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Call the swat team out

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I call it Arkansas-ing them. Not swatting

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This sucker had a lot of fat on it. I doubt it's been here long.

Were you wearing your spandex?

Hahaha. Good one Paul

I used my paddle yak rather than my pedal yak on this hunt, so no.

Paul,

What kind of Yak do you use, I’m going to get something to chase down birds with, and hunt solo but I’m thinking either a yak, or getting a four rivers boat.

they Ascend H12 seems to be a really good rig at the right price.

If all you are doing is chasing them down, any kayak will do. You may prefer a small one if you are going to transport it in a larger vessel. I think those Ascend kayaks really hit a sweet spot in terms of price and performance. You can't really go wrong with one unless you are paddling really long distances.

When water depth and weeds permit, I take my Native Slayer Propel 10. When hunting smaller backwaters it's my Old Town Vapor 10. It is super light and lends itself well to duck hunting. It paddle pretty darn fast too.

I hunt with a 18 ft lund with a beavertail blind on it, and will need to tow, or carry a yak on it for bird chasing on bigger water.

I’ll look to see if there are smaller ascends.. but the H12 seems like it could do either, the other boat I’m looking at is a four rivers navigator, which can be towed, and also used as a marsh sneak boat, but makes a crappy kayak.. but the kayak is the least of the priorities, a duck chaser, and sneak boat are high up on the priority list so that H12 sure looks good.

It will be appreciably easier climbing into an SOT rather than sit in when entering from a boat. Does your boat have a swim platform?

the alaskan will foot in about 8” of water so we basically beach it in the weeds and step out on ladders.

The issue is we often tuck up to the land with the wind blowing across the lake so if a bird is out a bit the wind takes it pretty quick.
The only way to get it is to take the boat, or have a chase boat...

I can actually take the Alaskan into marshes, it’s a hell of a rig - 3 guys about 4 feet apart, each guy with a buddy heater, and I have a campchief oven I make biscuits and gravy on... Spoiled to the gills.

But I hate it when a duck gets to far out and we loose it so ... chase boat is something I want to do if possible.

An ascend SOT sounds perfect for that.

Them redheads taste any good down there? We killed several in south dakota a few years ago and they were mallard-like. Just wondering if they get fishy in the brackish water?

I was wondering what shooting a 12 ga. from the side of a kayak would be like.

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This one was very mild. It was probably a new arrival. After ducks have been rooting weeds out of the mud for a couple weeks they get pretty gamey.

That's going to depend on the kayak. I go to places where I can get out of the yak. A bud and I were sitting sideways in a pirogue blind and rolled ourselves when we shot at the same time. I wouldn't shoot sideways in my Vapor. I wouldn't hesitate to in my Slayer Propel.