Show off your Hunting Boats

Hunting water is a thing of the past since moving to the prairies. It's all dry land hunting here pretty much other than hunting sloughs if one is inclined to do so. There is next to little if any access to launch a boat/motor combination and most of the sloughs here from what I have seen are not conducive to outboard use either from a lack of depth, weed growth or garbage disposal from farms. It seems almost every slough has fences running through it and they seem to be a dumping area for old rotten hay bales and other assorted junk from the farm including brush and stumps from cleared land. As well hunting water seems to carry a stigma here about busting the roost so I no longer have need of a water set-up and last year finally sold off the last of my water spread. This was my Triton 1546 DS with a 25 Merc and an Avery Quick Set blind I ran while living in Ontario........





 
the spank said:
Hunting water is a thing of the past since moving to the prairies. It's all dry land hunting here pretty much other than hunting sloughs if one is inclined to do so. There is next to little if any access to launch a boat/motor combination and most of the sloughs here from what I have seen are not conducive to outboard use either from a lack of depth, weed growth or garbage disposal from farms. It seems almost every slough has fences running through it and they seem to be a dumping area for old rotten hay bales and other assorted junk from the farm including brush and stumps from cleared land. As well hunting water seems to carry a stigma here about busting the roost so I no longer have need of a water set-up and last year finally sold off the last of my water spread. This was my Triton 1546 DS with a 25 Merc and an Avery Quick Set blind I ran while living in Ontario........





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You know, I would have held onto that in Ontario for you..... And you could have hunted the St Lawrence any time you felt like visiting..... Just saying.....
 
conor_90 said:
^ does it go on the skeena?
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It's yet to run on the Skeena, but has spent a good deal of time now on nastier little rivers all around the area, the extra punch will help a good deal. Dogleg and I had one set of rapids in particular that were more than a little challenging with the one little 50/35, just too much time sitting in the fray of it.
 
Ardent said:
It's yet to run on the Skeena, but has spent a good deal of time now on nastier little rivers all around the area, the extra punch will help a good deal. Dogleg and I had one set of rapids in particular that were more than a little challenging with the one little 50/35, just too much time sitting in the fray of it.
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Been there done that... zig-zagging back and forth with no headway being made, while dodging boulders in the froth... tense moments... what you need is a "little" weight onboard to settle the hull down...
 
Ardent said:
The guide boat now has twin 50/35 jets,

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I'd be interested to hear how the second motor effects fuel use. If running 2 @1/2 throttle is cheaper than running 1 wide open. Getting close to purchase cost of a sport jet, but you were already 1/2 way there before deciding on more power.
 
Superbrad said:
You know, I would have held onto that in Ontario for you..... And you could have hunted the St Lawrence any time you felt like visiting..... Just saying.....
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I appreciate the offer SB. It went to a fellow in the Kingston area who works for Ontario Hydro doing animal control at hydro locations across the province. He was going to attach some kind of platform to the bow for a person to stand for bowhunting carp.
 
emerson said:
I'd be interested to hear how the second motor effects fuel use. If running 2 @1/2 throttle is cheaper than running 1 wide open. Getting close to purchase cost of a sport jet, but you were already 1/2 way there before deciding on more power.
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Agreed I'm curious as well, will be running a few experiments at varying speeds and RPM. I like the deck space afforded by the outboards and the redundancy of two complete motors. But a sport jet would indeed eat it for breakfast. My cousin owns the Tohatsu dealer and marine shop, so the deal was beyond fair, and just like guns something different is interesting. It now does what I wanted it to initially, imagine I'll run it as is and stop dreaming here out, I do wish I'd started with the ProV18, but this little 16 is nimble.
 
I think the boat/motor setup would make a good sea duck rig as well, I would like to see a vid of it on the skeena though.

Do you hunt sea ducks up there?
 
Skeena's a bit too well travelled for my liking, though a lovely river. Honestly the biggest reason I won't be on there is it's not quite in my territory, and every play trip is a scouting trip, so I'll talk it down mainly to make myself feel better as I don't have the time for it.

Oh, and I forgot the neatest aspect of the twins; the lowest point of the boat is now the hull, by good measure, as each engine is off to the side of the V and up. So it can truly skip over stuff now.

Only place I've hunted sea ducks in Mexico... :redface: Not a big fan of eating them so just don't bother chasing them.
 
i play even if not river ...

Yukon lakes are not always like that don t be fooled by this serene pictures.

21 footer. originally wood with canvas now fiberglassed.

 
medvedqc said:
i play even if not river ...

Yukon lakes are not always like that don t be fooled by this serene pictures.

21 footer. originally wood with canvas now fiberglassed.

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That is a very pretty spot, Phil... I could sit there for a day... or a week... or...
 
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