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I'm not sure what is up with the ducks this season, but all year long they have wanted to be in a couple of inches of water, no more. I have often watched them land on the dirt, next to the water. You could not begin to float a decoy in water that shallow. Also, if the dekes aren't moving...

Can not beat it. Ed.

I can conmisserate with you on the dog, Carl. My Lucy, a Brit Lab, is only now reliably retrieving ducks in this her third season. Perfect on canvas or quail or any duck on land, didn't want to get ducks in the water. I tried everything but what finally worked was not worrying about it, just...

Finally I am killing some ducks hunting with the new blind. The first couple of trips I made with it, I found the ducks would come on in wings cupped, but if they got behind me, they never came back. They were seeing the dog. So I made a "T-top", sort of a miniature version of what you have on a...

Cool. Black ducks too. Wish I'd been there with you. Ed.

Hangin's too good for 'em. Ed.

870. I grew up shooting a regular 2 3/4" 870 I got for Christmas in 1975. I was 13 years old. When steel shot came out, I felt I needed maximum power and bought an SBE. I hunted with that gun, shooting 3 1/2" Federal Premium Steel #2 shot for the most part, for more than 10 years, but never...

Paranoid Schizophrenia most likely. Just a random tragedy. If he didn't have a gun, he would have made a bomb, or poisoned people, or any number of other ways any one of us could devise to kill a whole lot of people. It's as if a tornado hit the school. A random tragic event. I know that...

Ok John, my bad. I see "Long Island" down there and I am thinking the Atlantic Ocean in the winter. I'm thinking this guy is nuts. I've seen a couple of tragedies occur in the past when family members have been in a rush to get to the hospital to see their relative, and then were killed in...

John I appreciate your feeling of need to get to the hospital to be with your daughter, but you almost created another even more serious emergency trying to respond to the first one. It seems you were in more danger than she was. It's unlikely family are going to be able to contribute much...

Yeah, they can drive, but can they back up a boat trailer? Ed.

I have used inflatable floatation for kayaks in the past, under both decks for and aft. Now I'm in water less than 3 feet deep I don't bother with it. Ed.

Thanks to you, Eric, to keep such a valuable resource for duck hunters going. I'm happy to help out any way I can. Ed.

It's not really a small boat, given it's 14 feet long, so it's not a kayak and not feather light. It can be built much lighter than Rob Leonard' original plans however. I wish I could find my website on 110mb.com, but can't. Here's the one on Anglefire if you've never seen it. Either way...

Thanks guys. Yeah Anthony I'm trailering it back and forth to Arkansas, about 300 miles. Then I have a little cart I made from a wheelbarrow (minus the barrow) that I used to haul it rickshaw fashion down rice field levees sometimes over a mile. I messed up my knee doing that last year, so...

Here it is. It's Raffia Grass woven through heavy duty polypropylene deer fence, that is attached to camo material (cordura brown camo). The blind has 4 pieces, two doors made of PVC frame that swing open to either side of the cockpit and one piece for the bow and stern. The doors attach with...

Sweet. I love that boat. Very nice. Ed.

Kudzu in the South and ornamental Morning Glories in the Northeast are two very different deals. I know Kudzu is a Morning Glory, but I've grown the ornamental Morning Glories in Louisiana and Mississippi and found that they certainly are not invasive down here. I live on 18 acres of forest...

Grow them on polypropylene deer fencing. It's black, lightweight. Won't stick you and will never rust. Ed.

Parker duck boat spray paint. My only prep was sanding. These are the 6 gallon boat tanks. At times I have brought an addition 5 gallon tank and just covered with some camo material. I painted those tanks years ago. Some of the paint did rub off right away, but not enough to matter. As...