Building A Duck Blind On A Pontoon Boat

Build the posts for the duck blind from 4 4 lumber.

Building a duck blind on a pontoon boat.

Mike schneiderhan used an old pontoon boat as the basis for a comfortable shallow draft waterfowl blind. I decided to really take my time and try to create the perfect duck boat. Mike schneiderhan of hastings missouri found his ultimate waterfowl hunting boat in early june of 2007. Covered with brush and bull rushes.

Any advice iawaterfowlers waterfowl forums waterfowl boats motors boat blinds. 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. I have a pontoon that i am turning into a duck boat. 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.

I was wondering if anybody had any good ideas on how to build a blind and camoflauge everything up pretty well. Using a pipe bender each support pole is curved inward at a 90 degree angle at the top and bottom. Again it s a great boat until the timber gets tight and the water gets shallow. With a bit of imagination and plenty of elbow grease he transformed an old pontoon boat into a stable comfortable gunning blind.

As you can see in the plans you need to dig 24 deep holes so you secure them into place. Pontoon duck boat user name. Painted all the shiny stuff. Use a spirit level to plumb the posts before locking them into place.