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Re: Duck boat build.... Help? Input? Ideas? Sugestions?
« Reply #15 on: October 29, 2018, 02:08:54 PM »
Heck I even camo my golf cart every year  :chuckle:

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Re: Duck boat build.... Help? Input? Ideas? Sugestions?
« Reply #16 on: October 29, 2018, 02:09:18 PM »
Take the windshield off, go to Walmart and buy a bunch of cans of this:

https://www.krylon.com/products/camouflage-paint-made-with-fusion-for-plastic-technology/

Pick up a camo net or make one, use some pvc to build a simple frame and have at it.

As an alternate, do nothing and just use it to transport you to where you need to go and park a bit away and walk the rest.

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Re: Duck boat build.... Help? Input? Ideas? Sugestions?
« Reply #17 on: October 29, 2018, 02:37:58 PM »
I took an old Glasply and made it a duck hunting boat, similar to yours.
I cut the bow off, left about 5" all around, and added panels to it. Got rid of the steering wheel, and used a filler steer motor.
Under the bow was a small platform, I extended it out by about 16" and mounted a pedestal seat up front.
Open floor plan inside, use a box I built to store fuel tank and put a seat on it, can move it to either side of the boat to sit for steering or hunting.
Reinforced the very front of the bow with 3/4 plywood and mounted lights and trolling motor.
Built a blind from PVC. Covered in camo netting and tied grass.
My son I law has it and used it for bass fishing when not duck hunting
Those are heavy boats, even stripped to bare bones. We put a 9.9hp on it and it moves the boat, but not as fast as I would like, it just takes longer to get where we are going.... lol

Dont have any pic of it unfortunately  :bash:

Have fun with the build  :tup:
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Re: Duck boat build.... Help? Input? Ideas? Sugestions?
« Reply #18 on: October 29, 2018, 05:14:48 PM »
Duck hunting in the fall....midnight pirate shenanagins the rest of the year!

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Re: Duck boat build.... Help? Input? Ideas? Sugestions?
« Reply #19 on: October 29, 2018, 07:58:43 PM »
My buddy and I each have 18' duck boats with modified high performance mud motors on them.  That said, we traveled to Marysville WA a few weeks ago to buy an old aluminum bass boat (low sides) with a 30 HP Yammerwhammer motor on it.  The purpose for this boat is to turn it to a dedicated rig to hunt a certain bay on a local lake.  We will be anchoring the boat in a marina which is less than a mile from said bay.  We have pulled out all the bass boat stuff, changed the forward bulkhead, will slap a coat of paint on her and put my Beavertail blind on.  Voila!  It will  work for what we are wanting to do. 

Don't overthink this.  And a cheapo Harbor Freight paint gun and some Parkers boat paint is your friend.

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Re: Duck boat build.... Help? Input? Ideas? Sugestions?
« Reply #20 on: October 31, 2018, 07:13:00 AM »
You can find ideas for DIY scissor blinds online.  I think that would be your best bet for a blind for that boat.  Easy to put up and take down.
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Re: Duck boat build.... Help? Input? Ideas? Sugestions?
« Reply #21 on: November 06, 2018, 12:44:29 PM »
Remember you are required to provide photos of all the phases of transformation  :chuckle:

 


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