Recent content by Mike Trudel

If you need a little weight, pour lead onto the bottom of a greased pop or beer can bottom. Perfect dome you can epoxy to bottom of the decoy, if you don't want to keel them. Nice decoys!

Purchased a flat of Drylock Supremes (10 boxes) with the thought of getting back the $50 rebate. In past years to receive a rebate required proof of purchase and the UPC off the case. I requested paperwork to send in to get the rebate, and Winchester has decided to make the buyer cut the UPC off...

Wondering if any one has experience with Power Poles on their boat? Considering mounting a pair on my 19' full vee duck boat. -when used with sand or muck bottom, how well will they hold in the wind or a 2' chop? -when buying an 8' unit, is that 8' measured from the mounting bracket on the bow...

Very nice Robert! I really like the depth of paint on the drakes back and the dark hens for overcast days.

And I thought the holes in the bottom came that way?

Will soon be purchasing generation 3 of collapsible decoy bags and was wondering what thoughts others had on the toughness of these collapsible bags? I have found Ryobi to tear easy and Fishers to be to brittle in cold weather. Toro have performed the best of the three, but I see there is a...

After finally getting my 12a Hellis set up, I tested 4 different steel loads (3 shots each barrel). Although the gun has 3" capacity, all four brands were 2 3/4" shells. Being a pellet count freak (200 pellet minimum), all shells were #4 shot with a max speed of 1400fps. Winchester Super x...

Heavy Weight was sold by Buck Run Sports Supply in Pine Island, MN. The density was up to 13.5. I loaded some goose loads for long distance shooting. Unfortunately, the geese keep coming right into the decoys and it is hard to judge a load at 20 yards.

Though my duck rig is 95% wood/cork, I recently sold off my black cork geese and went to the smaller Avian X plastic geese. Because the goose decoys are handled by the neck, I pillar blocked the breast of my cork so the neck to decoy connection was wood to wood. Unfortunately, this added to...

I have seen Belgium full choke steel barrels develop a bulge from use with steel shot. Two options might be to open the choke to light mod or put a Japanese A-5 barrel on the gun for steel shot use. I put the Japanese barrel on my Belgium A-5 and put in an imp mod choke and shot over 3000 rounds...

This is a 1983 55hp Evinrude manual start tiller handle. I am the second owner, as the motor was bought new by a friend who was a professional marine mechanic. The motor has been serviced annually since it was new. The motor has a 14 pitch prop and a new additional 15 pitch prop comes with...

I have a 1983 55hp Evinrude on the boat now. It planes and runs fine with myself, dog, and decoys, but add another person or two and I need a long runway and favorable wind conditions to get up on plane.

The boat is 15' with three bench seats and a small front deck. Boat features varnished wood thru out, however the transom and bottom are painted green up to the water line. $700

Boat is 13' by 5'2". Cockpit is 76" x 38".There is no dry rot or checking. Dry storage compartments on both sides. Floatation in bow and both stern corners. Boat is on a semi-displacement hull and is very stable. Includes trailer. Trailer has a mounted spare tire and Buddy Bearings. Good shape...

3300 lbs and 150 hp