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Bankes uses a wood stringer free foam injection process to build their hulls, like Everglades, Boston Whaler, Yellowtail, etc. The big advantage of this bull build approach is that the foam core is a fused one-piece unit that adheres to the entire hull and deck shell surface as well as its...

Bankes boats are also well built, they seem to have really fallen off the face of the Earth after the onset of the pandemic. Since most of their sales are in the US, I assume they are having a tough time shipping across the border. I had to wade through a fair number of saltwater TDBs that...

Brad, one of the guys I hunted with in NoDak for the first seven years was stationed on Guam with his wife who was also in the Air Force. They were doing touch and go drills with their fully fueled B-52. Janet was off-duty at their home when she received a call that John's bomber was leaking...

One additional point: Plastics made prior about 2005 often can absorb water from ethanol containing fuel and swell. Consequently, bad things generally result. Might be a good time to replace old fuel supply lines, also why old motors do better on non-ethanol content fuel. I bought a 2007 Boston...

There are multiple stations and marinas in the Great Lakes region that sell non-ethanol premium gas. I have had better luck with Starbrite gas treatment with fogging solution in it. The only other approach from adding fuel separator would be to use starting fluid spray in the intake. We had...

prices vary based on age, condition, and prior manufacturers of the TDB-14'classics. Look for a boat with a hardcover if you can get one. If not, closely inspect the floor sections near the two stern floatation chamber's intersection with the floor and the stern splash well. Water that was...

Congratulations on your joint season! My waterfowl hunting partner attended the Orvis Shooting School in Traverse City, Mi. with his oldest daughter. Louie said that Brian Bilinski did a nice job of cleaning up his shooting and also put an extensive volume of effort in getting Sandy dialed in...

Very nice! Troy, how has your grouse population held up, ours is nearly fully recovered.

So, now that this topic has be thoroughly discussed, what provisions have you put in place to get back into the boat, particularly if you hunt alone? I once blew the neck gaiter seal on a dry suit while diving in about thirty feet of water upstream from the Sault Locks entry on the Lake...

Vince, they are a very strongly flavored bird, not greasy/fishy, but best grill and served medium rare. The other approach I have tried is to roll them in int 1" cubes in Italiani bread crumbs, chill, and then brown them in peanut oil to serve with doctored 'Frattelli Italian sauce and pecorino...

I can get around six birds out of a sheet,J...

I owned a TDB-14' for seven years prior buying and eventually completely rebuilding a TDB-17' classic to what I consider to be a better utilization of the general hull design. Anthony makes some really good points regarding the benefits of the HT-14' over the TDB-14's shortcomings, particularly...

Yes, it speaks volumes regarding the animal's resilience when you can roll a bear the length of a Ford F-150 crew cab at 30mph or so, and the result is a few wads of hair and most of the corn it was gobbling-up from the field to the north left behind. I distinctly remember our joint epiphany...

MVP and SJB flocks were combined to form a new management unit about three years ago by the Flyway Council. SJB bird's flight corridor truncates at Seney National Wildlife Refuge, extending east to the St, Marys River. We get focks of both species of lessers, with the smallest a little larger...

I believe these events occurred during our second year hunting this farm. We were setting-up for geese on a foggy morning in the dark, trying not to blind each other with our headlamps as the three of us unloaded gear and assembled decoys prior putting the spread in place in a hay field...

While 110s work, they are not strong enough to kill them quickly...

I was handed 18 bead foam divers with good wood bottom boards, Herters 72 heads and Herters cast keel weights. I would like to trestle coat these with mastic/burlap for their owner as a summer project prior his return to the UP this fall to hunt. Never burlapped a decoy, so I am looking for...

A #220 Conibear set in a cubby box so that it is in deep enough to not allow a dog to trigger it. Unless you have feral cats around... bait it with canned cat food.