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boat blind

Postby n0avgj0e5 » Tue Jan 21, 2014 12:49 pm

I've got a 16' lowe wide jon boat that i use for duck hunting. I'd like to creat a blind to put over this boat for shore line hunting or open water floating situations.

the boat also has decking in the front and back.

does anyone have any ideas or plans on how to build a blind ontop of the decking?
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Re: boat blind

Postby NuffDaddy » Tue Jan 21, 2014 2:06 pm

Let me get on the desktop. I made one for mine. I'll post up some pics for you.
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Re: boat blind

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Re: boat blind

Postby NuffDaddy » Tue Jan 21, 2014 3:39 pm

I sent you a PM. The frame I built used the corner pieces instead of using a pipe bender, but a pipe bender is the way to go.
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Re: boat blind

Postby FlintRiverFowler » Tue Jan 21, 2014 3:55 pm

That's a nice blind there nuff. What size is your boat ?
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Re: boat blind

Postby NuffDaddy » Tue Jan 21, 2014 3:57 pm

FlintRiverFowler wrote:That's a nice blind there nuff. What size is your boat ?

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Re: boat blind

Postby FlintRiverFowler » Tue Jan 21, 2014 3:59 pm

NuffDaddy wrote:
FlintRiverFowler wrote:That's a nice blind there nuff. What size is your boat ?

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I see mines a 1640 mod-v. I'm looking at building a blind on my boat this off season. I want everything right for next season bc I'm
Not gonna get to hunt much so when I do get to go I wana be on the ducks. Gona spend tons of time scouting too.
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Re: boat blind

Postby NuffDaddy » Tue Jan 21, 2014 4:01 pm

Don't want to toot my own horn, but that blind works awesome. Sets up in 2 min and folds down and out of the way.
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Re: boat blind

Postby FlintRiverFowler » Tue Jan 21, 2014 4:19 pm

What is the base material?
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Re: boat blind

Postby AKPirate » Tue Jan 21, 2014 4:20 pm

NuffDaddy wrote:Don't want to toot my own horn, but that blind works awesome. Sets up in 2 min and folds down and out of the way.


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Re: boat blind

Postby NuffDaddy » Tue Jan 21, 2014 5:31 pm

FlintRiverFowler wrote:What is the base material?

Conduit frame, then a medium duty tarp, then I put green plastic snow fence over it to attach brush. I took a couple cans of flat tan spray paint to it to nock the shine down off the tarp and plastic.
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Re: boat blind

Postby FlintRiverFowler » Tue Jan 21, 2014 5:33 pm

So it's a tarp. I like the idea for a wind stopper.
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Re: boat blind

Postby NuffDaddy » Tue Jan 21, 2014 5:38 pm

FlintRiverFowler wrote:So it's a tarp. I like the idea for a wind stopper.

Yup. Only problem is it is kinda a sail with that up so it takes a big anchor to keep it in place.
I use a 25lb on the front and a 15lb on the back for my 16'. And I wouldn't want any lighter.
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Re: boat blind

Postby Tomkat » Tue Jan 21, 2014 7:23 pm

A tarp huh?

Hmmmmmm
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Re: boat blind

Postby FlintRiverFowler » Tue Jan 21, 2014 7:57 pm

Tomkat wrote:A tarp huh?

Hmmmmmm

Nah that's a pretty good blind, bc it folds down and you dont drive with it up.
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Re: boat blind

Postby NuffDaddy » Tue Jan 21, 2014 9:19 pm

Tomkat wrote:A tarp huh?

Hmmmmmm

Yup why?
Works good. Light and is a great wind/rain blocker?
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Re: boat blind

Postby rebelp74 » Tue Jan 21, 2014 10:27 pm

NuffDaddy wrote:Don't want to toot my own horn, but that blind works awesome. Sets up in 2 min and folds down and out of the way.

Toot your flute bro!
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Re: boat blind

Postby NuffDaddy » Tue Jan 21, 2014 10:37 pm

rebelp74 wrote:
NuffDaddy wrote:Don't want to toot my own horn, but that blind works awesome. Sets up in 2 min and folds down and out of the way.

Toot your flute bro!

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Re: boat blind

Postby n0avgj0e5 » Wed Feb 05, 2014 11:32 am

here are a couple of pictures of my boat that i am trying to put a portable pop up blind on. any ideas or suggestions?
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Re: boat blind

Postby Olly » Wed Feb 05, 2014 11:33 am

A standard scissor blind is hard to beat. They are cheap to make yourself and easy.
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Re: boat blind

Postby n0avgj0e5 » Wed Feb 05, 2014 11:35 am

Olly wrote:A standard scissor blind is hard to beat. They are cheap to make yourself and easy.


becasue of the platforms in my boat i can not sit on the bottom of the boat. I have to shoot or hunt off of the platforms. i cant get a scissor blind tall enough to conceal us. I've tried
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Re: boat blind

Postby Olly » Wed Feb 05, 2014 11:36 am

Thought about taking the platforms out?
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Re: boat blind

Postby n0avgj0e5 » Wed Feb 05, 2014 11:55 am

Id rather buy another boat than do that.....with the platforms in its a great bass fishing boat.

This boat is normally on a trailor however it is extreamly light and 2 of us can pick it up off the trailor and walk it to ponds that a lot of people wont have access to becasue they can not get a trailored boat there.

Same thing appies when trying to slip into a nasty swamp to kill a few woodies in the early fall.
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Re: boat blind

Postby Feelin' Fowl » Wed Feb 05, 2014 12:02 pm

Ever hunt more than two?
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Re: boat blind

Postby NuffDaddy » Wed Feb 05, 2014 12:54 pm

Layout blinds.

Just brush up the boat, then set field layout blinds on top and brush them I'm a bit. It would be easy, and keep you really low profile.
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Re: boat blind

Postby RonE » Wed Feb 05, 2014 1:32 pm

I bought a tubing bender, some 1/2" conduit and built my own. Including the attachments for bimini covers and all the stainless steel screws and bolts, less than $120 and less than a day of construction.

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Re: boat blind

Postby Flightstopper » Thu Feb 06, 2014 5:19 pm

What is the structure of your bow deck make of? That is slick!
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Re: boat blind

Postby capt1972 » Thu Feb 06, 2014 5:39 pm

Flightstopper wrote:What is the structure of your bow deck make of? That is slick!

Looks like hydroturf.
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Re: boat blind

Postby NuffDaddy » Thu Feb 06, 2014 5:41 pm

capt1972 wrote:
Flightstopper wrote:What is the structure of your bow deck make of? That is slick!

Looks like hydroturf.

The price isn't so slick though.
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Re: boat blind

Postby Olly » Thu Feb 06, 2014 6:29 pm

NuffDaddy wrote:
capt1972 wrote:
Flightstopper wrote:What is the structure of your bow deck make of? That is slick!

Looks like hydroturf.

The price isn't so slick though.


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