I'm finally headed back home to my beloved state of Vermont! Work and skiing took me out to Nevada for a few years and now finally getting back - not until next fall tho! I grew up as an avid big game hunter and have recently feel in love with waterfowl hunting - thanks to my new pup! I was just back for thanksgiving and saw duck blinds littered out in front of my parents' house on Lake Champlain (near Georgia shore). I was in my deer stand a few mornings and all I could hear were shots coming from the lake and I started drooling!
I have never hunted from a boat so I have some questions. Out in Nevada, where no water exists, hunting from a boat blind is just not the way of things. My plan is to arrive in Vermont sometime in August and right away purchase a jon boat so I can start training my dog out of the boat prior the season. Where do you guys put your dog's when in the boat while hunting? Bow? And do you guys cut a hole on both starboard and port sides of the blind to release the dog in case one lands on either side of the boat? Also, anybody have luck with a dog ramp or should I just fabricate my own?
Lastly - I have never hunted in more than waist deep water and keeping the decoys stationary has never been an issue in such shallow water. In deep water, how do you guys keep the decoys from floating away? I would assume you put more anchor line on the decoy lines?
Thanks for all the help and look forward to next year! Hope everyone is having a great season so far. In the few days I was home I saw more ducks and geese than I have seen in Nevada during my first year of hunting. Be thankful for what you guys have over there!! Good luck!
Sam
Posted a quick pic of my first limit ever! One merg and the six shovlers!
I have never hunted from a boat so I have some questions. Out in Nevada, where no water exists, hunting from a boat blind is just not the way of things. My plan is to arrive in Vermont sometime in August and right away purchase a jon boat so I can start training my dog out of the boat prior the season. Where do you guys put your dog's when in the boat while hunting? Bow? And do you guys cut a hole on both starboard and port sides of the blind to release the dog in case one lands on either side of the boat? Also, anybody have luck with a dog ramp or should I just fabricate my own?
Lastly - I have never hunted in more than waist deep water and keeping the decoys stationary has never been an issue in such shallow water. In deep water, how do you guys keep the decoys from floating away? I would assume you put more anchor line on the decoy lines?
Thanks for all the help and look forward to next year! Hope everyone is having a great season so far. In the few days I was home I saw more ducks and geese than I have seen in Nevada during my first year of hunting. Be thankful for what you guys have over there!! Good luck!
Sam
Posted a quick pic of my first limit ever! One merg and the six shovlers!