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HeeeHaaaw !



Well folks, progress is being made at the Beaver Compound as I worked steadily through the night getting the Ol Duck Boat, it’s real name is the “Scooby Sled” ready for the duck hunting opener this coming Saturday.

Those of you who have been following the historic endeavors of Beave getting back into the duck hunting business after a very long hiatus, know that I had the sled stuck in boat purgatory at the repair shop for 3 weeks. That’s 3 weeks of lost preparation time for me...Alas, one must push forward, adapt, and overcome...And that’s how I ended up with a gallon of oil based metal paint, a paint brush, roller, and 6 cans of spray paint in my paws, instead of a professionally done, camo vinyl wrap....HeeHaaw !

First things first...I needed a removable blind built on the sled. That’s where super duck and goose slayer member, JeffP came in. He txt’d me pictures of his duck boat with it’s blind frame that he fab’d out of aluminum conduit tubing and accessories...Beaver, following the road more traveled, I built a doppelgänger of Jeff’s frame....Actually, I recruited the talent of a retired builder and machinist, who are my neighbors to build it while I fetched beers, measured, and smashed conduit in the vise.

The Start



The End




Time to throw some paint on the platform of duck death ~ I almost wish the boat was a brand new, $40k sled, just to listen to you all screaming about how I wrecked the looks of a new boat.

Prep work ? Yeah, whatever....I washed it with a Joy dishwashing soap, towel and air dry....Let’s paint the bitch !







I do have painters tape, and masking paper on hand. I don’t know why I didn’t use any of it. Well, yeah, I actually do. I didn’t want to take the 2 hours to mask it off, since I wasn’t going to shoot it with the sprayer. Free balling with a brush and roller, felt so right for my duck boat.

Notice the intricate work on the inside of the boat...Meaning ~ PITFA !
Yes, I always have a firearm near me. Habit, I guess, or paranoia. LOL







More painting today....More pictures later.

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That was a really nice boat.

LMAO

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He aint finished, yet. Wait till he gets to letting Billy Bob do the painting, then it's gonna get real good.

Good on you.

It's a boat, not a status symbol. Use that Fugger the way you want to!!!!

Looks good so far. I live on a bay on the south side of Lake Ontario. Lotsa marshes & various wetlands around and every year I get to see some of the latest in duck boat "decor". Everything from some first class stuff that looks like something out of an outdoor magazine to the little boat that was so overloaded with guys, gear, and the blind they built on top of it that they sank it in 8 ft. of water. Friend of mine that scuba dives went in after their shotguns and gear. They got everything back including the boat which then got nicknamed "The Submarine".

The Poseidon adventure…

Did that have a happy ending?

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Umm, I’m not sure what to say....Thanks, maybe ? And can I get your scuba buddies number ?

LOL

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BillyBob is a kickbutt painter!

Good luck killing chit.

Questionable, but functional, paint job.
Nice boat.
Even nicer motor.
Is that a 3-cyl 30 horse?

Why such a large kicker?

It came with the boat.

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Yes, but a 90 horse

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This ^^^^^^^ 😬🦫

Gotcha. Hard to tell from the pics what size boat that is.
I'm looking for, and used to seeing around here, a 16' and they usually have 25-40 HP motors on them.
I would love to find one with the older 2-stroke 3-cyl 25 or 30 HP Yamaha.

Nice rig and good luck with the ducks.

Brown cow camp job.

Where is the tuna tower?

Looking good. I expect some renegade style play by play duck hunting threads. 👍

Wait a minute.....