{"id":192519,"date":"2024-03-15T12:59:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T17:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=182618"},"modified":"2024-08-03T19:32:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T00:32:34","slug":"hunt365-carry-or-haul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/hunt365-carry-or-haul\/","title":{"rendered":"Waterfowl &#8211; Carry or Haul Your Gear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time:  <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">6<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I&#8217;ve gotten older what I have learned is not what I should have learned.&nbsp; Be smart, travel light, and be prepared.&nbsp; Instead, as a plan B, I tend to bring everything I might need to the marsh and field.&nbsp; For the most part though I do know better and have a few thoughts on getting into the hunt burning the fewest calories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-hunters-have-lots-of-gear\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hunt365-carry-or-haul\" title=\"Waterfowl - Carry or Haul Your Gear\" data-level=\"2\">Hunters Have Lots Of Gear<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-haul-it-all-on-your-back\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hunt365-carry-or-haul\" title=\"Waterfowl - Carry or Haul Your Gear\" data-level=\"2\">Haul It All On Your Back<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-boat-in-instead-of-carrying-it\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hunt365-carry-or-haul\" title=\"Waterfowl - Carry or Haul Your Gear\" data-level=\"2\">Boat In Instead of Carrying It<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-read-more-field-test-badlands-vario-system\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hunt365-carry-or-haul\" title=\"Waterfowl - Carry or Haul Your Gear\" data-level=\"2\">READ MORE: Field Test: Badlands Vario System<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-overhead-haul\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hunt365-carry-or-haul\" title=\"Waterfowl - Carry or Haul Your Gear\" data-level=\"2\">Overhead Haul<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Large-haul-2-vers-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"hunting gear ready to haul in\" class=\"wp-image-182620\" title=\"2 - Hunt365 - Carry or Haul\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Not much left behind.&nbsp; Decoys, batteries, guns, blinds, camo, ice eater, coats, and dry bag.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hunters-have-lots-of-gear\">Hunters Have Lots Of Gear<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether by land or water, how you get the necessities in can make or break a good hunt.&nbsp; Let&#8217;s start with the big haul aside from plain dragging it all in with your pickup truck.&nbsp; When hunting with some distance to travel a walk carrying several dozen decoys is a tough way to start the day.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add in your guns, shells, and perhaps your waders and maybe even something to eat and you get to a large load pretty quick.&nbsp; Nothing like arriving at your favorite honey hole being soaked in sweat, legs wobbling, and half your wardrobe already shucked along the route.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Long-walk-in-vers-2-766x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Hunters and dog preparing for a hike\" class=\"wp-image-182622\" title=\"2 - Hunt365 - Carry or Haul\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">On a long haul, you have to think about everything from calls to how many shells you need.&nbsp; Going light means considering decoys that weigh less, back packs, and fewer motion decoys requiring batteries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-haul-it-all-on-your-back\">Haul It All On Your Back<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Most times when I hunt with friends we divide and conquer the load, whatever we have to get in when a walk of a mile or more is required.&nbsp; Often the walk will require hauling in waders to ease the walk.&nbsp; A good mile walk in will humble most folks trying to carry stuff without some form of cart.&nbsp; What really gets you is the haul out when you have 4-6 ducks that were not in the haul in, but regardless the mark of a great hunt.&nbsp; Looking up the road in the daylight and seeing the truck a mile away is very much different than the walk in while dark with nothing to reconnoiter your position. &nbsp;In the light you see how far you really have to walk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Simple-back-pack-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"2 - Hunt365 - Carry or Haul\" class=\"wp-image-182623\" title=\"2 - Hunt365 - Carry or Haul\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">On a really lightweight walk in everything is in the backpack with just enough room to haul ducks out \u2013 or at least you hope.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-boat-in-instead-of-carrying-it\">Boat In Instead of Carrying It<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A boat-in requires less planning, but eventually, all the stuff you need has to get to the duck hole if levees, low water, or other physical barriers are left to hurdle.&nbsp; It is hard to leave stuff behind.&nbsp; Do you really need extra batteries for your motion, or maybe even a large battery or generator to run an ice eater?&nbsp; How many decoys are needed?&nbsp; How much do they weigh?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-read-more-field-test-badlands-vario-system\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/hunt365.gunsamerica.com\/blogs\/Field-Test:-Badlands-Vario-System_o_116723\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hunt365-carry-or-haul\" title=\"Waterfowl - Carry or Haul Your Gear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Field Test: Badlands Vario System<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pushing-load-through-ice-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Hunter pushing gear through icy water\" class=\"wp-image-182624\" title=\"2 - Hunt365 - Carry or Haul\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Boats work well even if you don\u2019t ride in them, but instead load them and push.&nbsp; They also come in handy breaking ice on the way in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Low-water-push-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Gear boat sitting on muddy ground\" class=\"wp-image-182625\" title=\"2 - Hunt365 - Carry or Haul\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">It never fails the best plans meet up with almost insurmountable obstacles.&nbsp;&nbsp; For a boat no water is a nightmare.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Boats do indeed make the haul so much easier and whether it is a 14\u2019 boat full of gear, or a one-man layout boat the stuff you can haul in is impressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Layout-boat-load-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Hunter next to his gear boat\" class=\"wp-image-182626\" title=\"2 - Hunt365 - Carry or Haul\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I cannot express enough just how big a load these layout boats can haul.&nbsp; They are stable and low in the water with deck and interior space to carry everything you need.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Large-haul-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"All the gear a hunter has to haul\" class=\"wp-image-182627\" title=\"2 - Hunt365 - Carry or Haul\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A large haul sets the stage for a great hunt especially when nothing is left behind.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Even-more-1024x909.jpg\" alt=\"2 - Hunt365 - Carry or Haul\" class=\"wp-image-182628\" title=\"2 - Hunt365 - Carry or Haul\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Yes, all of this has to get to the honey hole if necessary.&nbsp; Otherwise, some thought into just exactly what I need.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-overhead-haul\">Overhead Haul<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally the over-land haul using whatever it takes to get your equipment in safety.&nbsp; I know for a fact a UTV can haul a load, and often in fields where no trucks are allowed this is the only way to get in without tearing up the farmer&#8217;s land.&nbsp; It always seems that a one-haul load is the best, but that does not always work.&nbsp; As well, things fall off along the way so you never quite get it perfect.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/UTV-loaded-to-the-gills-vers-2-767x1024.jpg\" alt=\"UTV with overhead haul  bag\" class=\"wp-image-182630\" title=\"2 - Hunt365 - Carry or Haul\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I think we could have gotten more in or on the UTV but we had to deal with uneven terrain.&nbsp; Otherwise, on level ground it flats carries a load.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/6-wheeler-haul-in-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Haul your gear in however you can\" class=\"wp-image-182631\" title=\"2 - Hunt365 - Carry or Haul\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The 6-wheeler is a hybrid allowing you to cross dry land, power through mud, and float if necessary across water.&nbsp; 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