Johnch
09-06-2015, 07:54 PM
This afternoon I helped ....errr mainly watched so he didn't run anyone over
As a guy I duck hunt with , got his Great Grandfathers (?) "Duck" boat out of his mothers barn and hauled it home to restore
Not a normal boat
But one used many years ago to market hunt ducks and geese
On the bow were 3 cap lock muzzle loading shotguns ....about 2" bore
As he understands it it was rowed to up wind of a large flock of ducks
You would then let it drift into range of the flock
Then one person shot at the ducks with a normal shotgun while they were on the water to get the flock to take off
As they took off , the 2 person pulled the rope to set off all 3 "shotguns"
Then they picked up ducks and reloaded the shotguns
Oh all this was done after dark , out on Sandusky Bay
Real sporting LOL [smilie=1:
No clue as to how many cripples were lost each time , but after dark they would be easy to loose
But I guess there were a lot of ducks and this was a easy way to harvest them
Not sure what the load was in the 2" shotguns
But I bet they used up a bunch of lead shot in each of the 3 barrels
He plans on restoring the boat and making a new trailer (old style) to haul it on
As the old trailer has mostly rotted away
I would love to set it up behind my house and try all 3 shotguns out on a huge flock of blackbirds
Maybe 1 lb of shot or more in each barrel LOL
My lab would be chasing cripples for days
John
As a guy I duck hunt with , got his Great Grandfathers (?) "Duck" boat out of his mothers barn and hauled it home to restore
Not a normal boat
But one used many years ago to market hunt ducks and geese
On the bow were 3 cap lock muzzle loading shotguns ....about 2" bore
As he understands it it was rowed to up wind of a large flock of ducks
You would then let it drift into range of the flock
Then one person shot at the ducks with a normal shotgun while they were on the water to get the flock to take off
As they took off , the 2 person pulled the rope to set off all 3 "shotguns"
Then they picked up ducks and reloaded the shotguns
Oh all this was done after dark , out on Sandusky Bay
Real sporting LOL [smilie=1:
No clue as to how many cripples were lost each time , but after dark they would be easy to loose
But I guess there were a lot of ducks and this was a easy way to harvest them
Not sure what the load was in the 2" shotguns
But I bet they used up a bunch of lead shot in each of the 3 barrels
He plans on restoring the boat and making a new trailer (old style) to haul it on
As the old trailer has mostly rotted away
I would love to set it up behind my house and try all 3 shotguns out on a huge flock of blackbirds
Maybe 1 lb of shot or more in each barrel LOL
My lab would be chasing cripples for days
John