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[Y_J]

Merry Christmas, huntinfool...

 

[huntinfool]

Well I'm heading to Rock port to hunt ducks over new years day through the weekend.
I'll be guiding a group of youth hunters with the Blast and Cast men's ministry. Taking the boat and it should be a good time. This will be a good test for her.

 

[huntinfool]

Made it here. First hunt, wind blowing hard. We got 3, but had to leave real early. Will be taking hunters in the morning

 

[huntinfool]

Pics

 

[Moose6]

Huntington,

I skimmed the whole post but can't find what prop you ended up with for your motor. How is the boat running now with the new prop?

 

[huntinfool]

It ended up that the other prop wasn't the right one for my boat. I have an extra prop, but its exactly the same as what I already have.

So far she's worked great, but I NEED a jack plate. I have got to get this motor up some. Once on plane I ran her in about a foot of water. But getting her up from that foot of water.....not so much.


If I can remember I will take some shots of her on the water.

 

[huntinfool]

Pics from today

 

[huntinfool]

Today's pics

 

[huntinfool]

As promised

 

[huntinfool]

I had so much fun duck hunting again.

I think I'm hooked .......again.

 

[huntinfool]

So I forgot to mention that I had wired the lights to an ignition hot on the boat. Apparently that made the lights mess up and flicker.
So yesterday was my birthday. I got up early and went to the woods with a friend. It was the last day of muzzleloader season and I could still take a doe. We set up and about 30 minutes after sunrise I had a doe step out....a whole 40 yards away. ( I could have shot her with my bow) but I made the shot and she ran off and piled up. Great way to start the day. Got her quartered up and packed out and headed home. Then I added a relay to my light setup and ran the motor. That seemed to stop the flicker. So now the lights are working as planned.
Supposed to meet up with a couple friends and do some duck hunting for the last day of the season. They said they shot some teal today. They also saw some blue bills and mallards. I still don't have a mallard....so that will be high on my list. I'll try and remember to take more pics.

 

[huntinfool]

Did a little end of season duck hunting.

 

[huntinfool]

New ff.
To late to install it for tomorrow.
Gonna hit the bay in a new spot. Hope to get into some reds.

 

[trackerpuzzle]

Nice!

Does it show ducks ?

Console mounting or Tm ?

 

[huntinfool]

No, I don't think it will shoe duck....unless I mount the transducer pointing up. Hmmmm.......lol.

Hit the bay in a new spot. Had some battery issues ( not fully charged) with the TM and the bindex didn't kick in the starter. I worked on it a minute and got it working and it fired right up. However it did do it again on the water. I may have to rebuild or replace this starter. Which kinda sucks, since its pretty new. But I guess that's all part of boating.
I did manage the only fish of the day.

 

[huntinfool]

Water was so skinny, the fish couldn't fit under the boat, it tried to swim under, but just hit the side.....


THUD!!!

That was funny.

 

[spcamno]

Did a little end of season duck hunting.

Very nice.

I'm surprise you have a mixed breed of both puddle and divers looks like you have got two nice woodies, hooded merganser and a bufflehead.

Up here by the time the divers arrived most puddles are long gone especially the wood ducks.

 

[huntinfool]

Actually its a pair of hooded mergansers.

 

[spcamno]

Actually its a pair of hooded mergansers.

Yes just noticed that when I look at the second pics and realized both are hooded mergensers very nice and I like your build very much.

How do you find hunting out of a center console?

I really like the center console's driving position but found I need the space of a tiller when hunting from the boat.

I don't see you have any blind there do you hunt from or off the boat?

Thanks

 

[huntinfool]

Off. Boat is just a transport. If I was trying to hunt out of it, I'd think the CC would be in the way. I wanted a multi purpose boat that I could do almost everything from.