what canoe for hunting?

[Breakfast Boy]

I've got the Native Watercraft Ultimate 14.5 Solo.  This thing is amazing and I love it for both kayaking, fishing, bowfishing and duck hunting.

[ChuckC]

Kbetts, great camo idea with the duckboat ghille look.  I have a kayak set up similarly, using pieces of that woven palm frond matting tucked onto the front and rear decks. Adding those frayed rope hangie downies will certainly add to it !

I also have an old aluminum Grumman Voyager style. I paid $200 for it years ago.  It is long and wide and HEAVY (I believe it is near or at 100 pounds, from reading the literature).  It is a beast to pick up and portage or put on the truck roof by myself. (I remember the days when I portaged that in Boundary Waters with a food pack on my back and a smaller pack on the front. .  it wasn't THAT long ago was it ?)

But it is what I got,  it works fine.  

It will carry me and any three or four of you guys. Two guys, tree stands, bows, and two deer is no big deal.  

I installed a pair of removeable
outriggers to the center thwart to add some more stability and my son and I shoot carp out of it, standing up.

Having the bestest, prettiest, fastest, etc is great, but you can also make due with what ya got available with a little work and thought.

That said. .  I am thinking it is time for a light trailer. .  man that thing is heavy.

Thanks
ChuckC

[Frenchymanny]

I have a 15' and some pelican I bought new for about $600.

It is a fun one to use but if you are going mostly alone with wind and rough waters, I would advise for a fishing kayak.
Days on the water are days well spent

F-Manny

[Ron LaClair]

Choose the canoe that will best suit your needs. I went on a moose hunt in Northern Ontario where we traveled downstream 40 miles as the crow flys. On the trip back out going upstream we had to use motors on our square stern canoes.

     

[Ron LaClair]

Here's my little 12' wood and canvas canoe next to a 26' North Canoe....quite a contrast..