Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Canada Does anyone use a canoe when they hunt?

(Those big canoes must be brutal when the wind picks up )

No they are very stable in big water, a little wet but fine.

The stern on the Hudson Bay is a wineglass shape and following seas don,t bother it. Like any long narrow boat would not want to get sideways in the trough in big waters.

Buddy and I went across interior lake in heavy winds other boats turned back but we did fine got wet though.

Scott brochure used to state that the Scott Hudson Bay was made for open water crossings.

yes with good fishing rain gear you wont be that. and i agree with KK if you sail good there is not that much than can stop it.

2 years ago on frances lake we were the only boat still sailing and went home safe ...

In our rough water adventure went from 14 to to 15 MPH to 2 plowing through the big waves.

The bow sticking up in the picture looks like a nightmare in high winds.

You don,t run them MT in big water, load the bow down and they do fine. The neat thing about the big canoe is the 21 ft Scott will carry 2000 lbs with a 20 HP about 18 MPH light load or about 12 MPH to 14 heavy load. 20 Gallons of fuel will go for long ways.

Here,s a thread I started a while back on AK Outdoors about the Scott Canoe
http://forums.outdoorsdirectory.com/showthread.php/34344-Scott-Freighter-Canoes

I've used canoes a couple times, but don't own one any more. If i go in by water it will be in my 14' aluminum rowboat and 5 hp motor. It will sip a gal of gas for a long time.
I am also interested in going in and out by abandoned rail. I am collecting parts for a solar power rail cart. The rails are engineered for the smoothest ride and best grade already. An electric cart would be nearly silent, and recharge even as it is being used. . Roof will be solar panel and a trailer behind foe gear and deer will provide a second panel.

My 22 footer with a 20 hp on it carried 1000lb 32 miles across Frances Lake, and burned 9 litres of fuel doing it. That's two gallons.

I have had two moose, a spare 15hp motor, three hunters with a complete camp, and a 10 foot Zodiac inflatable aboard, and travelled in less than a foot of water.

Ted

Got this one for fishing. It's a 16' Navarro Otter.

That canoe is a work of art!

Yup.... I canoe hunt for moose here in the Yukon as a preferred method. Either the old Tripper or the Scott 21 foot with a Surface Drive motor from Louisiana. Great shallow water rig and the lawn mower sound doesn't seem to worry moose too much. Here is our October results with both the Scott and the Old Town Tripper in the background. Extra style points with the 348 Winchester Model 71 used to dump the moose where he stood.



You can see the Surface drive here and the Model 71. We brought the Tripper in the Scott to portage into some connector Lakes that see little traffic but we saw Mr. Moose on the way. The Big Scott will carry two moose and has been a great boat over the last 16 years. I used to use a Honda 4 stroke but the surface drive opens up more country and allows me to jump beaver dams.




The first 10 seconds of this video explains the ability of the canoe and motor combo better than words can I think. Sort of an All Terrain vehicle for small streams through big rivers and lakes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrEkDAxpdA8&t=88s