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Bill, That's an awesome picture :) Scott

I'm partial to labs and goldens because that's what I've grown up around. They both have great personalities for 'the other 10 months of the year.' I have friends with Chessies, and I agree, they do seem tougher in harsh conditions than labs or goldens. I watched one stand in thigh (on me)...

Carl, Dad has had his 4-door Tacoma for a while now and I've ridden with him several times on hunting or fishing trips. A couple times I was in the back seat and there was plenty of room (I'm right at 6'). The ride is a bit stiff, but not terrible. As for gas mileage, he said 19-21 and most...

Mark, We're way past the warranty mileage. Michael, I don't tow much with this vehicle (small trailer with lightweight boat similar to a FatBoy on it). Reading various forums over the last couple days, Ford Escapes have a pretty bad history with their transmissions/torque converters...

Mike, There weren't any problems until after the lights came on. On the way from my house to the shop, there were two times where it simply wouldn't shift into gear. Restarting the car a couple of times and then it would. Scott

I know there are several folks around here that know a lot more about cars than I ever will. I need a reality check on the diagnosis by the local transmission shop. I have an '06 Escape with 150,000 miles on it. Saturday night, we were about 70 miles from home when the check engine light...

I lived in Ft Smith for a couple of years, and heading west into Oklahoma is good advice. There are several large lakes and the Arkansas River that hold ducks. I didn't have much time to really sort everything out, but the ducks were in different locations based on water levels so in-season...

Your off season adventure has been really fun to watch Rob! Looking forward to seeing the in-season shots. Only a few more months of this crazy heat wave and we'll start seeing the first few ducks around here. Scott

Congrats Rick! I'm a year or so behind you. Already working on a paper this morning. The joys of being back in school! Scott

Ed, Lou is the expert on this stuff. Here is an old thread that discusses his method, along with others http://duckboats.net/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=61640;search_string=Prepping%20aluminum%20boat;#61640

I'm not the expert at this, my dad has been running trials and now hunt tests for 30 years. He's pretty sold on genetics. His advice when I got Bailey was "you can't train genetics" Bailey has a great pedigree, and you can see it. She has the desire to please, and training was really easy...

That's looking awesome Rob!

Congratulations Tom! Enjoy all the free time and hunting trips while the rest of us are slaving away at work! Scott

Nope, that wasn't it. This was a single novel. Those look interesting though.

The other thread about books got me thinking about books I've read in the past about outdoor adventure, and I remembered one that I'd read a LONG time back but I can't remember the title. I was hoping someone around here might know the book and point me in the right direction. It was about...

hehe....your photo wins Craig, you have proof yours worked!!!

It isn't rated for any weight. I used to have a KARA and have had 2 guys and a dog (~450lbs) with gear (another 100 maybe?) with one guy in back poling and the other riding on the bow. We were in calm water and that's the only place I'd want to do that. With just 2 guys and gear or 2 guys...

Looks awesome Rob! Watching the building of your boat has helped me fight back the urge to dig up a new boat this year! (being in grad school is forcing me to wait another year or so). Have enjoyed the updates and I'm impressed with the building process they use.

Dave, does your floor have any contour to it? If you look at the bottom of most of the commercial boats, they have built in runners. These help limit flexing of the hull. With the boats I built, we had a mold rather than plug and the layers from outside in consisted of: gel coat, 2 layers...

Craig, w.gammill was gracious enough to show me around the area when I moved here. Great guy, and he knows the area much better than I do. There are ducks on both lakes at times. Not as many as some other areas in the state, but if you are looking for 1 day hunts those can be really long...