Boat loads------Honest Info

[Bigpoppa]

Tell about your boat and what is a normal load for you on a hunting trip.

[featherduster]

1974 Duracraft, 42" bottom, 15 ft., 25 Evinrude, 1 battery, 6 gallon tank, plywood floor with 1" foam underneath, 2 bags dekes, 2 shell bags, have to haves in dry storage box, 20 Qt. cooler, two grown folks, about 420 lbs., sometimes dog 75 lbs. 2lb. fire extinguisher. Safe conservative estimate 700lbs.

[Model12]

1546DB, 25hp Yamaha 3cyl., 6 gal. gas ice chest, 80# lab, 200# partner, avery blind, 2 dozen dekes, guns, shells, waders, cooker, dog platform, spare gun, life jackets, etc., about 800 lbs....

[Black_Dawg]

No kidding-coleman ram-x 15ft canoe,me 300lbs,75 pound blacklab(Jewel),paddle,two dozen decoys,drybox,flotation seat cushion,shotgun. And usually three gallons of water at the end of the day. Man It's a good thing we never shoot any ducks,that dang thing might sink! [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]

[benjamin west]

16ft with 25horse merc. 2bags of decoys 1bag of 2dz shells 200lb partner 90 pound lab(goose) avery blind 2 cookers shotguns shells waders 2 chairs mallard machine 2 robo ducks cooler(eggs sausage cokes @ham) trolling motor life jackets cushions spotlights various tools hell it takes 30 min. to load the boat

[Jeff]

1542 weld bilt w/ 23 hp mud buddy, plywood floor, portable blind, camo netting, 6 gallons of fuel, battery, approx 60 dekes (which is real variable dependin on what size pond I am hunting, anywhere from 6-60 dekes), 2 people, a tiny cooler, two shell buckets, dog, and required boat equipment. I donno, about 750-800 lbs.?

[Dutch Dog]

1754 war eagle mossy oak break up camo. usually 2 partners, 2 to 4 bags of dekes, sometimes a dog 75 lbs (dutch). merc 90. no blind...none necessary.