Forums46
Topics537,009
Posts9,719,403
Members86,987
|
Most Online25,604 Feb 12th, 2024
|
|
|
Pontoon boat duck blind round 2
#5476890
12/15/14 01:58 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 11,788
wal1809
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 11,788 |
Well i finally got what I call a steal. The price was right. I started a different boat blind project but sold it for a good profit. This one is perfect. 22 foot, 60 hp, the floor is poly, trailer is brand new. This will have a kitchen, a crapper and heaters. The last time I spent the night in a boat waiting on the opener, I was hammered on JD,it was 38 degrees and i woke up with the rain on my face. No more of that. Air matress,a roof and heaters. That how I will be rolling.
|
|
|
Re: Pontoon boat duck blind round 2
[Re: wal1809]
#5476969
12/15/14 02:16 AM
|
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 3,958
1FowlHntR
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 3,958 |
Great man!! show progress pics!!
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
|
|
|
Re: Pontoon boat duck blind round 2
[Re: 1FowlHntR]
#5477074
12/15/14 02:43 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 35,409
Guy
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 35,409 |
Need to put 2 go-devils on there!
|
|
|
Re: Pontoon boat duck blind round 2
[Re: wal1809]
#5477157
12/15/14 03:05 AM
|
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 336
hunt91
Bird Dog
|
Bird Dog
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 336 |
I will be very interested to watch this build! One question… How shallow does that draft? Seems like that would be one down side to it.
|
|
|
Re: Pontoon boat duck blind round 2
[Re: wal1809]
#5477205
12/15/14 03:17 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 11,788
wal1809
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 11,788 |
Looks to me it will draft in a foot of water. That is a downside but it is what it is. I thought about a longtail for it.
Last edited by wal1809; 12/15/14 03:21 AM.
|
|
|
Re: Pontoon boat duck blind round 2
[Re: wal1809]
#5477213
12/15/14 03:19 AM
|
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 645
Hogman4127
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 645 |
Did you make it home on those tires?
|
|
|
Re: Pontoon boat duck blind round 2
[Re: wal1809]
#5477423
12/15/14 03:57 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 11,788
wal1809
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 11,788 |
When i got to the yard and stopped,one tire on one side looked like a matted hairbrush. It was completely shredded. The one in front of it was holding the rear one up just enought to keep the rear rim from getting damaged. So I go to see what all damage happened and as I walked up, the front one collapsed. Wahoooooo all I asked was to get it hhome. We made it
|
|
|
Re: Pontoon boat duck blind round 2
[Re: wal1809]
#5477427
12/15/14 03:58 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 4,721
Dave Speer
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 4,721 |
Wayne needs a project any day of the week
|
|
|
Re: Pontoon boat duck blind round 2
[Re: wal1809]
#5477444
12/15/14 04:01 AM
|
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 10,404
Ramball36
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 10,404 |
That's gonna be pretty sweet!
|
|
|
Re: Pontoon boat duck blind round 2
[Re: wal1809]
#5477693
12/15/14 05:23 AM
|
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 110,788
dogcatcher
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 110,788 |
And the building of the Titanic II is about to begin.
Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
|
|
|
Re: Pontoon boat duck blind round 2
[Re: wal1809]
#5477723
12/15/14 06:09 AM
|
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 1,661
_Scooter_
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 1,661 |
This is gonna be one for the books...
Wasn't born in Texas, but I got there as fast as I could.
|
|
|
Re: Pontoon boat duck blind round 2
[Re: wal1809]
#5477737
12/15/14 06:39 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 12,295
Cody Malone
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 12,295 |
HF Whitetail / Exotic / S. African Safaris
Proudly Sponsored by: Horizon Firearms / Swarovski Optiks / Under Armour / Yeti Coolers / Costa Del Mar / Havalon Knives
Malone Outdoors, LLC C/254-722-9031 or E/ maloneoutdoors@yahoo.com
|
|
|
Re: Pontoon boat duck blind round 2
[Re: Cody Malone]
#5477765
12/15/14 08:24 AM
|
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 861
No Choke
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 861 |
Great pics Cody & Wayne. Dang it Wayne, we have $2.69 best gas price here....
|
|
|
Re: Pontoon boat duck blind round 2
[Re: wal1809]
#5477790
12/15/14 11:17 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 11,788
wal1809
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 11,788 |
When i got to the yard and stopped,one tire on one side looked like a matted hairbrush. It was completely shredded. The one in front of it was holding the rear one up just enough to keep the rear rim from getting damaged. So I go to see what all damage happened and as I walked up, the front one collapsed. Wahoooooo all I asked was to get it home. We made it
Last edited by wal1809; 12/15/14 11:20 AM.
