justinspicher
WKR
I’d really like to get one of these, the shop is about an hour west of me. I just can’t justify it for the little bit of use it’ll see.
You nailed it. My hope is to get us hunters here in the lower 48 to see the advantage. My brain has been churning with ideas. Seems like we are only limited my our imagination.
I have a big back-country hunt planned. If I can keeo the raft long enough, I want to float the river and hunt a couple islands. I may even take it next weekend to on my antelope hunt (float the river to acess public land surrounded by privte)
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@Steve O Here's the boat without my 100lb fishing buddy. I'll see if I an move the seat forward next time and post another pic.
You may already know this, but a lot of the larger islands in Montana are private property.
I use my drift boat to access some islands to hunt; but most big enough to have pheasant and whitetails on them are private.
Definitely, not trying to discourage you or anyone else, just an FYI.
I went the route of ordering the kit and building my own. It took me a lot longer than 30 hours to build and I’m pretty handy when it comes to DIY builds. I like my raft but I don’t trust it to take on a hunt or long voyage. I’ve used it no problem in creeks and rivers for fishing but it’s just not what an alpacka is. It takes quite a bit of practice building them to be able to get it right. After all my time put into the build, just buying an alpacka would be well worth the money.A buddy of mine bought a DIYpakraft. If I remember right... I think they advertise a 30 hour build? (needs fact checked) I'm looking forward to see how it turns out.
The big secret it this: you can buy used boats from rental companies at the end of season. I found 3 boats last week. Regular retail price was $1099 and they were selling them for $250 with a spray deck and free paddles. Amazing savings.
Yeah. Randy, Gritty, Lampers and MeatEater are all using Alpacka rafts.
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