Kayak for hunting

[LC]

IMHO sounds like most things in life to me. No easy answer. What you need is one of each a canoe and a kayak. The kayak to effortlessly get you back and forth to hunt and explore. A canoe to haul out what you get! Thats just my 20 years of rambling of doing it.

If I remembered how to do this, I got the mad cow. I think we are carrying at least a hog and a deer worth of weight in this pic.  the canoe weighs forty-three pounds.  

[Wile E. Coyote]

Look up Native Watercraft. There Magic series is an open boat design that can carry a lot of gear and is very stable. I love mine.

[Jerry Bellmyer]

Im liking the nucanoe so far....

[Thunderhorn25]

good topic, keep it coming.

[Jeff Mundy]

I love my Ocean Kayak Trident 11 but I would be real nervous putting a deer on it in the fall/ winter (cold water). I'd get a canoe if that was my intention.

The Nucanoes are stable and with the seats they look comfortable for pond fishing. i would question their tracking and efficiency.  the design looks like it may be slow and pushy, they may have handling problems in rough water and current.  If distance, going against or across currents or dodging waves is not going to be ever done with them they would do their job.  But I would not choose them over a canoe because of the pics that brag about stability. we do that and more with canoes and we have not yet dumped accidentally.  of course i have spent as many days in my life paddling canoes as bow hunting so I am a bit prejudiced. The limited use and the 77 pounds is also something to consider.  you may just like this paddling thing.

[Jerry Bellmyer]

now I am looking at the seaeagle inflatable rigs...after alot of researching, these things are cool...and durable with a 3 year waranty..  seaeagle.com

[J-dog]

The native water craft are about the best of both worlds; can carry alot, stable as all get out.

Downfall - expensive, of course but the one I tried out was the most fun. Working on getting my own right now.

J

[Blackstick]

I have a long history with canoes and kayaks.

I agree that the comparison is somewhat like Chevy vs. Ford: A Chevy Corvette versus a Ford Expedition. Which would you rather take on a hunting and fishing trip?

A solo canoe can do everything, plus more that a kayak can do and be convenient at the same time. Depending on the situation will determine the physical work involved.