoys and loud calls and might kill a duck or 2 here and there.

We found a new hotspot. Just kinda learned the ropes of the place last year......even though I had never been there we killed our limit quicker or killed more birds than any other group out there on any given day. I think I hunted it 5 days. We'll really have 'em dialed in this fall! 8)


"BUT I DONT WANT TO HUNT HERE" says Al
sorry i didnt want to get shot from the 4 guys who were set up less than fifty yards from us on the other side of the corn.

[IowaMigr8tor]

Hey man after the openers, that spot is all yours if you want it.........well all yours and all the stupid city boys that have no concept of waterfowling whatsoever but buy decoys and loud calls and might kill a duck or 2 here and there.

We found a new hotspot. Just kinda learned the ropes of the place last year......even though I had never been there we killed our limit quicker or killed more birds than any other group out there on any given day. I think I hunted it 5 days. We'll really have 'em dialed in this fall! 8)


"BUT I DONT WANT TO HUNT HERE" says Al
sorry i didnt want to get shot from the 4 guys who were set up less than fifty yards from us on the other side of the corn.

Well you said that in the parking lot, not when we were set up and people were definatly over 100 yds away. I'm just giving you **** Al, lighten up. LOL

[h20fowler]

You went and set up 100 yards away from someone else?

[RidgeNelson]

No I dont hunt there. But you can see the bridge in the background...

[IowaMigr8tor]

You went and set up 100 yards away from someone else?

No, we were set up way before anyone else was. It is a small public marsh that gets a ton of people that don't know how to call, shoot, etc.

[kingkilla]

You went and set up 100 yards away from someone else?
you think were that dumb. the people set up 50 yards from us. not a 100. and we didnt even know they were there until they started shootin

[h20fowler]

you think were that dumb. the people set up 50 yards from us. not a 100. and we didnt even know they were there until they started shootin

No, never called you dumb. That was just the way I read it. Public marsh's can have all kinds of entertainment.

[Drake691]

I have always wanted to have an airboat for hunting waterfowl and moose. I don't think i've every seen someone when we go hunting. we seem to always have the march to ourself.

[DK Dogs]

nice boat Miller.
That is the reason I sold mine. I could not stand doing all the work and having a really nice boat and some ding bat comes in and screws it all up. Now I just walk in on private ponds and or fields to hunt.

[Airboatcapt2]

Here is a 13ft Ultra light weight model set up for 2 guys,

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n62/airboatcapt2/Pete5.jpg

[Hunter4UK]

I know it aint a Gator Trax or a War Eagle or even a Grizzly but it's my first boat and I got a heck of a deal on it...
It went from this...
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r146/Hunter4uk/BoatProject7312007003.jpg
To This
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r146/Hunter4uk/Pics882007001.jpg
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r146/Hunter4uk/Pics8102007002.jpg
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r146/Hunter4uk/Pics8102007005.jpg
With Nav Lights, Bilge Pump, a 12 Volt plug and Tuff Coat on the floors and seats.

[Watch em fall]

Its better than nothing! Not a bad first boat. I need to take some pic's of my dad's 23 ft war eagle to put up.

[mnbenelli]

You did a hell of a job on that boat...Looks great!!!

[Hunter4UK]

Thanks I definately put in the hours.
Oh yeah i used Parker Duck Boat paint... That stuff is freakin awesome! Sprayed it on with an HVLP gravity feed and it did great! I highly recomend it.

[MNGoose_Slayer]

how the heck do you blind up that airboat? Sure couldnt blind it up around here with the lack of rainfall it woud look like a huge island....sweet boat

[ia_young_gun]

just put the blind on today, should have pics tomorrow

[ia_young_gun]

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r134/ia_young_gun/DuckBlindPics001.jpg
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r134/ia_young_gun/DuckBlindPics002.jpg
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r134/ia_young_gun/DuckBlindPics003.jpg
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r134/ia_young_gun/DuckBlindPics004.jpg
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r134/ia_young_gun/DuckBlindPics005.jpg
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r134/ia_young_gun/DuckBlindPics006.jpg

More Decoy Storage
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r134/ia_young_gun/DuckBlindPics007.jpg

A Bench/Decoy Storage Box is going here
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r134/ia_young_gun/DuckBlindPics008.jpg

With the steering wheel lid on
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r134/ia_young_gun/DuckBlindPics009.jpg

Some more camo
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r134/ia_young_gun/DuckBlindPics010.jpg
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r134/ia_young_gun/DuckBlindPics011.jpg

[David]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/Team1Turpin/travel.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/Team1Turpin/travel.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/Team1Turpin/hunting1.jpg

She may not be the purtiest but she is battle tested!!

[SGTSLTR]

Here's my junker.......

shooting side
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e343/SGTSLTR/rtside.jpg
back side
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e343/SGTSLTR/ltside.jpg
front
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e343/SGTSLTR/front.jpg
back
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e343/SGTSLTR/rear.jpg
inside
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e343/SGTSLTR/inside.jpg

[spaightlabs]

David - you might consider wither camo duct tape or some krylon flat back on your tubing - it glares pretty good from the light/flash, it'll do the same in the sun...