Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Duck Boat “BillyBob” Paint Job...Beaver Style

Not if you’re using a paint gun.

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Yer gonna lose the fugger in the reeds......

What a bunch of mean Basturds, Beav did a fine job.

Yer boat looks great Beav!

The inaugural voyage happened this morning...I played it a smidge safe by boating into the island right a shooting light. I hadn’t boated into the island in 22 years.

A lot was the same, somethings had changed, such as logs deposited in the channel after bad storms and mega high tides which gave them a new home. I found the area we used to hunt...Started dumping out decoys ~ I decided last night to only toss 24 ducks and 4 goose floaters. I knew that would be enough for the opener.

Drove the boat into a spot and anchored bow and stern, snugged up to the shore, squared away gear, loaded the Benelli, took a seat and made ducky sounds with the calls....Nothing ! Laffin

It’s 7:45AM and I don’t see any wings, and I’m not hearing anyone shooting. At 8AM the island behind me erupted with volleys of gunfire. Sounded like a small skirmishes popping off.

Then the birds started coming into my area...each time the birds would give me a hard look, they’d spin off, not going to a full commit. They’re seeing me!

Without a partial top, I was pretty exposed and getting busted easily, if the birds were swinging wide, which they were doing at first.

Couldn’t correct the problem out there...I just said “Today, it is, what it is”

I shot a limit consisting of teal, mallards, and a Scaups, I believe it was a Scaups . Unfortunately, I lost 2 drakes and a teal hen to the island brush. Now, I need a hunting dog....Really hard to locate downed birds in thick knee and higher brush of the island.

Here’s the only two pictures I took today, I guess for proof for Ren50. Plus a couple after finishing the blind last night.











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That’s a good day. If you can find some fake grass they used to sell it will cover the boat a little better. Especially the edges. Hell it’s all trial and error. Ducks go where they want to go.

This is why your husband is having performance issue in bed with you...Too much pressure.

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Yup...Waiting on grass mats to come back in stock.

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Fugk Yo Couch


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Thank you, Paul.

It’s been really hard on Beave’s self esteem with all the mean things said about me and my boat.

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You meant Yo Mom on the couch.

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Hey at least your out there. Haters gonna hate…😜

Were you trying to masquerade as a pile of floating dog schidt ? 😂🤣
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Valiant effort Beav, you've got me thinking of dusting off the dekes and giving it a go!

I say, just do it...

Seeing ducks working decoys again, was very cool...It’s been too long. I should have done it several years ago.

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Brother Beav, I take back my disparaging remarks about your camo paint job..... obviously the ducks like it.... I think it was the chinese writing on the side myself.... cool beans bro

What Beav said. Nothing like a morning in a duck marsh…

You're welcome little buddy, Please name the new dog after me.

Congrats you killed some ducks man!!!👍👍👍

Most def need to break up them straight lines horizontal and verticle.
Even some dried branches and sticks stuck up in the bow till you get out their will work.
Zip tie em at angles to break up them straight lines above and on sides
Bale of hay in the boat, grab some and throw randomly on the branches like tinsel, it will help break those lines and give depth and shadow also.

Used to duck hunt 79 80 81 82.
We just built up a little speed and ran it 15 20ft into the catails on the inlet side of pushaw pond.
Other guys had netting rigs like your setup.
They used pre hunt harvested catails to break up the straight lines.


Glad my dog Sonya didnt work out well for duck hunting in 95 down here.
X 2 that 1st morning she wanted to swim to paris landing across the Tn river....
Unfugg Richards boat from bank.
Go cruise and get Sonya.
We was not popular that morning flaring off birds going to get her.
Only thing I could figure out was that far shore and tree line held her interest above anything else.

Did great training and retreiving land and water.
She did great learning from Richards lab Champ..

Or else I woulda got sucked into the vortex of duck hunting.
Thank you Sonya.
My lab with doggy downes syndrome...
You saved dad from becoming addicted to duck hunting agsin.


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Well done . And the paint didn't seem to flare birds
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Yo Beav that looks like a hen Ruddy duck and not a scalp to me