Pete's pictures in his "When Old Timers Talk" thread got me thinking. Surely some more of you use a canoe or kayak to get to your hunting spots, so post up some pics of your bows and canoes/kayaks for the rest of us. Just something cool about a traditional bow sitting in the front of a canoe on the river!
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Man I really wish I owned a canoe of my own!!!
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Not quite a canoe, but we all couldn't fit in a canoe, lol
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Where were those taken, Steve O?
Brother...you need to do a search on this topic. There are a ton of great pix on the site from guys who hunt from canoes and kayaks.
Chris,
That looks like somewhere local am I right?
Mike
BBoy, those are from an island near Prince of Wales, AK. It was supposed to be a bear hunt but turned into a fishing trip...
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I love the pics!!!
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My favorite way to get away.
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Bowhawk, that looks like a day to remember. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Putting that monster in the front makes it ride "nicer".
Great pictures.
Great thread,thanks for posting.
Neat stuff!!! :thumbsup:
Shades of Deliverence!
QuoteOriginally posted by chesapeakeblend:
Chris,
That looks like somewhere local am I right?
Mike
Umm well the one with the Jon boat is point of rocks their by Frederick. The other one is a tributary of the Potomac here close to home(Washington county)
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This is one of my favorite pictures. My buddy with his best whitetail.
heres a pic of Bowspirit using my kayak. both of killed frogs out of it that day. took a bit of getting use to in order to get a shot of but it was fun!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v119/adkmountainken/frogging/bowkayak.jpg)
Nice photos fellas.
Great pictures guys! Looks natural with trad gear doesn't it?
Glenn
TTT - any new pics? Found this in search wondering if I can get it back to the top?
Looking to get a sit-on-top kayak for some bowfishing this summer. Anyone tried this?
I picked this up a couple of months ago. I am looking forward to trying it out. It's a 10.5' Wee Lassie Solo
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/joevt/Wee-lassie-10.5-1c-Bow-767x1024_zpspecsjhbl.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/joevt/media/Wee-lassie-10.5-1c-Bow-767x1024_zpspecsjhbl.jpg.html)
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16' Oldtown ,Hammock and supper deer and hog sign everwhere but no live game.
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I am building a cabinet shop in my backyard this year. After I complete new kitchen cabinets to make the wife happy, I think a strip canoe may be in order. Thinking a solo paddle design, 14 foot or so.
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Not the easiest thing to bowfish from. Fish are hard to see and you really have to cant the bow over almost flat.
Not a canoe, but a raft is much easier to fly in.
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This was was too small. In fact, they were all too small@ :biglaugh:
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Cool photos, thread.
QuoteOriginally posted by monterey:
[QB] Not a canoe, but a raft is much easier to fly in.
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You can fly in that raft?! How fast you have to wave them oars around?
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QuoteOriginally posted by bowhawk archer:
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This might be the coolest picture I've ever seen on Trad Gang!
QuoteOriginally posted by CoachBGriff:
QuoteOriginally posted by bowhawk archer:
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This might be the coolest picture I've ever seen on Trad Gang! [/b]
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That's awesome! I wanna do that!! :thumbsup: :notworthy: :notworthy:
Awesome guys!
QuoteYou can fly in that raft?! How fast you have to wave them oars around?
:biglaugh:
It's not easy. Specially with those oar locks.
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Cool pirogue. You probably need a boat to hunt in Louisiana.
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Scouting trip
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Basinboy, this is kinda a modern pirogue!
QuoteOriginally posted by J-dog:
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Scouting trip
What is that snakey looking thing lashed to the side?
Great thread. I hunt, fish, trap, camp, just about anything you want to do can be done out of a canoe.
Headed up the Bourbeuse River with a Hoyt Pro Medalist to bowfish.
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My 47# 12' Old Town Stillwater
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Monteray- did you bust your oarlocks? what trip was that on? looks like Ak!
Great pics fellas.
QuoteOriginally posted by monterey:
Cool pirogue. You probably need a boat to hunt in Louisiana.
