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Since I am still yakless. (Have a Pirogue) What kind of Yak best fits loading a Medium Lab into it? Easy in/out? I assume it'll be a slower yak that handles more capacity. I can load my dog into my pirogue, but god forbid she jumps out and tries to do an open water get back in. She is not the "water dog" that most labs are.
fryemup
YAK and LABS
practicing for the yak
Well, here is Luke practicing for his first yak ride!
At 5 months old, he's still a bit confused as to his role in all this.
And, no, he is NOT spoiled.
At 5 months old, he's still a bit confused as to his role in all this.
And, no, he is NOT spoiled.
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Back to the original question... Have you considered a tandem? I also remember seeing "ladders" for dogs to climb in and out of bigger boats. I wonder if a mini-version would be feasible or neccessary? I fish and hunt from a Walden Scout and have a hard time imagining trying to work a medium sized lab from my cockpit.
I used to hunt with a guy and the method was to hunt from a pirogue that we parked parallel to the bank as close to the bank as we could wiggle and waddle. We'd bring a big bundle of rousseau's (cane) and stick them in the mud in front of us to make a blind. We'd stick our paddles in the mud in front of us to help secure the boat. With a set-up like that stability was no longer an issue. It also allowed us to pick which side of a pot hole we wanted to hunt that morning depending on wind direction. It was kinda crazy sometimes... he weighed about 240 and I weighed about 150 (back then). We would have a bundle of rousseau's that you could barely reach around and 2-3 dozen decoys with us in a 14' pirogue. Only one man could paddle. The other had to sit VERY, VERY still because the water was about 1" from coming in the boat. Stupid but fun and simple.
I used to hunt with a guy and the method was to hunt from a pirogue that we parked parallel to the bank as close to the bank as we could wiggle and waddle. We'd bring a big bundle of rousseau's (cane) and stick them in the mud in front of us to make a blind. We'd stick our paddles in the mud in front of us to help secure the boat. With a set-up like that stability was no longer an issue. It also allowed us to pick which side of a pot hole we wanted to hunt that morning depending on wind direction. It was kinda crazy sometimes... he weighed about 240 and I weighed about 150 (back then). We would have a bundle of rousseau's that you could barely reach around and 2-3 dozen decoys with us in a 14' pirogue. Only one man could paddle. The other had to sit VERY, VERY still because the water was about 1" from coming in the boat. Stupid but fun and simple.