And another pic of the layout without anybody in it
I jumped in a nearby blind and threw out a few dekes, at the ready in case he had any issues........and he did. The boat anchor wasn't holding too well and he decided to get out and re-adjust. What he didn't plan on was the water had risen quite a bit since we set up, and when he jumped out, the water was only a few inces below the top of his chest waders
When he was attempting to climb back in, his waders ripped just below the crotch. When I noticed him flailing his arms in the air, ran out to help. Not only were his waders full, the cold water made it difficult for him to even climb in my small boat. I had to grab one of his legs, lean to the same side, and roll him into the boat. Needless to say, the hunt was over from that point on, but am looking forward to putting it in a different setting and doing some more experimenting with it. Cool little boat, but I damn sure wouldn't want to be out on big water in a strong wind.
. We took two boats that day, with my buddy laying it on it's side in his 15' fishing boat on the trip out, but I was able to put it on top of my 13' duck boat coming in, but couldn't do that if it was white-capping. Appreciate the offer Dan, and I'm sure I'll have some questions going forward, this layout stuff is new to me. Olly, you are surely more flexible than me or my buddy (we're both 56 yr old farts), and would probably be much less cumbersome for you to pop up and shoot than it is for us. We've hunted ducks together for 38 years now, and can't help but laugh at each other's clumsiness almost every time we go 