broknaero
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Anyone else here do it? Or are me and my hunting partners just nuts? We get together and kick off each year at a camp up in New York near the border the first weekend in October.
We usual spend the first 4-7 days there. Our favorite area is a massive, weedy swamp thats not boat friendly. Last year we drug along 1 kayak among the 2 boats to set decoys, and get ducks. It worked real good. Its hard to move a motor boat in this area The weeds are so bad we're busting shear pins like nothing. But a kayak goes thru it all.
So somehow i managed to talk the other 3 into bringing Kayaks for this season. We can just use the cheep rental boats from the camp and tie up at an island about half a mile away, or theres a point about a quarter mile away. Then the 4 of us could kayak down into the swamp (quietly) in the dark, and set up. I already have the swamp on my GPS from the last 2 seasons, so does 1 of the other guys. Theres no real solid ground down in this swamp to get out onto. But its full of ducks when the sun comes up, and the shooting starts down the river (To the east) and out on the lake (to the west). So with no solid ground just floating mats of reeds and brush we will be stuck in our kayaks for a few hours. In a line depending on the wind.
Im thinking that we could tie off on some brush, or paddle the kayak up on some weed mats and be somewhat stabil enough to hunt from for the morning. 3 of the 4 of us are former Marines. None of us have a problem with water, or navigating it in the dark. we have all spent alot of time in the outdoors and on water. But none of us have heard of others doing this. This lake does get hunting pressure, and every year there are more and more boats and blinds around our little honey hole. Im thinking this is a way to get back in further and get away from the pressure. We are all aware of the safety concerns, but other than that, does this seem possible, or logical? If anyother duck hunters have done something like this, please give me feedback on what you've learned.
Thanks
We usual spend the first 4-7 days there. Our favorite area is a massive, weedy swamp thats not boat friendly. Last year we drug along 1 kayak among the 2 boats to set decoys, and get ducks. It worked real good. Its hard to move a motor boat in this area The weeds are so bad we're busting shear pins like nothing. But a kayak goes thru it all.
So somehow i managed to talk the other 3 into bringing Kayaks for this season. We can just use the cheep rental boats from the camp and tie up at an island about half a mile away, or theres a point about a quarter mile away. Then the 4 of us could kayak down into the swamp (quietly) in the dark, and set up. I already have the swamp on my GPS from the last 2 seasons, so does 1 of the other guys. Theres no real solid ground down in this swamp to get out onto. But its full of ducks when the sun comes up, and the shooting starts down the river (To the east) and out on the lake (to the west). So with no solid ground just floating mats of reeds and brush we will be stuck in our kayaks for a few hours. In a line depending on the wind.
Im thinking that we could tie off on some brush, or paddle the kayak up on some weed mats and be somewhat stabil enough to hunt from for the morning. 3 of the 4 of us are former Marines. None of us have a problem with water, or navigating it in the dark. we have all spent alot of time in the outdoors and on water. But none of us have heard of others doing this. This lake does get hunting pressure, and every year there are more and more boats and blinds around our little honey hole. Im thinking this is a way to get back in further and get away from the pressure. We are all aware of the safety concerns, but other than that, does this seem possible, or logical? If anyother duck hunters have done something like this, please give me feedback on what you've learned.
Thanks
