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Steve, was borne with 2 curses, be "mechanically handy" and stubborn. I didn't need any new projects but knew a nice hull when I saw it. Spent my free time the first year putting lipstick on the old boat and the second year putting a a new boat under the lipstick. 😂

This is my long tale which explains some of my absence from this page. Its a cautionary tale of an almost "Free" boat. In April of 2023 a friend from Montana asked me to either buy or sell a boat for a friend. Beware of friends offering essentially free boats!!! It was a 1994 custom built...

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Was I guilty of this one too? I have used the plastoids in the past. they definitely attract ducks to the rig but to get the ducks to finish you need to move the swan decoys out of the main rig. I found they are also good at attracting birdwatchers and kayakers.

I might be guilty here.

They must get so few customers showing up"kindness and understanding" that they had those made up for those special few. I think it deserves a spot up on the wall next to all your accolades and degree diplomas!!:ROFLMAO:

Its good practice for when you knock them out of alignment so consider that part of the training or getting to know your tools introduction! ;) I have found it good to regularly check things like is my saw blade truly square to the table or parallel to the mitre tracks whether its the table...

Tod, I always like your bow set up, but my question about your side light set up is " are they close enough to the gunwale to satisfy the USCG requirement to shine in a 112.5 degree arc? Serious question.

Steve, I love these connections. At times the water fowling world is quite small and interwoven with friends and family. Cheers

Crusader I think the new company is making the Bankes Crusader 19 footer again. I love mine. You can't find a more seaworthy hull design in a duckboat. It's big enough to shoot 4 and small enough that one person can handle it.

Great captures Steve. Word has it that there is a Baikal teal near Portland, so 90 minutes up the road.

Pretty looking work Eric. Those hammers look a little too nice to use. I think Id move the jackets to the bottom row so the blades don't bang my knuckles when removing a tool from a lower row.

Tod, you have my permission to replace your tires with radials;). I like big radial trailer tires on my boat trailers even if they are overkill for the 4 miles to the boat ramp. Every season I find myself towing a trailer 5 or 6 hours for a hunt.

Mike, I guess I'll just make a few points. If you look at page 15 of the brant management plan that I linked, you'll see that if the population grows what the limits would be and if it declines what the limits how the limits will be reduced. Your concern that regulations only take away hunting...

Brant, like all migratory game birds, are managed on a flyway basis not individual state basis. The Pacific Flyway Council and its Study Committee have been in place since 1948 cooperatively setting hunting regulations in the Pacific Flyway. You can read their management plan for black brant...