I have a pontoon that i am turning into a duck boat.
Building a duck blind on a pontoon boat.
Mike schneiderhan of hastings missouri found his ultimate waterfowl hunting boat in early june of 2007.
I decided to really take my time and try to create the perfect duck boat.
See more ideas about simply framed duck blind pontoon boat.
As you can see in the plans you need to dig 24 deep holes so you secure them into place.
By the time i figured it up i was looking at roughly 75 000 in duck boats and i did not have a single boat that was good in most water fowl hunting scenarios.
Build the posts for the duck blind from 4 4 lumber.
Building the blind begins with the support poles.
Use a spirit level to plumb the posts before locking them into place.
With a bit of imagination and plenty of elbow grease he transformed an old pontoon boat into a stable comfortable gunning blind.
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Mike schneiderhan used an old pontoon boat as the basis for a comfortable shallow draft waterfowl blind.
Again it s a great boat until the timber gets tight and the water gets shallow.
Painted all the shiny stuff.
Hogland used five on each side of his 17 footer but other boats will require three to five supports depending primarily on the length seat console and storage compartment configuration.
Using a pipe bender each support pole is curved inward at a 90 degree angle at the top and bottom.
Oct 7 2016 old pontoon boat gutted the whole inside left the sides built a simply frame added some ply wood on top.