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What's in your boat?

Posted By: mathewsdxt18

What's in your boat? - 10/31/14 01:40 AM

So this will be my first season hunting out of a boat.
I've had boat now for a week or so and she's almost finished.
My question. What do y'all always have in your boat when going hunting.
My list so far is all the basic stuff fire ext, life jackets, and the rest of the other stuff to be legal.
I've got a medical kit for my 4legged partner and a jacket.
Decoys, flappy wings, basic tools I know theirs plenty I'm forgetting, but anything out of the ordinary that might have saved y'all a time or two?
Thanks!!
Posted By: catwhacker

Re: What's in your boat? - 10/31/14 02:33 AM

Gas! We towed a hunter in last weekend that forgot to put gas in the tank.
Posted By: wal1809

Re: What's in your boat? - 10/31/14 03:29 AM

Toilet paper. If you got that, you are good to roll.
Posted By: Guy

Re: What's in your boat? - 10/31/14 03:36 AM

Paddle, spar plug, extra emergency kill key (or whatever you call it), tools...
Posted By: LarryCopper

Re: What's in your boat? - 10/31/14 11:12 AM

TP, extra light, extra gas, and some drinking water.

Spare prop, nut, and pin doesn't hurt either.
Posted By: mohunter

Re: What's in your boat? - 10/31/14 11:40 AM

Most stuff has been covered except for snacks, I also take a small portable blow torch to thaw things like throttle cables, trim solenoids, and anything else that decides to freeze up. Handwarmers, extra lights, facemask, and facepaint for the people that forget their facemask.
Posted By: Gdogg

Re: What's in your boat? - 10/31/14 01:27 PM

Extra drain plug, spot light and spare spot light, change of clothes just in case and don't forget the toilet paper.
Posted By: Muddyfoot

Re: What's in your boat? - 10/31/14 01:39 PM

Coleman two burner oven, cast iron pot for cooking some breakfast after setting decoys. We cook the ready made breakfast in a bag by jimmy dean, have momma wake up and fix some warm bread while your getting dressed and loading the truck... man its th best!!!!
Posted By: LarryCopper

Re: What's in your boat? - 10/31/14 02:07 PM

Originally Posted By: Gdogg
Extra drain plug.


That's a good one! I'm not ADD or OCD or whatever, but I have 2 extras. I have needed two extras once while scouting the middle of nowhere and didn't have a backup to the backup. Fun trip.
Posted By: mohunter

Re: What's in your boat? - 10/31/14 02:38 PM

For the plug, I have one with the flip lever that has rope tied to the loop and the other end is tied around my floor stringer, it can never be misplaced, I also carry a backup but never needed it.
Posted By: GoldLS1

Re: What's in your boat? - 10/31/14 07:09 PM

WD40
Starter fluid
Jumper cables
GPS
Anchor & rope
2 or 3 gal bucket to bail water
Ziplock bag for phone and wallet
Posted By: Moe #2

Re: What's in your boat? - 11/02/14 07:05 PM

I really like my push pole for getting me off or out of stuff
Posted By: Hopedale

Re: What's in your boat? - 11/02/14 08:07 PM

Looks like you have a good list of items to have int he boat at all times.

For the hunting piece, I'd highly recommend going with rigging the decoys with the Texas Rig and adding this to the boat Drake Stand Up Decoy Bag <---- click

Makes putting out and picking up the decoys a breeze.
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