Tundra duck bust'n

[Mother ducker]

[Mother ducker]

Not sure why my pics loaded like this, any help first time trying with apple

[Jeff S]

Wow! Beautiful pictures. Jeff

[Jim Cloninger]

Way cool, Ducker. Where did this bust'n take place? Your, boat what is the make, made of and when was it made? I have 2 Barnegat Bay Sneak boats from New Jersey, one made in 1935 of cedar, and one made a few years ago of cedar and fiberglass.
Jim

[Sporrns]

Now, THIS is a hardcore duck hunter! Looks to be a perfect day for Blackduck; a little more sunshine and wind and a little less temp would help. We set up in the bay behind Stone Harbor NJ one morning just like this and killed a limit of Blackducks, then a limit of Brant right at the edge of the iceline!! Kevin

[Mother ducker]

Jim, this was the Mid Bay Area of Chesapeake Bay. boat is a first gen Carsten the added pic shows the cockpit better witch they changed to a square design that ruined its ability to take water in my opinion. It's fiberglass and late 90's vintage.of all my boats it's my favorite,and I made some myself. In the 20 or so years I owned it, it's traveled more than 2000 miles over water as a lay out and tender,and at least 70,000 on my truck! That's a lot of beating,the glass has held up perfectly. As to the term " Hardcore Duckhunter" that's an admission of insanity. Gotta love it

[Jim Cloninger]

Thanks for the info, Ducker. I grew up in Minnesota in the 1950's and 60's. "THE" duck boat at that time was the the Aluma Craft double ended aluminum duck boat. During that time I made my own "Barnegat Bay" boat, round bottom from concave, convex inter-lapping cedar. It was a hell of a boat. Took it to the Pas in northern Manatoba where an Indian ran over it with his truck and it still kept going! Broke ice with it so many times I had to fiberglase the hull. Sad to say, my boat was destroyed when after college I left home for a job in California. I LOVE duck boats. I would like to post a picture of my current boats, but, being 77 years old, I don't have a digital camera or smart phone! If someone is willing to scan a couple of 35mm pictures and post them, you will be able to see my boats.
Jim

[Jim Cloninger]

Fin2Feather has volunteered to post a couple of pictures of my duck boats. Thanks Phil. Jim

[Mother ducker]

Hunting 3 people, capacity becomes a challenge

Tunnel/ cat hull for high capacity/stability

Flip up back rest to access stowables

Layout use draft is perfectly balanced

Jim, we're getting off topic but I love duck boats too. Here is one I built from scratch

[Mother ducker]

Sporns, we had no ice line the wind was 15-20 all day as far as you can see in the pics is ice I chipped a hole 6-8 inches deep and was nowhere close to water , never saw a drop of "water" all day and we walked for 2 hours!

[OH Osthaus]

I love the classic duck boats -

keep the pictures coming - there is a board- there is a lot of decoy carving on it as well - but building and restoring classic duck boats is a fair part of it

http://www.duckboats.net/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi


i have looked at a few - keep thinking of taking one on as a project (i restored a 1928 Old Town sailing canoe a while back)

[Jim Cloninger]

Ducker, The picture of the boat you built hanging in your garage reminds me of the last time I saw the BBSB I built that was hanging in my dad's garage. The last time I saw it was when I moved to CA for a job. When I inquired about the boat, my mother said the rope failed and the boat hit my dad's car. So he chopped it up! Knowing my mother, I don't believe a word she said.

[Foxnut]

Great photo’s of the hunt and great discussion on the duck boats. Over the holidays I read Jim and Barbara Marsh’s book on the famous Pte. Mouille Shooring Club. A lot of good info on the punt boats used and some of the builders. For you water fowlers it’s an enjoyable read!

[Jeff S]

Great photo’s of the hunt and great discussion on the duck boats. Over the holidays I read Jim and Barbara Marsh’s book on the famous Pte. Mouille Shooring Club. A lot of good info on the punt boats used and some of the builders. For you water fowlers it’s an enjoyable read!

I have that book too. Great pictures and great stories.

[Stan Hillis]

My duck boat is not homemade, by me anyway. But, it is handmade in the sense that it is hand laid fiberglass. I bought it out of Florida, down around Lake Okeechobee as I recall, 20+ years ago. It is basically a one man modified kayak, with a much more open cockpit than current kayaks. It is very stable as long as you have your butt on the seat. Try to get up on a knee, or stand, and all stability is gone. I have never capsized it in all these years duck hunting. It is 12' in length, and weighs 38 lbs., very easily carried for some distance, or easy to slide along behind you loaded with gear. I have assumed for many years that they were no longer in production, as I thought I remembered that they were built by an old man, in a one man operation. However, just recently I did a search and found that they are indeed still being made, in Florida, under the name of Don's Kayaks. I don't think they are bought as often for duck hunting now as before, as evidenced by the colors offered, but since I did my own camo job anyway, it really doesn't matter what color they are I guess. I think mine was originally a dark olive color. When hunting I snap the two piece paddle apart and use only one half of it. drifting with the current, and using it only to keep the boat straight. If using it with dekes, in still water, you can camo it quickly and easily by sticking brush, cattails or grass under the elastic cords on top. I redid the camo last week, as it was getting a bit "ragged". Oh yeah ........... they are $395 (!!!), picked up at Don's place.

http://donskayaks.com





A limit of woodies taken from the "duckayak" last Saturday.



SRH