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Dave, In my opinion, all the options discussed would only be acceptable for me for a puddler rig. I have a 16ft Scaup, with a very large cockpit, and it is snug with 2 guys and all the decoys we haul (4dozen min). I could certainly add a dog, but to haul all this in a 13/14ft boat would not be...

John Bourbon had Diane make him gunnel bags that he uses for "short" long lines of puddlers She added a weight pocket on both ends. I am sure you could have her make them anyway you want them. She made me 3x3s and 3x4s and added them to her catalog. Dave Clark could also make you whatever...

I have the High and Dry breathables. First pair of breathables, as I always had the Cabelas SuperMags. I still have a couple pr of the SuperMags, but have not worn them since buying the High and Dry. My only complaint they have fixed since I bought mine was how the knee patches were attached...

Early on, before I opened the cockpit, I did use mine to gather decoys. Sat on the deck with a kayak paddle, it did not paddle well. It has chines, and a concave hull so it towed well, but did not paddle well, though did float me just fine.

I really liked mine, and as I noted on FB, and posted here on DBs, made several changes to make it work better for me. I used it for taking more decoys when I had only my BBSB and wanted to layout hunt. I could fit a few more dozen decoys and once deployed, I simply anchored it off where I...

The 2 ovals are simply poured in half a torpedo weight. There are couple sizes and can be poured to varying weight.

Eric, I was unable to find the hunter/carvers this time. In the past, the middle school was the place for them, Veneasy, Smyzer, etc, would all be there and I always found a decoy to add to my spread. This year, they used the parking lot for parking and a bus stop but nothing else. I did...

I was disappointed in the Waterfowl festival this yr. I had not been since Covid, but found it focused too much on drinking, and all the venues were changed and the cataloge was worthless to figure out where things were being displayed. The basement of the Elks Lodge was food, the Armory had...

I used FB and FB MP significantly. I prefer MP to Craigslist as I can peruse the profile and determine whom I choose to reply to. The pages I follow have very little spam, and what does appear usually get removed. I admin one page myself, along with Anthony Babich, specific to South Bay Duck...

Mark, you are not going to find what you want that will be light enough to make that big a difference. I would suggest working on ways to overcome the challenges. Add wheels for moving, and a winch to pull it into the truck. I added a winch for the same reason, and am finding it quite useful...

I stopped in Cabelas on the Friday before Thanksgiving to see the new A300 Ultima. I was able to handle it, cycle the action and shoulder it a couple times. Seemed like a decent budget gun. When talking the folks behind the counter, they informed me that there were just 15 of each of the 2...

I appreciate the recommendation, as I will at some point bite the bullet and get her coated, but having a spare duck gun in the safe is rather tempting too. I will swing by Cabela's tomorrow to shoulder one and then see if I want to get up to be in line at 5am on Friday!

I have "only" the A-5 Magnum that is my go to duck gun. I hate to see how the salt is hurting her, but she is past the point where I won't eventually have her refinished, and maybe coated in some fashion.... not traditional, but she is my work horse and already sports a composite stock...

I imagine you got them from Josh Beebe? They are black cork, but because they were so dry, I sealed them with Spar Varnish, and then restle coating the to fill in some of the larger voids. I got the bodies in a huge lot of decoy stuff in OH some yrs ago. I still have some dozen puddler and a...

I love the beavertail. All folds to one side, so wide open to work the rig. I added webbing straps to gunnel instead of the travel cover so wraps up at the end of the day do easy.

I made a similar shelf for the D&K Scooter. Well, actually I repurposed one I had made for the Burdick Scull years ago. I added outdoor carpet to the bottom so that is slide easier and would not be wood on wood, or in the original case, wood on fiberglass.

Great! Another project added to my ever growing list.....

It certainly would be, but we are hunting open water, and there is 4 to 8 ft of water on top of the 4 to 8 feet of mud. We never get out of the boat.

When we hunt open water in VA on the tides, we use a pair of 15ft fiberglass poles, anchor poles. These serve mutiple purposes for us; 1. the mud is 4 to 8ft thick, and no anchors have held fast in any wind 2. the use of a pole fore and aft keeps us positioned and not swinging on a anchor as...