Leviathan...

[Cheech Kehoe]

Here is Leviathan "Levi". 33" nose to tail. John Bourbon made him for late season Goldeney hunting several years ago and just repainted him. I put a 24oz. soda cup in the picture for scale. We were hunting the next to last day of 2012 and were set up on a point with a makeshift deadwood blind. The Whisters were moving up and down the lake in numbers, but we couldn't get any to decoy. We moved the decoys around a little, but still no luck. The hunt was already shortened due to kid stuff obligations that were unforeseen. I ran a couple hundred yards down the shore and grabbed Levi out of the boat and lugged him down the shoreline to the other decoys. I walked out as far my waders would allow and heaved him out as far as I could. I barely made it back to shore and Whistlers started pitching into the Decoys. John and I turned and dropped 3 birds. Back down to the boat to retrieve the birds, stow the Boat and get back..Boom Boom. The next half-hour continued like that until we had all the 6 whistlers and home we went. But first we payed homage to Levi, apologized for leaving him in the boat and promised to never do it again.

 

[CGeminski]

Sounds like you should trademark the idea.... Leviathan Extreme Magnum Decoys!

 

[Kristan]

Nice...Make a dozen or so of those...That is all you will need as a spread!


I am not posting this to show you that mine is bigger than yours but here is one Doc McCullough made three or four years ago...It hides the layout boat! I am sitting on the transom next to a 225 hp outboard and I am 5'7" just to make a comparison... LOL... Since it is made out of foam it does not weigh that much either...

Regards,
Special K

 

[Cheech Kehoe]

Nice...Make a dozen or so of those...That is all you will need as a spread!


I am not posting this to show you that mine is bigger than yours but here is one Doc McCullough made three or four years ago...It hides the layout boat! I am sitting on the transom next to a 225 hp outboard and I am 5'7" just to make a comparison... LOL... Since it is made out of foam it does not weigh that much either...

Wow! Everything is bigger in Texas!

Regards,
Special K

 

[Al Hansen]

You just have to love the creativity within a duck hunter's mind!
Al

 

[Chris Finch]

Now those are decoys.

If the boat sinks just hop on their backs and paddle home, lol

 

[Capt Rich Geminski]

Go a little larger and it would make a cool layout boat..

 

[Bill Burkett]

Not only is Leviathan huge, he's good looking. The Texan who replied with the truly enormous goldeneye reminded me of a Moses Lake, Wa., teenager who made six mallards about that size--filled up the whole back of his pickup truck. Hunters at the resort were like, is this a joke? He made them in high school shop class,and his idea was to put them far out between the dunes at the upper end of Potholes Reservoir to attact high fliers that would then come on in to the conventional spread. So of course every mallard in the sky homed in on the Rodans and landed and swam and splashed and fell to sleep right beside them! (Maybe they needed a windbreak.) So they hauled them into range and the rest as they say is history...

 

[John Bourbon]

I have to start checking more often! I hadn't realised Cheech put up some pics of Levi.....God, that was a fun day. The goldeneyes were coming in like they were on a string after we put Levi out. And its not like we had out insignificant deeks either. Some of the other whistler deeks were 22" each.

Tristan, I LOVE that foamer! Can you give us some construction details? Poured foam cut to shape, or sheets of foam glued together and then shaped?

John

 

[Dave Diefenderfer]

John, if you want to do some stacked foamers, let me know, and I will see if I can bring you some... I know where there is a bunch, and his wife might like to see some of it move...right Rufus? Maybe trade a swan body for some?

 

[Steve Sanford]

Cheech and Kristan~

I'm just wondering - will a 9.9 push one of those or does each one really need 15 horses ???

Maybe a layout boat in the shape of a sleeper is the next "logical" step (I'm always hesitant to introduce the word "logical" into discussions of us duck hunters....)

I'm thinking I should be able to spot Leviathan from over on the New York shore - no wonder the rumors of Champy (Lake Champlain Sea Monster) persist.

All the best,

SJS

 

[R T Brinn]

Dave, I am sure the spousal unit is game to see some of my "stuff" disappear to anywhere other than here! ;-)

 

[John Bourbon]

If by chance there were enough foam to make a matched pair, then yes, I would love some. I like matched pairs.

John

 

[John C. Hancock]

The "Kentucky Lake Monster" is made from sheets bound together. I'm sure that McCullough could give you more insight. Kristan is spotting himself a few inches with his 5'7" claim.

 

[Tom Modin]

both birds are cool as hell