Duck Hunting Blind

I have a 16 foot alumn. boat and im thinking about building a duck blind to put on the boat so I can hunt out of it this year. I thought about ether building it out of pvc pipe or maybe eletrical conduet i dont know yet any idea?

 

You may want to look into fiberglass rod, and do a loop from side to side. It can be placed so you need to move it, or with a little help it lay's down and stacks.
Just an idea, You probably will need to think about weight (added) and also temp. changes, I know PVC doesn't react to well when it's really cold.

 

Ya thats a good idea. And Ive been thinking that I do probably want to stay away from PVC because it may get brittle when it gets really cold and it may be to flexable also

 

i just finished my second one. My first one was mas from 1/2 in conduit lasted 2 yrs didnt like it a bit. First year Lab decided to exit out and over the side when it was up she didn't make it and she bent the conduit. I had the avery fast grass over standard netting. The fast grass did add weight when it was wet. This year i made one from 16th in steel square tube. Much stonger!!! I did gain some wieght with that. I went to a army navy store a picked up the netting with the leafy break up on it. I did buy the cabelas northern flight grass to put on but i may just keep the netting by itself. I've been doing some good shooting so my motto is, if it ain't broke don,t fix it.

 

Can you get me some pics of your blind ether post them on here or email them to me at barrybeams@yahoo.com

It sounds like you have already been through all the problems that I was thinking would happen and a few more lol

How much $ did you end up spending on this total set up ??
thanks

 

Well the sqaure tube was $115.00 it is 1/8" not 16th, netting $100.00, I got the 18 lbs box of praire grass for $29.99 on sale and stainless hardware and some 1/2 pvc conduit to hold netting at the bottom about $75-100.00.I will probably need more praire grass if i decide to use it.