Sounds like a great morning for sure !

QuoteOriginally posted by ChuckC:
Can you (and others too) show us what you do and how you pack your craft with the gear you need for a hunt ?  What do / can you carry ? How about getting a critter out ?

ChuckC

Chuck, Here is a pic of the yak with all the gear I carry in it. My bow is bungeed to the front, my SPOT 360 hunting seat is behind the seat and an ice chest behind that when I am staying all day. My fanny pack sits between my legs on top my life vest when I carry the ice chest. If no ice chest my fanny pack goes where the ice chest is.

I have never packed out a deer or hog YET,(I do have plans to do that very soon). This is only my 4th trip in the yak but this is what I was thinking. The bow goes in the back on top of the seat and fanny pack and the animal goes in my lap and onto the front of the yak. If everybody stays dry- that would be good.

QuoteOriginally posted by Shakes.602:
That 360 Seat looks Mighty Comfy!!

   

Nomad, That's a nice rig you got there. Lot's of places to hunt like that where you are?

QuoteOriginally posted by awbowman:
Love it Todd.  Where do you live?  I'm from Lafayette

AW, I am 15 miles down the road in Cecilia.

Thank you.  I don't have that much room in mine.  Mine is a "sit IN", but I do have a lot of tie downs I inserted along the decking, mostly for holding camo grass mats.

I guess I could strap my bow in the front, as you do.  I have some room behind the seat and under the decking for a smaller soft cooler and my fanny pack and ghillie suit.

Getting out is a bit tougher for me with my sit in.  I need to work that out.  Not so bad if I can just scoot into a shallow firm bottom or sandy area, but if there is a bank, well, it isn't pretty.... funny maybe, but not pretty.

Getting a deer out would be interesting.  I am thinking, strap it on top of the bow, my bow on top of that, and paddle VERY carefully.

ChuckC

 cool stuff......

Chuck,
Not sure if you already do this but I found that it is much easier for me to get out of the kayak if after I stand up with one leg on each side of the yak that I just push the yak back between my legs behind me and get the yak out of my way. Then I bring my feet together instead of throwing one leg over one side of the yak (which is when it gets funny for me). Hope that made sense.

I haven't yet done that, but I thunk thru to that.

Actually, the standing up part is the first step. I have normally always gotten out one side or the other.

I am guessing if I just put a foot out and on each side of the craft, then push, hoist, whatever.. get the rest of me standing, then do as you say, it would work.  I will try this out shortly.

Thanks
ChuckC

Thanks for taking me along.  Made my day. I hut Government land and have been shut out due to military training all but one day this year so far.        

Thanks for the post. I hunt out of my yak a lot here in Ga. I bone all my meat out and place it in a cooler on the back of my yak. A lot more stable that way. I have a Jackson Cuda  and a Coosa but really enjoy the Coosa for slipping around in. I actually have shot game out of it standing up just drifting along.

Very cool

Wudstik, You are very welcome sir.

Jeff, They won't let us bone out our meat where I hunt. If they did this whole deal of hauling out a deer or hog would be BUTTER!
Got pics of your yaks??

Just got back from another excursion. Hunted that slough a little further up and also up on the top of the bank looking down into it. Had fresh sign from last night or early this morning. I got out there about 9 am cause the feed times were more midday.

Sat till 12 noon and didn't see a thing. Wind was blowing 15-20 so I am thinking that is what kept them down Or I am not in the right spot just yet.

I decided to pack up and go scout up the slough a little further and right when I stood up I saw something in the deep part of the slough. It was a river otter and I came dang close to getting a picture of that dude at about 10 yards.

I found some other spots to hunt and then paddled up a feeder bayou where I had found some hog sign a few weeks ago. Hogs have left but there was a huge buck track in there. On the way out I got about 10 feet from this little fella!





A baby snapping turtle just under the surface.

Cool, I have been thinking about getting a Kayak myself.

I will get some pics tomorrow and post them.

Kayak= Vessel used for taking pictures and leisure fishing.

Canoe= Meat hauling craft of the Traditional bowhunter.      

That is TOO COOL.  I'd like to try something like that.
There is a WMA I am thinking of hunting and it has 2 parts to it and one is accessible ONLY by boat.  I've never been there yet, just been told about it.
I don't know if I have any swamps like you do here in the Houston area, there might be in the Piney Woods areas.

Better keep an eye out for the Honey Island Swamp Monster...

Nalajr

fully loaded canoe for 4-5 days in Georgia in February chasing hogs...big 90qt coolers take up a lot of space even when empty.  

Cool way to hunt.  I've used pirogues and canoes to get back up the bayous, but never a kayak.