Duck Hunting
Boats, Decoys, rigging and Dogs
Our New Bankes 17ft
Freedom Duck Boat on Island
X Put in service Dec 06
Different places and conditions call for a wide variety of
boats. We have a new
in 2006
Ron Bankes 17 Freedom as well as a 12 ft zodiak we
utilize on Island X along with a 2007 Arctic Cat snowmobile this enables us to
reach all corners of the remote island no matter what the weather is doing.
ON the Peninsula We have a large 25ft boat as well as many custom aluminum boats
varying in size from 15-21 feet. All of our boats are powered by Yamaha
outboards, Chevy and Kodiak jet inboards, and Beavertail mud motors. All of
the boats and motors are in great working condition and are maintained daily to
insure their dependability. Some of our boats have custom duck blind built on
them to suit certain needs.
 
Decoys and Rigging
Photos credits Phil Byrd shot on Island X
Aleutian Island Waterfowlers
promotes safety first and foremost
and success comes next.
We only use top of the
 line
equipment,boats and decoys.
Our motto is doing not reinventing the wheel,
but there is always a better mouse trap and that keeps us coming up with new
ideas all the time. Many of our decoys
are made out of
foam or from longline and crab pot buoys. The crab pot and longline buoys are
cut in half with a cypress plank added to the bottom and a head is carved and
attached with a dowel rod. The second set of decoys
that were new in 08 were our E Allen King decoys custom painted. Most of
these decoys are made into divers and sea ducks, because they do not sink when
shot. The puddle duck decoys that are used are mostly high quality plastics
because of the weight factor. All diver and sea duck decoys are rigged on longlines using heavy tarred line and 550lbs mono for droppers with the use of longline clips to make setting out and picking up easy. The puddle duck decoys
are rigged for shallow water, using 550 lb mono and custom made weights are used
to prevent tangles.
OurDuck
Hunting Dogs Yellow Labs King ~ Kodiak~ Grizzly
Aleutian Island Waterfowlers takes pride in their hunting
dogs. All of our dogs are from Alaska blood lines, but they are not trained
to be field trial dogs as they are Working Dogs. Our dogs are some of the best
for what we do. We have 2 male yellow labs;
and a choclate King- Grizzly
and Toto Hunting in Alaska with cold rough water, mud, strong tides, and
eel grass beds is hard on dogs but ours were born and raised in this
environment, and can not wait until September so they can start hunting.
These dogs are strong large framed yellow labs that spend 6 months a year in
remote Alaska. When there not hunting they are training and swimming all summer
in the Alaska rivers and lakes near there home in King Salmon, AK.
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