Help me hide my Broadbill

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Mark G

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Just picked up my first real duck boat after way to many years of paddling canoes etc etc. Found a Arthur Armstrong Broadbill (I think) made in the
late eighties. 14 ft long/fiberglass. Maiden voyage this afternoon. No ducks but lots of fun.

Does anyone have any ideas as far as adding a little verticle concealment. In most cases I'll be hunting by myself with my dog. Occasionally with another
person. Will probably be adding grassing rails at some point.

Thanks
 
This is a pretty simple design that could be adapted to just surround the cockpit of your boat.
I use military netting with it but just about anything will work, burlap, cerex, etc...
Quick & easy to build and cheap too.
But of course a spray dodger & blind from Dave would be reallllyyyyy cool too.

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Funny....when I read the title, I though you went out and bought another boat and needed ideas on hiding it from your wife or significant other. Now I see that it's the ducks that we are talking about.
 
Mark-I have a wigeon which is similar but a little less beamy. I like the boat because of it's low profile and use it that way. I just grass the decks, some years I tie on some local salt hay and some years I just use fast grass type stuff. I have a Momarsh Invisalounge, I put that on one or two flotation cushions and sit down on the deck. You will always get your best concealment if you stay as close to the water as possible. That is important in the Delaware Bay salt marshes I hunt where you only have spartina grass to hide in, it may not be in the area that you hunt. To me, that's why I have a low profile boat, so you can slip in to sparse, low cover and disappear. Just my .02 on the subject.
 
I had the same thought as Mike. You can hide it at my house so I can use when I want. Particularly since the Kara is down. Dropped it on a rock Tuesday and need to repair it.

Tight Lines ... Fred
 
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