God I'm glad I found this vid. Ordered. But! question for you from a newb: where do you get that grass? Is that literally just from a hay bail? Thanks Jebediah!
Dude is a 🤡. That’s a ringneck & limit on scaup is 2. To improve at calling, one must put in time & practice. Not just going to magically happen overnight 😅
Thanks for the heads up. He knew what it was. He was just trying to mess with me- to say that he got his ‘limit’. Obviously most of the conversation was cut from the video- since you can’t keep everything from 4 hours of filming in an 8 min video.
They make dog doors that you can sew into the side, but I haven’t done that. Most of the time he just sits ‘exposed’ on the bow. The ducks don’t seem to mind.
IM looking at getting one of these blinds for my tracker grizzly 1754 sc. How do you yourself get in and out of the blind? lift the bar and crawl under?
Yeah the entire blind folds onto one side, so you just flip it up, and get out from it. The trouble I did have was for my dog. On every retrieve we’d have to flip the blind over to let him out/back in. Beavertail does sell a ‘dog door’- but we never had one put in.
Some good dove fields are in what is classified as a wetland and require non-toxic shot even if hunting species other than waterfowl that we normally think of with steel. That said, some of the bismuth options are dramatically better than steel and not as expensive as tungsten. They aren’t needed for dove though.
Loved the vid, super informative where I needed it. Any downsides to the quick release over the years yet? Didn’t know it was a thing and just removed my trolling motor to rebuild and make the blind fit on my 15 tracker sportsman but would prefer a easy swap for fishing
Do the ducks actually get tricked by this if it’s just floating in the middle of the water? I’ve thought about getting one but I always wonder if it would actually trick them
Yeah, it works better if it’s tucked up alongside some other brush/trees. There was a couple times I just parked it in the middle of the river and I still got ducks.
At first I didn’t do enough, only a few inches, but it rubbed on the side of the boat. After that I moved it to be about 6” away on each side- and it’s worked great since then.
I’m just saying I have a 1652 alweld and there’s zero chance I’m putting 6 people in it. Especially my children. It’s a 3 person boat when it’s not loaded down. Smh
@@BadAtHunting actually bad for you my man. I wasn’t trying to be an asshole I was just pointing it out to other people that might watch this and try the same thing. You’ll see when your local wildlife agent stops you. :)
Here's the question - "do the handwarmer pockets fill up with water?" I do not see zippers on those pockets. They look like they would be full of water within a second or two. Many times, I am in water that comes right to the top of the waders (duck hunting)... decoys, a random deep hole, and more. Those side pockets appear to be lower than the top of the waders. Again, if a person is wading in water that is at the top of the wader, will those handwarmer pockets fill with water? I am not concerned about the front zipper pockets; I can deal with those; at least there is a taped zipper for those. As you mentioned, those pockets may get a little damp inside but that's to be expected. It's usually only for a short time so I can take a chance on the zippered pockets. However, if those side handwarmer pockets are wide open with no zipper, they would almost have to flood full of water. Another concern - I'm in the Midwest; in the fall and especially late season, we can get very heavy rain with wind and very heavy snow with wind. At times, conditions can be extreme. Would snow blow into those pockets, if they are not manufactured with a zipper? I can run into a Cabela's or a Scheels and check it but I want to hear from someone who has actually hunted and has actually used those waders hard. I realize that you don't get into snow but this is common sense. It seems that if Sitka manufactures those pockets with no closures... that is a problem. We're talking about $1,000.00 for these waders. If you see this, thank you.
For those here saying raptor liner is better than herculiner then you need to watch Farm Project testing on roll on bedliners cause Herculiner beat Raptor and actually the testing he completed showed that neither Heculiner nor Raptor won. DuraBak-18 came out on top then EGC and then Herculiner. Raptor actually came in 4th
I watched a guy do some testing on all the major bed liner brands and he did a pretty good job, like adding 15 lbs weight to a garden tool and dragging it over the finish so it was reproducible between tests. The Herculiner did pretty well. But what it didn’t do well with was extreme heat it started to get soft at temps that can occur in an area like phoenix. So that is something to consider.
@OrangeTree253 - I haven’t seen the testing you’re talking about, but I live in central ca. and today it’s 117* - so far the Herculiner has held up great.
@@BadAtHunting that is about phoenix level, and good to know. I ended up buying the raptor stuff and put it in yesterday. I should have worn gloves, cannot get it off my hands and fingers. What a marvelous product, lol
That’s a good question- no not really. I’m sure if it was a smaller boat, that might be a problem but for this 16’ long 48” wide tracker - it’s no trouble.
I just switched to a new 25 from a new 40 with the giant handle. Boat is a 16ft light v hull and the 40 was actually dangerous. Torque steer and porpoise, even after adjusting height and tab. The new 25 still has the great new tiller arm but shorter, and so much less fatigue to operate. 38mph on a narrow light boat with crazy torque steer was too crazy LOL.
