Coffin Blind Plans
Tired of lugging decoys and all your gear out when walk-in hunting? And then struggle to hide in sparse cover? For years we struggled hauling in all our gear on our backs. This little coffin box blind really can make your hunting much easier and more successful.
Layout Blinds And Selction Guide
Here you will find good deals on layout blinds along with a selection guide to help you choose the best blind for your needs.
Marsh Grass Camo Painting Stencil
Here's a stencil you can print out and save $25 for a great camo paint job on your duck boat.
Blind Grass And Customizing Guide
Choose from a wide selection of factory made blind grasses along with our how to guide to customize the colors of Realgrass, Fastgrass, and other factory made camo grasses and grass mats.
Duck Boat Paint And Painting Guide
Find a wide selection of duck boat paint and other camo paints along with practical how to information for painting aluminum and fiberglass duck boats plus other painting tips.
How To Blind Up Your Sneak Boat
Watch this video for step-by-step instructions to make your sneak boat disappear on your next hunt. In this video Jeff will show you how he blinded up the hull and doors of his layout boat.
Choosing the right boat for duck hunting is often a complicated decision for most hunters, including us at TakeEm. There are many factors to consider and by discussing them here we hope you can make a better decision along with lower your frustration.
The biggest advantage sneak boats offer the duck hunter is the ability to hide in very little cover. This ability gives the sneak boat hunter the flexability to hunt virtualy any where the ducks are. The down side to these boats is they are not designed for rough water and most have a weight capacity for only one hunter. With that being said a 12 to 13 foot sneak boat is a great marsh boat that can easily accomodate a hunter, dog, and around 40 to 70 duck decoys.
The next advantage sneak boats offer is mobility. Because these boats are so light they can be pulled over dikes and paddled or push poled through very shallow water.
The cons of these boats are narrow cockpits that only allow one hunter to lay down, wet floors, inability to handle rough waters safely, and hard to heat to cold weather. A huge issue for many hunters including myself when starting out hunting from a sneak boat is gunning. Both depth perception and shooting abilities are often chanllenged.
If your thinking about a sneak boat consider building your own. I built the Kara Hummer sneak boat some years ago and it was simple to build. Several years later this boat is holding up very for me and has been a great boat to hunt out of.
Probably the most versitile style of boat on the market is the jon boat. This includes the true jon boat, and the modified-v style. These boats offer higher weight and horsepower capacity, along with ample room for hunters, dogs, and hunting gear.
Whether your looking for a boat just for transportation or a boat/blind combo there are many options to choose from. Another benefit of bigger jon boats is the ability to safely navigate rough waters along with making a great fishing boat.
Traditionally aluminum boats, canoes, and many boats built today are still riveted. Even the skins of most aircraft are still riveted. I have owned several 12’ to 16’ jon boats that I used for duck hunting and never had any problems. Even after busting through a couple inches of ice these boats held up fine. But because it is more cost effective for a boat manufacturer to weld aluminum the industry trend has certainly leaned towards welded duck hunting boats. A benefit welded boats offer the duck hunter is that the aluminum used is also thicker, typically .100 versus .72 used in riveted construct. With welded boats being the industry trend the manufacturers are also going to put far more effort into new features for their welded boats versus riveted boats. If I were to recommend an aluminum boat to a duck hunter I would go with the welded hull. As much abuse as duck hunters put their boats through I believe it’s the best option.