Yes Sir! I have two boats and a pirogue. Heck even the deer and hogs need a boat lol
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QuoteOriginally posted by fujimo:
Monteray- did you bust your oarlocks? what trip was that on? looks like Ak!
Yes, that was a two week moose Hunt in AK.
The oar locks were, as we said in my military days, a "field expedient". The raft was a new one bought locally prior to the trip. Part of the deal was that the seller would ship it to our outfitter.
When we met the outfitter it turned into a speed drill to pull our gear (previously shipped by us) and the raft out of storage and loaded into super cubs because of weather closing in. The raft had been poorly packed and apparently the locks slid out a break in the packing. We didn't realize it until we were sitting on the island sand bar where we were dropped.
So, the oar locks were fashioned from some stout alder which grows everywhere along the rivers.
QuoteOriginally posted by monterey:
QuoteOriginally posted by J-dog:
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Scouting trip
What is that snakey looking thing lashed to the side? [/b]
That's a "neutral" bent paddle. Saves your shoulders if you are paddlin long distance! Promise. On a fishin day I can cover a lot of miles.
Basin boy, that is a cool pics
saves your shoulders but especially your wrists. ergonomics- in fact they work better if they have about a 5 degree feather in them, as that is the natural rotation the shaft undergoes if yo are using a proper torso twist whilst paddling. but they are certainly the greatest new advent to paddling!!!
cool story monteray- did you get a moose. i am doing a 2 week moose/ canoe paddle trip this fall in northern bc!
No, we did not get any game except spruce hens. :)
We had some great fishing though. You would think after two weeks one would be ready to get back to civilization, but I'd a been happy to spend another two weeks on the river.
Where in BC?
QuoteOriginally posted by joe vt:
I picked this up a couple of months ago. I am looking forward to trying it out. It's a 10.5' Wee Lassie Solo
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/joevt/Wee-Lassie-10.5-1a-1024x791_zpslplt9jtw.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/joevt/media/Wee-Lassie-10.5-1a-1024x791_zpslplt9jtw.jpg.html)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/joevt/Wee-lassie-10.5-1c-Bow-767x1024_zpspecsjhbl.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/joevt/media/Wee-lassie-10.5-1c-Bow-767x1024_zpspecsjhbl.jpg.html)
WOW!!! That's a beauty.
J Dog, Are those pictures of the same boat?
Yeah Greg same boat, I just outfitted it out with some gear.
Looking to get a sit-on-top kayak for some bowfishing this summer. Anyone tried this?
They make sit-on-tops that you can stand up in. I was looking real hard at a Jackson Kilroy, but didn't want that much weight for what I intended.
I like fishing from a canoe, and double-ended paddles so I got an Old Town NEXT.
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Killdeer :bigsmyl:
We used lashing bars to link two canoes and stabilizers for standing to fly fish up north and to shoot carp down here. http://store.springcreek.com/Stabilizer-Floats-for-Canoes-and-Kayaks/Canoe-Stabilizer-Floats/Spring-Creek-Stabilizer-Floats-Ethafoam-EF-Complete-Package-for-Canoe-p1588.html
QuoteOriginally posted by Killdeer:
[QB] Looking to get a sit-on-top kayak for some bowfishing this summer. Anyone tried this?
Yes, I´ve tried it :D
some pics and video links below
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here´s two bow fishing vids done from the kayak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g07TLllL8Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdO1Y30xoVs
Yononindo, I remember your bow fishing video you posted a while back. very cool!
I havent bow fished in a while - might have to try and get some stingrays and flounder this yr.
J
Killy, I'm looking to purchase an Old Town NEXT. how do you like yours and did you get the double ended paddle? The NEXT was high on my list because (according to what I read) it has the qualities of a kayak with the open space of a canoe. This would be my first canoe and I'm really looking forward to getting on the water this summer. If you're coming to the BBTC this year I'd like to run you down and chew your ear (not literally of course :D ) on the NEXT.
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Goose hunt, several years ago.
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Bowhunt in a traditional South Greenland skinboat, this October.
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Crossing the channel in an East Greenland Qajaq to find some ponies.
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Found some ponies.