|
|
|
Re: Pontoon boat duck blind round 2
[Re: Dave Speer]
#5477791
12/15/14 11:18 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 11,788
wal1809
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 11,788 |
Wayne needs a project any day of the week I need a project everyday of the week
|
|
|
Re: Pontoon boat duck blind round 2
[Re: wal1809]
#5477793
12/15/14 11:23 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 11,788
wal1809
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 11,788 |
Bad arse Cody!!!! I am guessing that is a fall away shooting door made out of R panel? Do you have any inside pics showing the whole floorplan?
|
|
|
Re: Pontoon boat duck blind round 2
[Re: wal1809]
#5478066
12/15/14 02:44 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,626
Erichugh22
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,626 |
Would be perfect at my lake this year, water is 3 or 4 feet deep at the teelines. I have no clue why they are not letting any water out. You walk through knee deep water 100 yards before you even get to the shoreline. You almost have to have a boat blind to hunt most spots.
|
|
|
Re: Pontoon boat duck blind round 2
[Re: Erichugh22]
#5478077
12/15/14 02:46 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 11,788
wal1809
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 11,788 |
Would be perfect at my lake this year, water is 3 or 4 feet deep at the teelines. I have no clue why they are not letting any water out. You walk through knee deep water 100 yards before you even get to the shoreline. You almost have to have a boat blind to hunt most spots. Well it is a dern shame I haven't even started the project. If it were done I'd be inviting myself to take you along.
|
|
|
Re: Pontoon boat duck blind round 2
[Re: wal1809]
#5479046
12/15/14 09:15 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,626
Erichugh22
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,626 |
Would be perfect at my lake this year, water is 3 or 4 feet deep at the teelines. I have no clue why they are not letting any water out. You walk through knee deep water 100 yards before you even get to the shoreline. You almost have to have a boat blind to hunt most spots. Well it is a dern shame I haven't even started the project. If it were done I'd be inviting myself to take you along. It's been like that almost 2 seasons now, there's always next year
|
|
|
Re: Pontoon boat duck blind round 2
[Re: wal1809]
#5479093
12/15/14 09:35 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 11,788
wal1809
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 11,788 |
I have four rather large projects in the works, well 5 actually. Boat blind, a porch on my pump house so I can have a fish/game claning station with running water and lights, We are building a small cabin on the place for a guest house, We are in the planning stages of flooding an additional 10 to 15 acres at the duck lease, a 10 person-5 porch swing fire ring sitting area area and last but not least, a smokehouse. The duckpond will be a major project. We will have to build a 6 yard dam 15 foot high and 36 foot at the base. We have to haul every grain of dirt in with a dump truck. I aint scared, otherwise I would sit on the couch with a remote control to the TV. This link is the swing fire ring thingy. My wife has been yelping about a gazeebo for years. They are expensive and never get used beyond the first time you use it. Fortunately I talked this up and she wants it over the gazebo. I have been cutting huge cedar trees at the lease to use instead of store bought beams. It is cheap and they will look so mych better once I strip the bark and treat the crdar with a water proofer. http://www.goodshomedesign.com/awesome-fire-pit-swing-set/
|
|
|
Re: Pontoon boat duck blind round 2
[Re: wal1809]
#5482085
12/17/14 01:24 AM
|
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 3,958
1FowlHntR
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 3,958 |
I have hunted out of a pontoon blind before. we always hunted it on the "main lake" so skinny water wasn't an issue...it was a dream to hunt out of though!!
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
|
|
|
Re: Pontoon boat duck blind round 2
[Re: Cody Malone]
#5482127
12/17/14 01:38 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 547
Fowlman
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 547 |
That's impressive Cody.
|
|
|
Re: Pontoon boat duck blind round 2
[Re: Cody Malone]
#5482306
12/17/14 02:45 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 6
OMJ Outdoors
Green Horn
|
Green Horn
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 6 |
Looks Great,Do you have any idea on how much weight this added to your pontoon boat?
|
|
|
Re: Pontoon boat duck blind round 2
[Re: wal1809]
#5482704
12/17/14 10:25 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 11,788
wal1809
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 11,788 |
I would imagine the weight on his boat would have been equal to or less than when it had rails, center console and furniture.
|
|
|
Moderated by bigbob_ftw, CCBIRDDOGMAN, Chickenman, Derek, DeRico, Duck_Hunter, hetman, jeh7mmmag, JustWingem, kmon11, kry226, kwrhuntinglab, Payne, pertnear, rifleman, sig226fan (Rguns.com), Superduty, TreeBass, txcornhusker
|